Crozet vs Piney Mountain

A side-by-side comparison of Crozet and Piney Mountain: population, income, housing, and more.

Crozet and Piney Mountain are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Crozet has the higher population (9,211 vs 2,478 in Piney Mountain). Piney Mountain has the higher median household income ($129,120 vs $121,153 in Crozet). Crozet has the higher median home value ($526,100 vs $284,000 in Piney Mountain).

Population, income & housing

	Crozet	Piney Mountain
Population	9,211	2,478
Median age	39.0 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$121,153	$129,120
Median home value	$526,100	$284,000
Median gross rent	$1,897	$1,817
Housing units	3,772	818
Homeownership rate	72.1%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.6%	45.0%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crozet	Piney Mountain
Population	7,159 → 9,211 (+28.7%)	1,356 → 2,478 (+82.7%)
Median household income	$81,875 → $121,153 (+48.0%)	$64,882 → $129,120 (+99.0%)
Median home value	$378,800 → $526,100 (+38.9%)	$184,900 → $284,000 (+53.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,437 → $1,897 (+32.0%)	$1,216 → $1,817 (+49.4%)

Crozet

Population

7,1599,211

Median household income

$81,875$121,153

Median home value

$378,800$526,100

Median gross rent

$1,437$1,897

Piney Mountain

Population

1,3562,478

Median household income

$64,882$129,120

Median home value

$184,900$284,000

Median gross rent

$1,216$1,817

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crozet	Piney Mountain
Under 5	7.2%	4.8%
5 to 17	21.8%	22.8%
18 to 24	4.7%	7.1%
25 to 34	11.3%	11.9%
35 to 44	14.3%	17.6%
45 to 54	13.2%	16.5%
55 to 64	13.0%	7.7%
65 to 74	8.0%	10.8%
75 and over	6.6%	0.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crozet	Piney Mountain
White (non-Hispanic)	88.2%	54.6%
Black or African American	2.2%	12.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	9.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	10.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	12.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crozet	Piney Mountain
No high school diploma	2.7%	3.0%
High school graduate	6.6%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	15.0%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	36.4%	32.1%
Graduate or professional degree	39.2%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crozet	Piney Mountain
Drove alone	67.9%	80.8%
Carpooled	5.5%	2.0%
Public transit	0.1%	1.2%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.9%	16.1%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crozet	Piney Mountain
1-unit, detached	57.2%	41.4%
1-unit, attached	20.8%	50.6%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	9.4%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Crozet	Piney Mountain
Poverty rate	8.0%	3.5%
Average household size	2.60	3.23
Mean commute (minutes)	28	21
Median year structure built	2008	1997