Castlewood vs Honaker

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

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

Honaker has the higher population (1,218 vs 1,120 in Castlewood). Castlewood has the higher median household income ($58,958 vs $44,107 in Honaker). Castlewood has the higher median home value ($163,300 vs $91,700 in Honaker).

Population, income & housing

	Castlewood	Honaker
Population	1,120	1,218
Median age	57.7 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,958	$44,107
Median home value	$163,300	$91,700
Median gross rent	$740	$628
Housing units	765	540
Homeownership rate	76.2%	67.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	5.6%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Castlewood	Honaker
Population	1,785 → 1,120 (-37.3%)	1,232 → 1,218 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$37,950 → $58,958 (+55.4%)	$22,500 → $44,107 (+96.0%)
Median home value	$88,500 → $163,300 (+84.5%)	$71,900 → $91,700 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $740 (+19.7%)	$553 → $628 (+13.6%)

Castlewood

Population

1,7851,120

Median household income

$37,950$58,958

Median home value

$88,500$163,300

Median gross rent

$618$740

Honaker

Population

1,2321,218

Median household income

$22,500$44,107

Median home value

$71,900$91,700

Median gross rent

$553$628

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Castlewood	Honaker
Under 5	4.9%	3.7%
5 to 17	8.2%	20.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.5%
25 to 34	8.6%	13.3%
35 to 44	11.5%	19.1%
45 to 54	9.4%	5.3%
55 to 64	19.9%	7.8%
65 to 74	23.8%	13.8%
75 and over	13.7%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Castlewood	Honaker
White (non-Hispanic)	99.8%	95.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.5%
Two or more races	0.2%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Castlewood	Honaker
No high school diploma	11.3%	21.5%
High school graduate	39.2%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	0.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Castlewood	Honaker
Drove alone	79.5%	81.7%
Carpooled	12.2%	12.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Castlewood	Honaker
1-unit, detached	73.7%	66.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	5.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	22.4%	21.5%

Poverty & households

	Castlewood	Honaker
Poverty rate	11.7%	22.7%
Average household size	2.01	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	27	35
Median year structure built	1974	1976