Bland County vs Charles City County

A side-by-side comparison of Bland County and Charles City County: population, income, housing, and more.

Bland County and Charles City County are counties in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Charles City County has the higher population (6,686 vs 6,211 in Bland County). Charles City County has the higher median household income ($70,339 vs $61,375 in Bland County). Charles City County has the higher median home value ($224,100 vs $157,100 in Bland County).

Population, income & housing

	Bland County	Charles City County
Population	6,211	6,686
Median age	47.1 yrs	52.6 yrs
Median household income	$61,375	$70,339
Median home value	$157,100	$224,100
Median gross rent	$683	$1,076
Housing units	3,205	3,269
Homeownership rate	80.9%	85.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bland County	Charles City County
Population	6,388 → 6,211 (-2.8%)	7,014 → 6,686 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$48,531 → $61,375 (+26.5%)	$57,198 → $70,339 (+23.0%)
Median home value	$113,200 → $157,100 (+38.8%)	$167,900 → $224,100 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$589 → $683 (+16.0%)	$813 → $1,076 (+32.3%)

Bland County

Population

6,3886,211

Median household income

$48,531$61,375

Median home value

$113,200$157,100

Median gross rent

$589$683

Charles City County

Population

7,0146,686

Median household income

$57,198$70,339

Median home value

$167,900$224,100

Median gross rent

$813$1,076

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bland County	Charles City County
Under 5	3.1%	3.7%
5 to 17	11.1%	10.8%
18 to 24	5.1%	6.8%
25 to 34	12.5%	10.3%
35 to 44	16.4%	9.3%
45 to 54	13.3%	12.9%
55 to 64	14.1%	20.1%
65 to 74	14.6%	15.9%
75 and over	10.0%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bland County	Charles City County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	44.3%
Black or African American	4.6%	40.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	5.7%
Asian	0.3%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.3%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bland County	Charles City County
No high school diploma	8.8%	11.8%
High school graduate	44.7%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bland County	Charles City County
Drove alone	82.3%	83.8%
Carpooled	10.3%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	1.5%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	8.2%
Other means	0.7%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bland County	Charles City County
1-unit, detached	73.4%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	23.2%	11.0%

Poverty & households

	Bland County	Charles City County
Poverty rate	12.7%	11.4%
Average household size	2.25	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	27	34
Median year structure built	1982	1990