Blairs vs Mount Hermon

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

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

Mount Hermon has the higher population (4,326 vs 1,001 in Blairs). Mount Hermon has the higher median household income ($82,986 vs $47,262 in Blairs). Mount Hermon has the higher median home value ($191,400 vs $162,900 in Blairs).

Population, income & housing

	Blairs	Mount Hermon
Population	1,001	4,326
Median age	36.9 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	$47,262	$82,986
Median home value	$162,900	$191,400
Median gross rent	$721	$1,180
Housing units	458	1,842
Homeownership rate	78.6%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	28.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blairs	Mount Hermon
Population	592 → 1,001 (+69.1%)	3,951 → 4,326 (+9.5%)
Median household income	$57,792 → $47,262 (-18.2%)	$78,603 → $82,986 (+5.6%)
Median home value	$141,900 → $162,900 (+14.8%)	$159,800 → $191,400 (+19.8%)
Median gross rent	$673 → $721 (+7.1%)	$839 → $1,180 (+40.6%)

Blairs

Population

5921,001

Median household income

$57,792$47,262

Median home value

$141,900$162,900

Median gross rent

$673$721

Mount Hermon

Population

3,9514,326

Median household income

$78,603$82,986

Median home value

$159,800$191,400

Median gross rent

$839$1,180

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blairs	Mount Hermon
Under 5	3.7%	4.0%
5 to 17	20.0%	4.8%
18 to 24	6.9%	12.2%
25 to 34	10.9%	7.4%
35 to 44	13.6%	12.8%
45 to 54	5.2%	14.9%
55 to 64	15.8%	16.8%
65 to 74	16.0%	16.3%
75 and over	8.0%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blairs	Mount Hermon
White (non-Hispanic)	74.1%	81.1%
Black or African American	19.8%	17.3%
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%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blairs	Mount Hermon
No high school diploma	11.1%	6.5%
High school graduate	42.6%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blairs	Mount Hermon
Drove alone	67.8%	81.2%
Carpooled	25.1%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	10.6%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blairs	Mount Hermon
1-unit, detached	84.5%	93.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	15.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blairs	Mount Hermon
Poverty rate	9.5%	4.1%
Average household size	2.78	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1979	1986