Bluefield vs Claypool Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Bluefield and Claypool Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

Bluefield and Claypool Hill 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 1,332 in Claypool Hill). Bluefield has the higher median household income ($53,500 vs $46,895 in Claypool Hill). Claypool Hill has the higher median home value ($169,200 vs $161,100 in Bluefield).

Population, income & housing

	Bluefield	Claypool Hill
Population	5,016	1,332
Median age	38.5 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$53,500	$46,895
Median home value	$161,100	$169,200
Median gross rent	$818	$835
Housing units	2,224	764
Homeownership rate	66.0%	80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.7%	31.1%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bluefield	Claypool Hill
Population	4,907 → 5,016 (+2.2%)	1,341 → 1,332 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$45,625 → $53,500 (+17.3%)	$38,428 → $46,895 (+22.0%)
Median home value	$117,700 → $161,100 (+36.9%)	$132,500 → $169,200 (+27.7%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $818 (+20.1%)	$693 → $835 (+20.5%)

Bluefield

Population

4,9075,016

Median household income

$45,625$53,500

Median home value

$117,700$161,100

Median gross rent

$681$818

Claypool Hill

Population

1,3411,332

Median household income

$38,428$46,895

Median home value

$132,500$169,200

Median gross rent

$693$835

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bluefield	Claypool Hill
Under 5	7.0%	1.5%
5 to 17	14.6%	12.7%
18 to 24	15.2%	4.4%
25 to 34	9.9%	12.1%
35 to 44	6.9%	12.7%
45 to 54	12.0%	14.3%
55 to 64	10.8%	11.7%
65 to 74	8.3%	19.9%
75 and over	15.4%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bluefield	Claypool Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	95.7%
Black or African American	8.2%	3.6%
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%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bluefield	Claypool Hill
No high school diploma	9.4%	9.9%
High school graduate	28.3%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	21.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bluefield	Claypool Hill
Drove alone	84.6%	83.9%
Carpooled	4.8%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	10.2%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bluefield	Claypool Hill
1-unit, detached	74.3%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	13.9%

Poverty & households

	Bluefield	Claypool Hill
Poverty rate	14.9%	13.9%
Average household size	2.26	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1963	1978