Earlysville vs Piney Mountain

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

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

Piney Mountain has the higher population (2,478 vs 1,217 in Earlysville). Earlysville has the higher median household income ($143,500 vs $129,120 in Piney Mountain). Earlysville has the higher median home value ($414,600 vs $284,000 in Piney Mountain).

Population, income & housing

	Earlysville	Piney Mountain
Population	1,217	2,478
Median age	53.7 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$143,500	$129,120
Median home value	$414,600	$284,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,817
Housing units	482	818
Homeownership rate	96.5%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.5%	45.0%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Earlysville	Piney Mountain
Population	1,081 → 1,217 (+12.6%)	1,356 → 2,478 (+82.7%)
Median household income	$116,616 → $143,500 (+23.1%)	$64,882 → $129,120 (+99.0%)
Median home value	$380,100 → $414,600 (+9.1%)	$184,900 → $284,000 (+53.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,216 → $1,817 (+49.4%)

Earlysville

Population

1,0811,217

Median household income

$116,616$143,500

Median home value

$380,100$414,600

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)

	Earlysville	Piney Mountain
Under 5	9.6%	4.8%
5 to 17	14.9%	22.8%
18 to 24	4.0%	7.1%
25 to 34	0.8%	11.9%
35 to 44	9.8%	17.6%
45 to 54	11.8%	16.5%
55 to 64	15.6%	7.7%
65 to 74	29.0%	10.8%
75 and over	4.4%	0.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Earlysville	Piney Mountain
White (non-Hispanic)	82.6%	54.6%
Black or African American	8.4%	12.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	9.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.2%	10.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	12.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Earlysville	Piney Mountain
No high school diploma	0.0%	3.0%
High school graduate	11.1%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	13.3%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	32.1%
Graduate or professional degree	59.3%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Earlysville	Piney Mountain
Drove alone	66.1%	80.8%
Carpooled	1.0%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	32.9%	16.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Earlysville	Piney Mountain
1-unit, detached	100.0%	41.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	50.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Earlysville	Piney Mountain
Poverty rate	4.8%	3.5%
Average household size	2.52	3.23
Mean commute (minutes)	18	21
Median year structure built	1985	1997