Blairs vs Motley

A side-by-side comparison of Blairs and Motley: population, income, housing, and more.

Blairs and Motley are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Blairs has the higher population (1,001 vs 743 in Motley). Blairs has the higher median household income ($47,262 vs $45,833 in Motley). Blairs has the higher median home value ($162,900 vs $120,700 in Motley).

Population, income & housing

	Blairs	Motley
Population	1,001	743
Median age	36.9 yrs	57.7 yrs
Median household income	$47,262	$45,833
Median home value	$162,900	$120,700
Median gross rent	$721	$822
Housing units	458	392
Homeownership rate	78.6%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	4.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blairs	Motley
Population	592 → 1,001 (+69.1%)	700 → 743 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$57,792 → $47,262 (-18.2%)	$47,955 → $45,833 (-4.4%)
Median home value	$141,900 → $162,900 (+14.8%)	$92,400 → $120,700 (+30.6%)
Median gross rent	$673 → $721 (+7.1%)	$634 → $822 (+29.7%)

Blairs

Population

5921,001

Median household income

$57,792$47,262

Median home value

$141,900$162,900

Median gross rent

$673$721

Motley

Population

700743

Median household income

$47,955$45,833

Median home value

$92,400$120,700

Median gross rent

$634$822

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blairs	Motley
Under 5	3.7%	1.7%
5 to 17	20.0%	5.8%
18 to 24	6.9%	5.2%
25 to 34	10.9%	3.6%
35 to 44	13.6%	2.8%
45 to 54	5.2%	13.6%
55 to 64	15.8%	33.8%
65 to 74	16.0%	19.9%
75 and over	8.0%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blairs	Motley
White (non-Hispanic)	74.1%	82.4%
Black or African American	19.8%	13.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blairs	Motley
No high school diploma	11.1%	20.8%
High school graduate	42.6%	51.4%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blairs	Motley
Drove alone	67.8%	87.4%
Carpooled	25.1%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	10.1%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blairs	Motley
1-unit, detached	84.5%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.5%	28.6%

Poverty & households

	Blairs	Motley
Poverty rate	9.5%	14.1%
Average household size	2.78	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1979	1975