Bland County vs Craig County

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

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

Bland County has the higher population (6,211 vs 4,881 in Craig County). Craig County has the higher median household income ($67,778 vs $61,375 in Bland County). Craig County has the higher median home value ($210,500 vs $157,100 in Bland County).

Population, income & housing

	Bland County	Craig County
Population	6,211	4,881
Median age	47.1 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$61,375	$67,778
Median home value	$157,100	$210,500
Median gross rent	$683	$728
Housing units	3,205	2,397
Homeownership rate	80.9%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bland County	Craig County
Population	6,388 → 6,211 (-2.8%)	5,110 → 4,881 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$48,531 → $61,375 (+26.5%)	$55,708 → $67,778 (+21.7%)
Median home value	$113,200 → $157,100 (+38.8%)	$165,800 → $210,500 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$589 → $683 (+16.0%)	$566 → $728 (+28.6%)

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

Craig County

Population

5,1104,881

Median household income

$55,708$67,778

Median home value

$165,800$210,500

Median gross rent

$566$728

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bland County	Craig County
Under 5	3.1%	7.4%
5 to 17	11.1%	17.7%
18 to 24	5.1%	4.9%
25 to 34	12.5%	9.2%
35 to 44	16.4%	9.3%
45 to 54	13.3%	13.5%
55 to 64	14.1%	18.9%
65 to 74	14.6%	10.3%
75 and over	10.0%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bland County	Craig County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	95.2%
Black or African American	4.6%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.6%
Two or more races	1.3%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bland County	Craig County
No high school diploma	8.8%	13.1%
High school graduate	44.7%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bland County	Craig County
Drove alone	82.3%	84.2%
Carpooled	10.3%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	8.3%
Other means	0.7%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bland County	Craig County
1-unit, detached	73.4%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	0.2%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	23.2%	14.7%

Poverty & households

	Bland County	Craig County
Poverty rate	12.7%	14.0%
Average household size	2.25	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	27	35
Median year structure built	1982	1979