Bluefield vs Cedar Bluff

A side-by-side comparison of Bluefield and Cedar Bluff: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bluefield has the higher population (5,016 vs 1,156 in Cedar Bluff). Bluefield has the higher median household income ($53,500 vs $40,179 in Cedar Bluff). Bluefield has the higher median home value ($161,100 vs $123,300 in Cedar Bluff).

Population, income & housing

	Bluefield	Cedar Bluff
Population	5,016	1,156
Median age	38.5 yrs	50.9 yrs
Median household income	$53,500	$40,179
Median home value	$161,100	$123,300
Median gross rent	$818	$848
Housing units	2,224	633
Homeownership rate	66.0%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.7%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bluefield	Cedar Bluff
Population	4,907 → 5,016 (+2.2%)	1,045 → 1,156 (+10.6%)
Median household income	$45,625 → $53,500 (+17.3%)	$42,813 → $40,179 (-6.2%)
Median home value	$117,700 → $161,100 (+36.9%)	$111,000 → $123,300 (+11.1%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $818 (+20.1%)	$642 → $848 (+32.1%)

Bluefield

Population

4,9075,016

Median household income

$45,625$53,500

Median home value

$117,700$161,100

Median gross rent

$681$818

Cedar Bluff

Population

1,0451,156

Median household income

$42,813$40,179

Median home value

$111,000$123,300

Median gross rent

$642$848

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bluefield	Cedar Bluff
Under 5	7.0%	5.4%
5 to 17	14.6%	8.1%
18 to 24	15.2%	5.6%
25 to 34	9.9%	15.7%
35 to 44	6.9%	7.3%
45 to 54	12.0%	17.1%
55 to 64	10.8%	15.8%
65 to 74	8.3%	16.3%
75 and over	15.4%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bluefield	Cedar Bluff
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	98.6%
Black or African American	8.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bluefield	Cedar Bluff
No high school diploma	9.4%	8.3%
High school graduate	28.3%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bluefield	Cedar Bluff
Drove alone	84.6%	91.5%
Carpooled	4.8%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	3.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bluefield	Cedar Bluff
1-unit, detached	74.3%	69.8%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	4.7%
20 or more units	1.6%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	12.5%

Poverty & households

	Bluefield	Cedar Bluff
Poverty rate	14.9%	17.9%
Average household size	2.26	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	22	29
Median year structure built	1963	1970