Abingdon vs Glade Spring

A side-by-side comparison of Abingdon and Glade Spring: population, income, housing, and more.

Abingdon and Glade Spring are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Abingdon has the higher population (8,332 vs 2,224 in Glade Spring). Glade Spring has the higher median household income ($76,736 vs $54,976 in Abingdon). Abingdon has the higher median home value ($217,700 vs $170,700 in Glade Spring).

Population, income & housing

	Abingdon	Glade Spring
Population	8,332	2,224
Median age	46.8 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$54,976	$76,736
Median home value	$217,700	$170,700
Median gross rent	$794	$758
Housing units	4,505	755
Homeownership rate	56.2%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.2%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Abingdon	Glade Spring
Population	7,960 → 8,332 (+4.7%)	1,616 → 2,224 (+37.6%)
Median household income	$45,848 → $54,976 (+19.9%)	$47,900 → $76,736 (+60.2%)
Median home value	$169,500 → $217,700 (+28.4%)	$119,400 → $170,700 (+43.0%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $794 (+14.7%)	$746 → $758 (+1.6%)

Abingdon

Population

7,9608,332

Median household income

$45,848$54,976

Median home value

$169,500$217,700

Median gross rent

$692$794

Glade Spring

Population

1,6162,224

Median household income

$47,900$76,736

Median home value

$119,400$170,700

Median gross rent

$746$758

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Abingdon	Glade Spring
Under 5	2.6%	9.0%
5 to 17	10.6%	20.1%
18 to 24	7.2%	7.6%
25 to 34	16.9%	12.0%
35 to 44	10.2%	6.4%
45 to 54	12.2%	16.5%
55 to 64	15.8%	9.8%
65 to 74	13.3%	11.4%
75 and over	11.1%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Abingdon	Glade Spring
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	96.9%
Black or African American	3.6%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Abingdon	Glade Spring
No high school diploma	7.0%	10.4%
High school graduate	27.3%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Abingdon	Glade Spring
Drove alone	85.1%	83.0%
Carpooled	3.1%	13.2%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	3.4%
Other means	0.5%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Abingdon	Glade Spring
1-unit, detached	55.4%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	18.9%	1.7%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Abingdon	Glade Spring
Poverty rate	13.4%	10.1%
Average household size	1.98	3.43
Mean commute (minutes)	17	20
Median year structure built	1978	1971