Coeburn vs East Stone Gap

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

Coeburn 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.

Coeburn has the higher population (1,606 vs 792 in East Stone Gap). East Stone Gap has the higher median home value ($113,800 vs $107,800 in Coeburn). Since 2019, Coeburn's population has grown faster (+2.5% vs -7.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Coeburn	East Stone Gap
Population	1,606	792
Median age	45.8 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	—
Median home value	$107,800	$113,800
Median gross rent	$638	—
Housing units	864	275
Homeownership rate	70.6%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	12.3%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coeburn	East Stone Gap
Population	1,567 → 1,606 (+2.5%)	858 → 792 (-7.7%)
Median household income	$23,816 → $53,750 (+125.7%)	—
Median home value	$61,700 → $107,800 (+74.7%)	$85,700 → $113,800 (+32.8%)
Median gross rent	$582 → $638 (+9.6%)	—

Coeburn

Population

1,5671,606

Median household income

$23,816$53,750

Median home value

$61,700$107,800

Median gross rent

$582$638

East Stone Gap

Population

858792

Median home value

$85,700$113,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coeburn	East Stone Gap
Under 5	3.9%	3.7%
5 to 17	11.3%	2.7%
18 to 24	8.8%	25.9%
25 to 34	10.6%	7.7%
35 to 44	12.7%	0.0%
45 to 54	20.9%	23.9%
55 to 64	14.2%	18.6%
65 to 74	9.8%	17.7%
75 and over	7.8%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coeburn	East Stone Gap
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	95.2%
Black or African American	1.9%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	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	0.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coeburn	East Stone Gap
No high school diploma	18.2%	16.6%
High school graduate	38.2%	83.4%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coeburn	East Stone Gap
Drove alone	88.7%	100.0%
Carpooled	3.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coeburn	East Stone Gap
1-unit, detached	62.5%	28.4%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.9%	71.6%

Poverty & households

	Coeburn	East Stone Gap
Poverty rate	18.4%	0.0%
Average household size	2.17	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	22	—
Median year structure built	1976	1993