Bland County vs Surry County

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

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

Surry County has the higher population (6,552 vs 6,211 in Bland County). Surry County has the higher median household income ($71,458 vs $61,375 in Bland County). Surry County has the higher median home value ($235,200 vs $157,100 in Bland County).

Population, income & housing

	Bland County	Surry County
Population	6,211	6,552
Median age	47.1 yrs	50.7 yrs
Median household income	$61,375	$71,458
Median home value	$157,100	$235,200
Median gross rent	$683	$858
Housing units	3,205	3,438
Homeownership rate	80.9%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bland County	Surry County
Population	6,388 → 6,211 (-2.8%)	6,523 → 6,552 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$48,531 → $61,375 (+26.5%)	$57,962 → $71,458 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$113,200 → $157,100 (+38.8%)	$197,800 → $235,200 (+18.9%)
Median gross rent	$589 → $683 (+16.0%)	$903 → $858 (-5.0%)

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

Surry County

Population

6,5236,552

Median household income

$57,962$71,458

Median home value

$197,800$235,200

Median gross rent

$903$858

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bland County	Surry County
Under 5	3.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	11.1%	11.9%
18 to 24	5.1%	7.9%
25 to 34	12.5%	8.3%
35 to 44	16.4%	10.6%
45 to 54	13.3%	12.2%
55 to 64	14.1%	19.3%
65 to 74	14.6%	15.2%
75 and over	10.0%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bland County	Surry County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	54.4%
Black or African American	4.6%	41.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bland County	Surry County
No high school diploma	8.8%	10.0%
High school graduate	44.7%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bland County	Surry County
Drove alone	82.3%	76.5%
Carpooled	10.3%	14.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	1.5%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	6.5%
Other means	0.7%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bland County	Surry County
1-unit, detached	73.4%	80.9%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	23.2%	14.0%

Poverty & households

	Bland County	Surry County
Poverty rate	12.7%	11.6%
Average household size	2.25	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	27	43
Median year structure built	1982	1982