Bluefield vs Tazewell

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

Bluefield and Tazewell 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 4,419 in Tazewell). Bluefield has the higher median household income ($53,500 vs $35,392 in Tazewell). Bluefield has the higher median home value ($161,100 vs $110,400 in Tazewell).

Population, income & housing

	Bluefield	Tazewell
Population	5,016	4,419
Median age	38.5 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$53,500	$35,392
Median home value	$161,100	$110,400
Median gross rent	$818	$722
Housing units	2,224	2,101
Homeownership rate	66.0%	56.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.7%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bluefield	Tazewell
Population	4,907 → 5,016 (+2.2%)	4,250 → 4,419 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$45,625 → $53,500 (+17.3%)	$44,405 → $35,392 (-20.3%)
Median home value	$117,700 → $161,100 (+36.9%)	$119,400 → $110,400 (-7.5%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $818 (+20.1%)	$647 → $722 (+11.6%)

Bluefield

Population

4,9075,016

Median household income

$45,625$53,500

Median home value

$117,700$161,100

Median gross rent

$681$818

Tazewell

Population

4,2504,419

Median household income

$44,405$35,392

Median home value

$119,400$110,400

Median gross rent

$647$722

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bluefield	Tazewell
Under 5	7.0%	3.8%
5 to 17	14.6%	19.3%
18 to 24	15.2%	4.3%
25 to 34	9.9%	12.9%
35 to 44	6.9%	11.5%
45 to 54	12.0%	16.7%
55 to 64	10.8%	10.5%
65 to 74	8.3%	11.3%
75 and over	15.4%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bluefield	Tazewell
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	83.9%
Black or African American	8.2%	10.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bluefield	Tazewell
No high school diploma	9.4%	12.5%
High school graduate	28.3%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bluefield	Tazewell
Drove alone	84.6%	77.2%
Carpooled	4.8%	15.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	6.1%
Other means	0.8%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bluefield	Tazewell
1-unit, detached	74.3%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	9.3%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Bluefield	Tazewell
Poverty rate	14.9%	23.2%
Average household size	2.26	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1963	1964