Chatham vs Hurt

A side-by-side comparison of Chatham and Hurt: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chatham has the higher population (1,535 vs 1,382 in Hurt). Chatham has the higher median household income ($54,485 vs $50,263 in Hurt). Chatham has the higher median home value ($168,100 vs $141,700 in Hurt).

Population, income & housing

	Chatham	Hurt
Population	1,535	1,382
Median age	35.7 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$54,485	$50,263
Median home value	$168,100	$141,700
Median gross rent	$1,028	$913
Housing units	580	675
Homeownership rate	61.8%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.4%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chatham	Hurt
Population	1,401 → 1,535 (+9.6%)	1,451 → 1,382 (-4.8%)
Median household income	$50,000 → $54,485 (+9.0%)	$42,827 → $50,263 (+17.4%)
Median home value	$138,400 → $168,100 (+21.5%)	$116,200 → $141,700 (+21.9%)
Median gross rent	$746 → $1,028 (+37.8%)	$751 → $913 (+21.6%)

Chatham

Population

1,4011,535

Median household income

$50,000$54,485

Median home value

$138,400$168,100

Median gross rent

$746$1,028

Hurt

Population

1,4511,382

Median household income

$42,827$50,263

Median home value

$116,200$141,700

Median gross rent

$751$913

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chatham	Hurt
Under 5	10.6%	5.4%
5 to 17	17.3%	11.8%
18 to 24	4.0%	5.6%
25 to 34	16.3%	9.1%
35 to 44	12.3%	11.5%
45 to 54	11.7%	10.9%
55 to 64	6.3%	14.9%
65 to 74	11.1%	16.8%
75 and over	10.3%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chatham	Hurt
White (non-Hispanic)	67.6%	72.7%
Black or African American	17.9%	20.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chatham	Hurt
No high school diploma	8.7%	16.0%
High school graduate	23.4%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chatham	Hurt
Drove alone	88.2%	85.5%
Carpooled	3.0%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	5.5%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chatham	Hurt
1-unit, detached	84.0%	90.4%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Chatham	Hurt
Poverty rate	6.8%	17.7%
Average household size	2.68	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1959	1967