Fort Chiswell vs Wytheville

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

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

Wytheville has the higher population (8,224 vs 770 in Fort Chiswell). Fort Chiswell has the higher median household income ($85,147 vs $43,283 in Wytheville). Wytheville has the higher median home value ($193,000 vs $191,700 in Fort Chiswell).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Chiswell	Wytheville
Population	770	8,224
Median age	40.4 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$85,147	$43,283
Median home value	$191,700	$193,000
Median gross rent	$955	$706
Housing units	372	4,590
Homeownership rate	85.1%	54.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.5%	24.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Chiswell	Wytheville
Population	960 → 770 (-19.8%)	7,957 → 8,224 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$67,083 → $85,147 (+26.9%)	$47,820 → $43,283 (-9.5%)
Median home value	$138,500 → $191,700 (+38.4%)	$159,700 → $193,000 (+20.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$640 → $706 (+10.3%)

Fort Chiswell

Population

960770

Median household income

$67,083$85,147

Median home value

$138,500$191,700

Wytheville

Population

7,9578,224

Median household income

$47,820$43,283

Median home value

$159,700$193,000

Median gross rent

$640$706

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Chiswell	Wytheville
Under 5	1.8%	4.5%
5 to 17	14.2%	14.5%
18 to 24	12.3%	7.8%
25 to 34	15.8%	9.9%
35 to 44	13.0%	12.0%
45 to 54	19.1%	12.9%
55 to 64	8.6%	12.4%
65 to 74	15.2%	13.3%
75 and over	0.0%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Chiswell	Wytheville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	90.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Chiswell	Wytheville
No high school diploma	0.9%	12.1%
High school graduate	30.4%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	60.1%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Chiswell	Wytheville
Drove alone	85.6%	75.7%
Carpooled	11.7%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	9.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Chiswell	Wytheville
1-unit, detached	70.7%	64.4%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	15.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	13.4%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Fort Chiswell	Wytheville
Poverty rate	4.9%	22.0%
Average household size	2.29	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	27	17
Median year structure built	1993	1974