Big Stone Gap vs Coeburn

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

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

Big Stone Gap has the higher population (5,193 vs 1,606 in Coeburn). Coeburn has the higher median household income ($53,750 vs $51,059 in Big Stone Gap). Big Stone Gap has the higher median home value ($169,900 vs $107,800 in Coeburn).

Population, income & housing

	Big Stone Gap	Coeburn
Population	5,193	1,606
Median age	41.1 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$51,059	$53,750
Median home value	$169,900	$107,800
Median gross rent	$823	$638
Housing units	1,963	864
Homeownership rate	62.0%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	12.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Stone Gap	Coeburn
Population	5,257 → 5,193 (-1.2%)	1,567 → 1,606 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$46,979 → $51,059 (+8.7%)	$23,816 → $53,750 (+125.7%)
Median home value	$126,100 → $169,900 (+34.7%)	$61,700 → $107,800 (+74.7%)
Median gross rent	$690 → $823 (+19.3%)	$582 → $638 (+9.6%)

Big Stone Gap

Population

5,2575,193

Median household income

$46,979$51,059

Median home value

$126,100$169,900

Median gross rent

$690$823

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)

	Big Stone Gap	Coeburn
Under 5	3.6%	3.9%
5 to 17	16.0%	11.3%
18 to 24	6.5%	8.8%
25 to 34	15.8%	10.6%
35 to 44	15.2%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.5%	20.9%
55 to 64	10.9%	14.2%
65 to 74	14.4%	9.8%
75 and over	6.2%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Stone Gap	Coeburn
White (non-Hispanic)	74.4%	96.7%
Black or African American	19.4%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.6%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Stone Gap	Coeburn
No high school diploma	19.1%	18.2%
High school graduate	22.3%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Stone Gap	Coeburn
Drove alone	76.7%	88.7%
Carpooled	7.6%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.1%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	1.0%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Stone Gap	Coeburn
1-unit, detached	77.0%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	0.3%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.6%	29.9%

Poverty & households

	Big Stone Gap	Coeburn
Poverty rate	23.3%	18.4%
Average household size	2.22	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1972	1976