Chester Gap vs Sperryville

A side-by-side comparison of Chester Gap and Sperryville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chester Gap has the higher population (896 vs 364 in Sperryville). Sperryville has the higher median household income ($95,213 vs $74,183 in Chester Gap). Sperryville has the higher median home value ($354,600 vs $243,100 in Chester Gap).

Population, income & housing

	Chester Gap	Sperryville
Population	896	364
Median age	31.8 yrs	61.9 yrs
Median household income	$74,183	$95,213
Median home value	$243,100	$354,600
Housing units	243	244
Homeownership rate	67.9%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.9%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester Gap	Sperryville
Population	1,145 → 896 (-21.7%)	228 → 364 (+59.6%)
Median household income	$88,409 → $74,183 (-16.1%)	$54,479 → $95,213 (+74.8%)
Median home value	$200,200 → $243,100 (+21.4%)	$275,800 → $354,600 (+28.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,141 → $1,143 (+0.2%)	—

Chester Gap

Population

1,145896

Median household income

$88,409$74,183

Median home value

$200,200$243,100

Median gross rent

$1,141$1,143

Sperryville

Population

228364

Median household income

$54,479$95,213

Median home value

$275,800$354,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester Gap	Sperryville
Under 5	7.7%	1.4%
5 to 17	21.8%	10.7%
18 to 24	9.8%	0.8%
25 to 34	11.7%	1.6%
35 to 44	19.6%	12.6%
45 to 54	13.3%	17.0%
55 to 64	2.5%	6.0%
65 to 74	2.8%	30.5%
75 and over	10.8%	19.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester Gap	Sperryville
White (non-Hispanic)	80.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	17.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester Gap	Sperryville
No high school diploma	21.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	45.0%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester Gap	Sperryville
Drove alone	86.1%	93.3%
Carpooled	5.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester Gap	Sperryville
1-unit, detached	100.0%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chester Gap	Sperryville
Poverty rate	7.9%	9.3%
Average household size	3.69	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	32	—
Median year structure built	1983	1962