Courtland vs Sedley

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

Courtland and Sedley 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 597 in Sedley). Sedley has the higher median household income ($90,229 vs $49,620 in Courtland). Courtland has the higher median home value ($237,300 vs $222,400 in Sedley).

Population, income & housing

	Courtland	Sedley
Population	1,784	597
Median age	33.8 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$49,620	$90,229
Median home value	$237,300	$222,400
Median gross rent	$966	—
Housing units	566	255
Homeownership rate	40.7%	96.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	36.9%
Unemployment rate	19.2%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Courtland	Sedley
Population	1,840 → 1,784 (-3.0%)	405 → 597 (+47.4%)
Median household income	$45,000 → $49,620 (+10.3%)	$75,573 → $90,229 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$176,300 → $237,300 (+34.6%)	$203,600 → $222,400 (+9.2%)
Median gross rent	$331 → $966 (+191.8%)	—

Courtland

Population

1,8401,784

Median household income

$45,000$49,620

Median home value

$176,300$237,300

Median gross rent

$331$966

Sedley

Population

405597

Median household income

$75,573$90,229

Median home value

$203,600$222,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Courtland	Sedley
Under 5	16.3%	1.0%
5 to 17	14.7%	20.1%
18 to 24	11.0%	2.7%
25 to 34	12.3%	16.8%
35 to 44	10.8%	26.3%
45 to 54	7.6%	2.3%
55 to 64	10.6%	9.7%
65 to 74	8.3%	13.6%
75 and over	8.4%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Courtland	Sedley
White (non-Hispanic)	40.1%	100.0%
Black or African American	55.2%	0.0%
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%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Courtland	Sedley
No high school diploma	24.1%	1.5%
High school graduate	28.0%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	31.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Courtland	Sedley
Drove alone	82.9%	94.8%
Carpooled	11.0%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	2.6%
Other means	3.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Courtland	Sedley
1-unit, detached	52.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	21.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	21.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Courtland	Sedley
Poverty rate	14.6%	1.7%
Average household size	3.03	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	25	43
Median year structure built	1983	1938