Big Stone Gap vs St. Paul

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

Big Stone Gap and St. Paul 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 1,046 in St. Paul). Big Stone Gap has the higher median household income ($51,059 vs $29,554 in St. Paul). St. Paul has the higher median home value ($178,800 vs $169,900 in Big Stone Gap).

Population, income & housing

	Big Stone Gap	St. Paul
Population	5,193	1,046
Median age	41.1 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$51,059	$29,554
Median home value	$169,900	$178,800
Median gross rent	$823	$468
Housing units	1,963	480
Homeownership rate	62.0%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	26.5%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	15.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Stone Gap	St. Paul
Population	5,257 → 5,193 (-1.2%)	1,008 → 1,046 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$46,979 → $51,059 (+8.7%)	$35,417 → $29,554 (-16.6%)
Median home value	$126,100 → $169,900 (+34.7%)	$141,800 → $178,800 (+26.1%)
Median gross rent	$690 → $823 (+19.3%)	$415 → $468 (+12.8%)

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

St. Paul

Population

1,0081,046

Median household income

$35,417$29,554

Median home value

$141,800$178,800

Median gross rent

$415$468

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Stone Gap	St. Paul
Under 5	3.6%	5.2%
5 to 17	16.0%	16.6%
18 to 24	6.5%	8.7%
25 to 34	15.8%	12.9%
35 to 44	15.2%	14.9%
45 to 54	11.5%	7.0%
55 to 64	10.9%	13.5%
65 to 74	14.4%	9.6%
75 and over	6.2%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Stone Gap	St. Paul
White (non-Hispanic)	74.4%	96.2%
Black or African American	19.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Stone Gap	St. Paul
No high school diploma	19.1%	19.4%
High school graduate	22.3%	19.5%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Stone Gap	St. Paul
Drove alone	76.7%	60.3%
Carpooled	7.6%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.1%	11.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	11.5%
Other means	1.5%	6.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Stone Gap	St. Paul
1-unit, detached	77.0%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	20.8%
20 or more units	1.8%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	11.6%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Big Stone Gap	St. Paul
Poverty rate	23.3%	33.4%
Average household size	2.22	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1972	1966