Chatham vs Motley

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

Chatham and Motley 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 743 in Motley). Chatham has the higher median household income ($54,485 vs $45,833 in Motley). Chatham has the higher median home value ($168,100 vs $120,700 in Motley).

Population, income & housing

	Chatham	Motley
Population	1,535	743
Median age	35.7 yrs	57.7 yrs
Median household income	$54,485	$45,833
Median home value	$168,100	$120,700
Median gross rent	$1,028	$822
Housing units	580	392
Homeownership rate	61.8%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.4%	4.6%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chatham	Motley
Population	1,401 → 1,535 (+9.6%)	700 → 743 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$50,000 → $54,485 (+9.0%)	$47,955 → $45,833 (-4.4%)
Median home value	$138,400 → $168,100 (+21.5%)	$92,400 → $120,700 (+30.6%)
Median gross rent	$746 → $1,028 (+37.8%)	$634 → $822 (+29.7%)

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

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)

	Chatham	Motley
Under 5	10.6%	1.7%
5 to 17	17.3%	5.8%
18 to 24	4.0%	5.2%
25 to 34	16.3%	3.6%
35 to 44	12.3%	2.8%
45 to 54	11.7%	13.6%
55 to 64	6.3%	33.8%
65 to 74	11.1%	19.9%
75 and over	10.3%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chatham	Motley
White (non-Hispanic)	67.6%	82.4%
Black or African American	17.9%	13.6%
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%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chatham	Motley
No high school diploma	8.7%	20.8%
High school graduate	23.4%	51.4%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chatham	Motley
Drove alone	88.2%	87.4%
Carpooled	3.0%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	10.1%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chatham	Motley
1-unit, detached	84.0%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	28.6%

Poverty & households

	Chatham	Motley
Poverty rate	6.8%	14.1%
Average household size	2.68	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	19	30
Median year structure built	1959	1975