Austinville vs Fort Chiswell

A side-by-side comparison of Austinville and Fort Chiswell: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fort Chiswell has the higher population (770 vs 0 in Austinville). Since 2019, Fort Chiswell's population has grown faster (-19.8% vs -100.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Austinville	Fort Chiswell
Population	0	770
Median age	—	40.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$85,147
Median home value	—	$191,700
Median gross rent	—	$955
Housing units	0	372
Homeownership rate	—	85.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	—	8.5%
Unemployment rate	—	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Austinville	Fort Chiswell
Population	18 → 0 (-100.0%)	960 → 770 (-19.8%)
Median household income	—	$67,083 → $85,147 (+26.9%)
Median home value	—	$138,500 → $191,700 (+38.4%)

Austinville

Population

180

Fort Chiswell

Population

960770

Median household income

$67,083$85,147

Median home value

$138,500$191,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Austinville	Fort Chiswell
Under 5	—	1.8%
5 to 17	—	14.2%
18 to 24	—	12.3%
25 to 34	—	15.8%
35 to 44	—	13.0%
45 to 54	—	19.1%
55 to 64	—	8.6%
65 to 74	—	15.2%
75 and over	—	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Austinville	Fort Chiswell
White (non-Hispanic)	—	100.0%
Black or African American	—	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	—	0.0%
Asian	—	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	—	0.0%
Some other race	—	0.0%
Two or more races	—	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	—	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Austinville	Fort Chiswell
No high school diploma	—	0.9%
High school graduate	—	30.4%
Some college or associate's	—	60.1%
Bachelor's degree	—	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	—	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Austinville	Fort Chiswell
Drove alone	—	85.6%
Carpooled	—	11.7%
Public transit	—	0.0%
Walked	—	0.0%
Bicycle	—	0.0%
Worked from home	—	2.7%
Other means	—	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Austinville	Fort Chiswell
1-unit, detached	—	70.7%
1-unit, attached	—	2.4%
2 to 4 units	—	13.4%
5 to 19 units	—	0.0%
20 or more units	—	0.0%
Mobile home & other	—	13.4%

Poverty & households

	Austinville	Fort Chiswell
Poverty rate	—	4.9%
Average household size	—	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	—	27
Median year structure built	—	1993