Emory vs Glade Spring

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

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

Glade Spring has the higher population (2,224 vs 1,135 in Emory). Glade Spring has the higher median household income ($76,736 vs $62,500 in Emory). Emory has the higher median home value ($203,800 vs $170,700 in Glade Spring).

Population, income & housing

	Emory	Glade Spring
Population	1,135	2,224
Median age	21.2 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$62,500	$76,736
Median home value	$203,800	$170,700
Median gross rent	—	$758
Housing units	210	755
Homeownership rate	92.2%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Emory	Glade Spring
Population	1,155 → 1,135 (-1.7%)	1,616 → 2,224 (+37.6%)
Median household income	$69,643 → $62,500 (-10.3%)	$47,900 → $76,736 (+60.2%)
Median home value	$222,000 → $203,800 (-8.2%)	$119,400 → $170,700 (+43.0%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $950 (+31.0%)	$746 → $758 (+1.6%)

Emory

Population

1,1551,135

Median household income

$69,643$62,500

Median home value

$222,000$203,800

Median gross rent

$725$950

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)

	Emory	Glade Spring
Under 5	1.4%	9.0%
5 to 17	4.9%	20.1%
18 to 24	58.9%	7.6%
25 to 34	4.8%	12.0%
35 to 44	6.7%	6.4%
45 to 54	5.7%	16.5%
55 to 64	4.8%	9.8%
65 to 74	2.1%	11.4%
75 and over	10.6%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Emory	Glade Spring
White (non-Hispanic)	77.4%	96.9%
Black or African American	17.4%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.7%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Emory	Glade Spring
No high school diploma	1.5%	10.4%
High school graduate	23.6%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	42.4%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	20.3%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Emory	Glade Spring
Drove alone	27.5%	83.0%
Carpooled	2.4%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	40.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.7%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Emory	Glade Spring
1-unit, detached	92.9%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Emory	Glade Spring
Poverty rate	4.8%	10.1%
Average household size	2.46	3.43
Mean commute (minutes)	17	20
Median year structure built	1977	1971