What is the population of Christiansburg town?

Christiansburg town has 22,820 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #55 of 688 in Virginia.

What is the median household income in Christiansburg town?

Median household income in Christiansburg town is $75,451 a year, 3.9% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Christiansburg town?

Median gross rent is $1,171 a month and the median home value is $242,900, so rent absorbs about 18.6% of median household income.

Is Christiansburg town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Christiansburg town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Christiansburg, VA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Christiansburg, Virginia (Christiansburg, VA — Census place “Christiansburg town”) is 22,820 residents, ranking #55 of 688 places in Virginia. Median household income is $75,451, the median home is worth $242,900 and median gross rent runs $1,171 a month. Looking for the Christiansburg Virginia ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Christiansburg, VA: 24073.

Population: 22,820Christiansburg town residents
Median household income: $75,451Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $242,900Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,171Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 37.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 60.6%Owner-occupied households

Christiansburg ZIP codes (Virginia)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Christiansburg.

The Christiansburg VA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

24073

What the numbers mean in Christiansburg town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Christiansburg town median would spend about 18.6% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 12.4% of residents and 60.6% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Christiansburg town, VA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Christiansburg town is a mid-size town in Virginia, with 22,820 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #55 of 688 ranked by population — larger than 92% of them. The median age here is 37.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Christiansburg town earn a median of $75,451 a year, 3.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 9% below the $82,986 median for the 383 Virginia cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 12.4% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Christiansburg town is valued at $242,900, 19.9% below the national figure and 17% below the $291,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,171 a month, 16.7% below the national figure, or roughly $14,052 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.6% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 60.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Christiansburg town?: Christiansburg town has 22,820 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #55 of 688 in Virginia.
What is the median household income in Christiansburg town?: Median household income in Christiansburg town is $75,451 a year, 3.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Christiansburg town?: Median gross rent is $1,171 a month and the median home value is $242,900, so rent absorbs about 18.6% of median household income.
Is Christiansburg town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Christiansburg town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Christiansburg town data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.