Castlewood vs Dante

A side-by-side comparison of Castlewood and Dante: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Castlewood has the higher population (1,120 vs 588 in Dante). Castlewood has the higher median household income ($58,958 vs $31,985 in Dante). Castlewood has the higher median home value ($163,300 vs $80,500 in Dante).

Population, income & housing

	Castlewood	Dante
Population	1,120	588
Median age	57.7 yrs	55.4 yrs
Median household income	$58,958	$31,985
Median home value	$163,300	$80,500
Median gross rent	$740	$1,360
Housing units	765	335
Homeownership rate	76.2%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	4.0%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	14.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Castlewood	Dante
Population	1,785 → 1,120 (-37.3%)	557 → 588 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$37,950 → $58,958 (+55.4%)	$36,607 → $31,985 (-12.6%)
Median home value	$88,500 → $163,300 (+84.5%)	$72,800 → $80,500 (+10.6%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $740 (+19.7%)	—

Castlewood

Population

1,7851,120

Median household income

$37,950$58,958

Median home value

$88,500$163,300

Median gross rent

$618$740

Dante

Population

557588

Median household income

$36,607$31,985

Median home value

$72,800$80,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Castlewood	Dante
Under 5	4.9%	6.1%
5 to 17	8.2%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.6%
25 to 34	8.6%	19.7%
35 to 44	11.5%	0.0%
45 to 54	9.4%	14.6%
55 to 64	19.9%	20.7%
65 to 74	23.8%	29.3%
75 and over	13.7%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Castlewood	Dante
White (non-Hispanic)	99.8%	93.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Castlewood	Dante
No high school diploma	11.3%	22.0%
High school graduate	39.2%	57.6%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	16.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	4.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Castlewood	Dante
Drove alone	79.5%	75.0%
Carpooled	12.2%	25.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Castlewood	Dante
1-unit, detached	73.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Castlewood	Dante
Poverty rate	11.7%	43.2%
Average household size	2.01	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1974	1944