With 22,720 people, Christiansburg is a city in Virginia. Growth has run 34% since 2000, or 5,773 more people. 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 6% of people here were born outside the United States. The average commute runs 18 minutes. There are 1,543 people per square mile.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $77,147, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 39.2
US median: 38.9
More educated
45% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 42%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Christiansburg
What changed most since 1990
Adults with a bachelor's degree17.2% → 44.7%(+27.5 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Homes owned by their occupants67.5% → 59.8%(−7.7 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
White share93.8% → 82.6%(−11.2 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Christiansburg's population equals 23% of Montgomery County's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 11% of the county's. Its number of veterans equals 40% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)37.3%(488)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)18.3%(239)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era28.6%(374)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0.5%(7)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1.3%(17)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 1,309 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Christiansburg, decade by decade
Christiansburg population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
15,004
$62,812
$156,244
17.2%
14.7
2000
16,947
$74,416
$177,429
25.1%
17.5
2010
21,041
$71,271
$248,441
31.3%
27.0
2020
23,348
$76,809
$239,256
40.4%
39.6
2024
22,720
$77,147
$252,600
44.7%
38.7
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
