Saltville vs Sugar Grove

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

Saltville and Sugar Grove 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 598 in Sugar Grove). Saltville has the higher median household income ($46,098 vs $45,357 in Sugar Grove). Saltville has the higher median home value ($92,000 vs $57,200 in Sugar Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Saltville	Sugar Grove
Population	2,056	598
Median age	47.1 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$46,098	$45,357
Median home value	$92,000	$57,200
Median gross rent	$579	$919
Housing units	1,041	360
Homeownership rate	60.3%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.2%	3.3%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Saltville	Sugar Grove
Population	2,411 → 2,056 (-14.7%)	899 → 598 (-33.5%)
Median household income	$33,125 → $46,098 (+39.2%)	$65,281 → $45,357 (-30.5%)
Median home value	$81,800 → $92,000 (+12.5%)	$69,800 → $57,200 (-18.1%)
Median gross rent	$506 → $579 (+14.4%)	$496 → $919 (+85.3%)

Saltville

Population

2,4112,056

Median household income

$33,125$46,098

Median home value

$81,800$92,000

Median gross rent

$506$579

Sugar Grove

Population

899598

Median household income

$65,281$45,357

Median home value

$69,800$57,200

Median gross rent

$496$919

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Saltville	Sugar Grove
Under 5	5.9%	6.5%
5 to 17	12.1%	18.4%
18 to 24	9.6%	8.7%
25 to 34	9.5%	10.2%
35 to 44	11.7%	13.9%
45 to 54	16.6%	19.6%
55 to 64	16.0%	12.5%
65 to 74	9.8%	0.7%
75 and over	8.8%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Saltville	Sugar Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	99.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Saltville	Sugar Grove
No high school diploma	18.6%	21.7%
High school graduate	43.6%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Saltville	Sugar Grove
Drove alone	91.4%	62.4%
Carpooled	4.7%	25.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	12.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Saltville	Sugar Grove
1-unit, detached	71.7%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	30.8%

Poverty & households

	Saltville	Sugar Grove
Poverty rate	23.6%	5.5%
Average household size	2.39	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	23	35
Median year structure built	1959	1983