Appalachia vs Coeburn

A side-by-side comparison of Appalachia and Coeburn: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Appalachia has the higher population (1,612 vs 1,606 in Coeburn). Coeburn has the higher median household income ($53,750 vs $38,942 in Appalachia). Coeburn has the higher median home value ($107,800 vs $65,500 in Appalachia).

Population, income & housing

	Appalachia	Coeburn
Population	1,612	1,606
Median age	40.0 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$38,942	$53,750
Median home value	$65,500	$107,800
Median gross rent	$665	$638
Housing units	857	864
Homeownership rate	60.3%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	14.3%	12.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Appalachia	Coeburn
Population	1,444 → 1,612 (+11.6%)	1,567 → 1,606 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$27,554 → $38,942 (+41.3%)	$23,816 → $53,750 (+125.7%)
Median home value	$58,700 → $65,500 (+11.6%)	$61,700 → $107,800 (+74.7%)
Median gross rent	$370 → $665 (+79.7%)	$582 → $638 (+9.6%)

Appalachia

Population

1,4441,612

Median household income

$27,554$38,942

Median home value

$58,700$65,500

Median gross rent

$370$665

Coeburn

Population

1,5671,606

Median household income

$23,816$53,750

Median home value

$61,700$107,800

Median gross rent

$582$638

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Appalachia	Coeburn
Under 5	5.6%	3.9%
5 to 17	23.1%	11.3%
18 to 24	8.5%	8.8%
25 to 34	8.6%	10.6%
35 to 44	10.2%	12.7%
45 to 54	14.8%	20.9%
55 to 64	13.3%	14.2%
65 to 74	10.9%	9.8%
75 and over	5.0%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Appalachia	Coeburn
White (non-Hispanic)	82.6%	96.7%
Black or African American	6.9%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.8%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Appalachia	Coeburn
No high school diploma	13.9%	18.2%
High school graduate	29.1%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	41.4%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Appalachia	Coeburn
Drove alone	83.9%	88.7%
Carpooled	6.7%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	1.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Appalachia	Coeburn
1-unit, detached	66.9%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	0.3%
20 or more units	3.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	29.9%

Poverty & households

	Appalachia	Coeburn
Poverty rate	32.5%	18.4%
Average household size	2.41	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1962	1976