Chilhowie vs Saltville

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

Chilhowie and Saltville 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 2,056 in Saltville). Chilhowie has the higher median household income ($53,250 vs $46,098 in Saltville). Chilhowie has the higher median home value ($158,600 vs $92,000 in Saltville).

Population, income & housing

	Chilhowie	Saltville
Population	2,462	2,056
Median age	47.4 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$53,250	$46,098
Median home value	$158,600	$92,000
Median gross rent	$799	$579
Housing units	951	1,041
Homeownership rate	60.8%	60.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.4%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chilhowie	Saltville
Population	2,101 → 2,462 (+17.2%)	2,411 → 2,056 (-14.7%)
Median household income	$46,964 → $53,250 (+13.4%)	$33,125 → $46,098 (+39.2%)
Median home value	$147,300 → $158,600 (+7.7%)	$81,800 → $92,000 (+12.5%)
Median gross rent	$695 → $799 (+15.0%)	$506 → $579 (+14.4%)

Chilhowie

Population

2,1012,462

Median household income

$46,964$53,250

Median home value

$147,300$158,600

Median gross rent

$695$799

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)

	Chilhowie	Saltville
Under 5	3.4%	5.9%
5 to 17	14.5%	12.1%
18 to 24	9.0%	9.6%
25 to 34	10.1%	9.5%
35 to 44	11.0%	11.7%
45 to 54	14.4%	16.6%
55 to 64	15.4%	16.0%
65 to 74	12.6%	9.8%
75 and over	9.7%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chilhowie	Saltville
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	99.2%
Black or African American	4.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chilhowie	Saltville
No high school diploma	11.8%	18.6%
High school graduate	38.0%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chilhowie	Saltville
Drove alone	79.5%	91.4%
Carpooled	15.5%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	3.9%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chilhowie	Saltville
1-unit, detached	73.3%	71.7%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	13.6%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	11.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Chilhowie	Saltville
Poverty rate	12.0%	23.6%
Average household size	2.53	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1972	1959