Cedar Bluff vs Tazewell

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

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

Tazewell has the higher population (4,419 vs 1,156 in Cedar Bluff). Cedar Bluff has the higher median household income ($40,179 vs $35,392 in Tazewell). Cedar Bluff has the higher median home value ($123,300 vs $110,400 in Tazewell).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Bluff	Tazewell
Population	1,156	4,419
Median age	50.9 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$40,179	$35,392
Median home value	$123,300	$110,400
Median gross rent	$848	$722
Housing units	633	2,101
Homeownership rate	65.0%	56.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Bluff	Tazewell
Population	1,045 → 1,156 (+10.6%)	4,250 → 4,419 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$42,813 → $40,179 (-6.2%)	$44,405 → $35,392 (-20.3%)
Median home value	$111,000 → $123,300 (+11.1%)	$119,400 → $110,400 (-7.5%)
Median gross rent	$642 → $848 (+32.1%)	$647 → $722 (+11.6%)

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

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)

	Cedar Bluff	Tazewell
Under 5	5.4%	3.8%
5 to 17	8.1%	19.3%
18 to 24	5.6%	4.3%
25 to 34	15.7%	12.9%
35 to 44	7.3%	11.5%
45 to 54	17.1%	16.7%
55 to 64	15.8%	10.5%
65 to 74	16.3%	11.3%
75 and over	8.7%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Bluff	Tazewell
White (non-Hispanic)	98.6%	83.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	10.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Bluff	Tazewell
No high school diploma	8.3%	12.5%
High school graduate	36.7%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Bluff	Tazewell
Drove alone	91.5%	77.2%
Carpooled	4.7%	15.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Bluff	Tazewell
1-unit, detached	69.8%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	9.3%
20 or more units	3.8%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	12.5%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Bluff	Tazewell
Poverty rate	17.9%	23.2%
Average household size	2.08	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1970	1964