Nickelsville vs Weber City

A side-by-side comparison of Nickelsville and Weber City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Weber City has the higher population (1,478 vs 397 in Nickelsville). Weber City has the higher median household income ($49,028 vs $37,857 in Nickelsville). Nickelsville has the higher median home value ($187,500 vs $142,600 in Weber City).

Population, income & housing

	Nickelsville	Weber City
Population	397	1,478
Median age	49.9 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$37,857	$49,028
Median home value	$187,500	$142,600
Median gross rent	$733	$733
Housing units	228	689
Homeownership rate	64.7%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	9.3%
Unemployment rate	16.1%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nickelsville	Weber City
Population	366 → 397 (+8.5%)	1,623 → 1,478 (-8.9%)
Median household income	$32,321 → $37,857 (+17.1%)	$35,893 → $49,028 (+36.6%)
Median home value	$107,800 → $187,500 (+73.9%)	$105,500 → $142,600 (+35.2%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $733 (+39.6%)	$587 → $733 (+24.9%)

Nickelsville

Population

366397

Median household income

$32,321$37,857

Median home value

$107,800$187,500

Median gross rent

$525$733

Weber City

Population

1,6231,478

Median household income

$35,893$49,028

Median home value

$105,500$142,600

Median gross rent

$587$733

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nickelsville	Weber City
Under 5	5.5%	3.3%
5 to 17	11.1%	14.1%
18 to 24	12.1%	4.8%
25 to 34	5.0%	18.5%
35 to 44	11.6%	9.7%
45 to 54	8.1%	10.7%
55 to 64	20.4%	12.3%
65 to 74	9.3%	12.0%
75 and over	16.9%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nickelsville	Weber City
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	91.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nickelsville	Weber City
No high school diploma	23.0%	11.7%
High school graduate	38.2%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nickelsville	Weber City
Drove alone	79.3%	87.7%
Carpooled	12.0%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nickelsville	Weber City
1-unit, detached	61.8%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	32.9%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Nickelsville	Weber City
Poverty rate	17.9%	19.5%
Average household size	2.16	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	40	25
Median year structure built	1978	1962