Courtland vs Newsoms

A side-by-side comparison of Courtland and Newsoms: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Courtland has the higher population (1,784 vs 296 in Newsoms). Newsoms has the higher median household income ($52,639 vs $49,620 in Courtland). Courtland has the higher median home value ($237,300 vs $151,700 in Newsoms).

Population, income & housing

	Courtland	Newsoms
Population	1,784	296
Median age	33.8 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$49,620	$52,639
Median home value	$237,300	$151,700
Median gross rent	$966	$1,042
Housing units	566	198
Homeownership rate	40.7%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	19.2%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Courtland	Newsoms
Population	1,840 → 1,784 (-3.0%)	345 → 296 (-14.2%)
Median household income	$45,000 → $49,620 (+10.3%)	$43,750 → $52,639 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$176,300 → $237,300 (+34.6%)	$140,200 → $151,700 (+8.2%)
Median gross rent	$331 → $966 (+191.8%)	$938 → $1,042 (+11.1%)

Courtland

Population

1,8401,784

Median household income

$45,000$49,620

Median home value

$176,300$237,300

Median gross rent

$331$966

Newsoms

Population

345296

Median household income

$43,750$52,639

Median home value

$140,200$151,700

Median gross rent

$938$1,042

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Courtland	Newsoms
Under 5	16.3%	3.0%
5 to 17	14.7%	15.9%
18 to 24	11.0%	5.4%
25 to 34	12.3%	9.5%
35 to 44	10.8%	16.9%
45 to 54	7.6%	14.2%
55 to 64	10.6%	14.9%
65 to 74	8.3%	10.5%
75 and over	8.4%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Courtland	Newsoms
White (non-Hispanic)	40.1%	56.4%
Black or African American	55.2%	41.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Courtland	Newsoms
No high school diploma	24.1%	21.0%
High school graduate	28.0%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Courtland	Newsoms
Drove alone	82.9%	82.5%
Carpooled	11.0%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	3.2%
Other means	3.0%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Courtland	Newsoms
1-unit, detached	52.7%	77.8%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	21.0%	18.2%
5 to 19 units	21.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Courtland	Newsoms
Poverty rate	14.6%	10.8%
Average household size	3.03	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	25	38
Median year structure built	1983	1957