Appalachia vs East Stone Gap

A side-by-side comparison of Appalachia and East Stone Gap: population, income, housing, and more.

Appalachia and East Stone Gap 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 792 in East Stone Gap). East Stone Gap has the higher median home value ($113,800 vs $65,500 in Appalachia). Since 2019, Appalachia's population has grown faster (+11.6% vs -7.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Appalachia	East Stone Gap
Population	1,612	792
Median age	40.0 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$38,942	—
Median home value	$65,500	$113,800
Median gross rent	$665	—
Housing units	857	275
Homeownership rate	60.3%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	14.3%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Appalachia	East Stone Gap
Population	1,444 → 1,612 (+11.6%)	858 → 792 (-7.7%)
Median household income	$27,554 → $38,942 (+41.3%)	—
Median home value	$58,700 → $65,500 (+11.6%)	$85,700 → $113,800 (+32.8%)
Median gross rent	$370 → $665 (+79.7%)	—

Appalachia

Population

1,4441,612

Median household income

$27,554$38,942

Median home value

$58,700$65,500

Median gross rent

$370$665

East Stone Gap

Population

858792

Median home value

$85,700$113,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Appalachia	East Stone Gap
Under 5	5.6%	3.7%
5 to 17	23.1%	2.7%
18 to 24	8.5%	25.9%
25 to 34	8.6%	7.7%
35 to 44	10.2%	0.0%
45 to 54	14.8%	23.9%
55 to 64	13.3%	18.6%
65 to 74	10.9%	17.7%
75 and over	5.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Appalachia	East Stone Gap
White (non-Hispanic)	82.6%	95.2%
Black or African American	6.9%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.8%
Two or more races	7.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Appalachia	East Stone Gap
No high school diploma	13.9%	16.6%
High school graduate	29.1%	83.4%
Some college or associate's	41.4%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Appalachia	East Stone Gap
Drove alone	83.9%	100.0%
Carpooled	6.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Appalachia	East Stone Gap
1-unit, detached	66.9%	28.4%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	71.6%

Poverty & households

	Appalachia	East Stone Gap
Poverty rate	32.5%	0.0%
Average household size	2.41	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	23	—
Median year structure built	1962	1993