Atkins vs Chilhowie

A side-by-side comparison of Atkins and Chilhowie: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chilhowie has the higher population (2,462 vs 1,026 in Atkins). Chilhowie has the higher median household income ($53,250 vs $46,432 in Atkins). Chilhowie has the higher median home value ($158,600 vs $77,700 in Atkins).

Population, income & housing

	Atkins	Chilhowie
Population	1,026	2,462
Median age	48.4 yrs	47.4 yrs
Median household income	$46,432	$53,250
Median home value	$77,700	$158,600
Median gross rent	—	$799
Housing units	561	951
Homeownership rate	70.4%	60.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	26.4%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atkins	Chilhowie
Population	750 → 1,026 (+36.8%)	2,101 → 2,462 (+17.2%)
Median household income	$19,917 → $46,432 (+133.1%)	$46,964 → $53,250 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$66,300 → $77,700 (+17.2%)	$147,300 → $158,600 (+7.7%)
Median gross rent	$722 → $704 (-2.5%)	$695 → $799 (+15.0%)

Atkins

Population

7501,026

Median household income

$19,917$46,432

Median home value

$66,300$77,700

Median gross rent

$722$704

Chilhowie

Population

2,1012,462

Median household income

$46,964$53,250

Median home value

$147,300$158,600

Median gross rent

$695$799

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atkins	Chilhowie
Under 5	1.7%	3.4%
5 to 17	11.8%	14.5%
18 to 24	11.3%	9.0%
25 to 34	10.4%	10.1%
35 to 44	8.8%	11.0%
45 to 54	19.8%	14.4%
55 to 64	8.0%	15.4%
65 to 74	22.1%	12.6%
75 and over	6.1%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atkins	Chilhowie
White (non-Hispanic)	81.0%	88.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	17.6%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atkins	Chilhowie
No high school diploma	11.8%	11.8%
High school graduate	43.4%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atkins	Chilhowie
Drove alone	82.8%	79.5%
Carpooled	11.8%	15.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.8%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atkins	Chilhowie
1-unit, detached	63.1%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	36.9%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Atkins	Chilhowie
Poverty rate	9.0%	12.0%
Average household size	2.08	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	14	21
Median year structure built	1976	1972