Fort Chiswell vs Ivanhoe

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

Fort Chiswell and Ivanhoe 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 711 in Ivanhoe). Fort Chiswell has the higher median household income ($85,147 vs $37,313 in Ivanhoe). Fort Chiswell has the higher median home value ($191,700 vs $87,700 in Ivanhoe).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Chiswell	Ivanhoe
Population	770	711
Median age	40.4 yrs	26.1 yrs
Median household income	$85,147	$37,313
Median home value	$191,700	$87,700
Median gross rent	$955	—
Housing units	372	175
Homeownership rate	85.1%	93.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.5%	3.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Chiswell	Ivanhoe
Population	960 → 770 (-19.8%)	459 → 711 (+54.9%)
Median household income	$67,083 → $85,147 (+26.9%)	$42,321 → $37,313 (-11.8%)
Median home value	$138,500 → $191,700 (+38.4%)	$64,000 → $87,700 (+37.0%)

Fort Chiswell

Population

960770

Median household income

$67,083$85,147

Median home value

$138,500$191,700

Ivanhoe

Population

459711

Median household income

$42,321$37,313

Median home value

$64,000$87,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Chiswell	Ivanhoe
Under 5	1.8%	17.4%
5 to 17	14.2%	19.7%
18 to 24	12.3%	11.5%
25 to 34	15.8%	11.3%
35 to 44	13.0%	4.6%
45 to 54	19.1%	12.0%
55 to 64	8.6%	8.3%
65 to 74	15.2%	10.8%
75 and over	0.0%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Chiswell	Ivanhoe
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	71.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	24.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Chiswell	Ivanhoe
No high school diploma	0.9%	15.9%
High school graduate	30.4%	41.9%
Some college or associate's	60.1%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	3.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Chiswell	Ivanhoe
Drove alone	85.6%	64.1%
Carpooled	11.7%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	27.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Chiswell	Ivanhoe
1-unit, detached	70.7%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.4%	29.1%

Poverty & households

	Fort Chiswell	Ivanhoe
Poverty rate	4.9%	54.1%
Average household size	2.29	4.06
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1993	1975