Earlysville vs Rio

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

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

Earlysville has the higher population (1,217 vs 1,213 in Rio). Earlysville has the higher median household income ($143,500 vs $65,703 in Rio). Since 2019, Earlysville's population has grown faster (+12.6% vs -31.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Earlysville	Rio
Population	1,217	1,213
Median age	53.7 yrs	28.7 yrs
Median household income	$143,500	$65,703
Median home value	$414,600	—
Median gross rent	—	$1,755
Housing units	482	733
Homeownership rate	96.5%	1.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.5%	41.6%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Earlysville	Rio
Population	1,081 → 1,217 (+12.6%)	1,771 → 1,213 (-31.5%)
Median household income	$116,616 → $143,500 (+23.1%)	$55,674 → $65,703 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$380,100 → $414,600 (+9.1%)	—
Median gross rent	—	$1,380 → $1,755 (+27.2%)

Earlysville

Population

1,0811,217

Median household income

$116,616$143,500

Median home value

$380,100$414,600

Rio

Population

1,7711,213

Median household income

$55,674$65,703

Median gross rent

$1,380$1,755

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Earlysville	Rio
Under 5	9.6%	7.0%
5 to 17	14.9%	7.4%
18 to 24	4.0%	27.9%
25 to 34	0.8%	22.8%
35 to 44	9.8%	7.7%
45 to 54	11.8%	4.9%
55 to 64	15.6%	7.4%
65 to 74	29.0%	13.0%
75 and over	4.4%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Earlysville	Rio
White (non-Hispanic)	82.6%	71.0%
Black or African American	8.4%	23.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.2%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Earlysville	Rio
No high school diploma	0.0%	4.7%
High school graduate	11.1%	23.0%
Some college or associate's	13.3%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	59.3%	21.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Earlysville	Rio
Drove alone	66.1%	67.8%
Carpooled	1.0%	19.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	32.9%	6.6%
Other means	0.0%	5.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Earlysville	Rio
1-unit, detached	100.0%	0.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	27.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	28.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	42.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Earlysville	Rio
Poverty rate	4.8%	23.9%
Average household size	2.52	1.65
Mean commute (minutes)	18	17
Median year structure built	1985	2006