Chatham vs Mount Hermon

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

Chatham 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 1,535 in Chatham). Mount Hermon has the higher median household income ($82,986 vs $54,485 in Chatham). Mount Hermon has the higher median home value ($191,400 vs $168,100 in Chatham).

Population, income & housing

	Chatham	Mount Hermon
Population	1,535	4,326
Median age	35.7 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	$54,485	$82,986
Median home value	$168,100	$191,400
Median gross rent	$1,028	$1,180
Housing units	580	1,842
Homeownership rate	61.8%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.4%	28.4%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chatham	Mount Hermon
Population	1,401 → 1,535 (+9.6%)	3,951 → 4,326 (+9.5%)
Median household income	$50,000 → $54,485 (+9.0%)	$78,603 → $82,986 (+5.6%)
Median home value	$138,400 → $168,100 (+21.5%)	$159,800 → $191,400 (+19.8%)
Median gross rent	$746 → $1,028 (+37.8%)	$839 → $1,180 (+40.6%)

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

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)

	Chatham	Mount Hermon
Under 5	10.6%	4.0%
5 to 17	17.3%	4.8%
18 to 24	4.0%	12.2%
25 to 34	16.3%	7.4%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.8%
45 to 54	11.7%	14.9%
55 to 64	6.3%	16.8%
65 to 74	11.1%	16.3%
75 and over	10.3%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chatham	Mount Hermon
White (non-Hispanic)	67.6%	81.1%
Black or African American	17.9%	17.3%
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%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chatham	Mount Hermon
No high school diploma	8.7%	6.5%
High school graduate	23.4%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chatham	Mount Hermon
Drove alone	88.2%	81.2%
Carpooled	3.0%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	10.6%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chatham	Mount Hermon
1-unit, detached	84.0%	93.5%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	2.3%
20 or more units	7.1%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chatham	Mount Hermon
Poverty rate	6.8%	4.1%
Average household size	2.68	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1959	1986