Chilhowie vs Marion

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

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

Marion has the higher population (5,694 vs 2,462 in Chilhowie). Chilhowie has the higher median household income ($53,250 vs $37,357 in Marion). Marion has the higher median home value ($160,600 vs $158,600 in Chilhowie).

Population, income & housing

	Chilhowie	Marion
Population	2,462	5,694
Median age	47.4 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,250	$37,357
Median home value	$158,600	$160,600
Median gross rent	$799	$696
Housing units	951	2,745
Homeownership rate	60.8%	54.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.4%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chilhowie	Marion
Population	2,101 → 2,462 (+17.2%)	5,706 → 5,694 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$46,964 → $53,250 (+13.4%)	$31,544 → $37,357 (+18.4%)
Median home value	$147,300 → $158,600 (+7.7%)	$99,800 → $160,600 (+60.9%)
Median gross rent	$695 → $799 (+15.0%)	$613 → $696 (+13.5%)

Chilhowie

Population

2,1012,462

Median household income

$46,964$53,250

Median home value

$147,300$158,600

Median gross rent

$695$799

Marion

Population

5,7065,694

Median household income

$31,544$37,357

Median home value

$99,800$160,600

Median gross rent

$613$696

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chilhowie	Marion
Under 5	3.4%	3.2%
5 to 17	14.5%	14.9%
18 to 24	9.0%	10.1%
25 to 34	10.1%	11.5%
35 to 44	11.0%	11.6%
45 to 54	14.4%	15.3%
55 to 64	15.4%	12.1%
65 to 74	12.6%	10.7%
75 and over	9.7%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chilhowie	Marion
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	86.6%
Black or African American	4.2%	6.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.4%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chilhowie	Marion
No high school diploma	11.8%	17.3%
High school graduate	38.0%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chilhowie	Marion
Drove alone	79.5%	78.6%
Carpooled	15.5%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	1.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	9.7%
Other means	1.1%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chilhowie	Marion
1-unit, detached	73.3%	66.0%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	13.6%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	16.7%
20 or more units	0.9%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Chilhowie	Marion
Poverty rate	12.0%	19.0%
Average household size	2.53	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	21	16
Median year structure built	1972	1963