Atkins vs Saltville

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

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

Saltville has the higher population (2,056 vs 1,026 in Atkins). Atkins has the higher median household income ($46,432 vs $46,098 in Saltville). Saltville has the higher median home value ($92,000 vs $77,700 in Atkins).

Population, income & housing

	Atkins	Saltville
Population	1,026	2,056
Median age	48.4 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$46,432	$46,098
Median home value	$77,700	$92,000
Median gross rent	—	$579
Housing units	561	1,041
Homeownership rate	70.4%	60.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atkins	Saltville
Population	750 → 1,026 (+36.8%)	2,411 → 2,056 (-14.7%)
Median household income	$19,917 → $46,432 (+133.1%)	$33,125 → $46,098 (+39.2%)
Median home value	$66,300 → $77,700 (+17.2%)	$81,800 → $92,000 (+12.5%)
Median gross rent	$722 → $704 (-2.5%)	$506 → $579 (+14.4%)

Atkins

Population

7501,026

Median household income

$19,917$46,432

Median home value

$66,300$77,700

Median gross rent

$722$704

Saltville

Population

2,4112,056

Median household income

$33,125$46,098

Median home value

$81,800$92,000

Median gross rent

$506$579

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atkins	Saltville
Under 5	1.7%	5.9%
5 to 17	11.8%	12.1%
18 to 24	11.3%	9.6%
25 to 34	10.4%	9.5%
35 to 44	8.8%	11.7%
45 to 54	19.8%	16.6%
55 to 64	8.0%	16.0%
65 to 74	22.1%	9.8%
75 and over	6.1%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atkins	Saltville
White (non-Hispanic)	81.0%	99.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	1.4%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	17.6%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atkins	Saltville
No high school diploma	11.8%	18.6%
High school graduate	43.4%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atkins	Saltville
Drove alone	82.8%	91.4%
Carpooled	11.8%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atkins	Saltville
1-unit, detached	63.1%	71.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	36.9%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Atkins	Saltville
Poverty rate	9.0%	23.6%
Average household size	2.08	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	14	23
Median year structure built	1976	1959