Earlysville vs Rivanna

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

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

Rivanna has the higher population (2,258 vs 1,217 in Earlysville). Earlysville has the higher median household income ($143,500 vs $140,903 in Rivanna). Rivanna has the higher median home value ($787,300 vs $414,600 in Earlysville).

Population, income & housing

	Earlysville	Rivanna
Population	1,217	2,258
Median age	53.7 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	$143,500	$140,903
Median home value	$414,600	$787,300
Housing units	482	914
Homeownership rate	96.5%	97.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.5%	81.6%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Earlysville	Rivanna
Population	1,081 → 1,217 (+12.6%)	1,851 → 2,258 (+22.0%)
Median household income	$116,616 → $143,500 (+23.1%)	$127,929 → $140,903 (+10.1%)
Median home value	$380,100 → $414,600 (+9.1%)	$647,100 → $787,300 (+21.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$2,821 → $3,442 (+22.0%)

Earlysville

Population

1,0811,217

Median household income

$116,616$143,500

Median home value

$380,100$414,600

Rivanna

Population

1,8512,258

Median household income

$127,929$140,903

Median home value

$647,100$787,300

Median gross rent

$2,821$3,442

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Earlysville	Rivanna
Under 5	9.6%	6.2%
5 to 17	14.9%	15.9%
18 to 24	4.0%	2.1%
25 to 34	0.8%	7.5%
35 to 44	9.8%	9.4%
45 to 54	11.8%	10.5%
55 to 64	15.6%	12.9%
65 to 74	29.0%	20.2%
75 and over	4.4%	15.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Earlysville	Rivanna
White (non-Hispanic)	82.6%	85.7%
Black or African American	8.4%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.2%	8.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Earlysville	Rivanna
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.7%
High school graduate	11.1%	3.7%
Some college or associate's	13.3%	12.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	33.7%
Graduate or professional degree	59.3%	47.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Earlysville	Rivanna
Drove alone	66.1%	68.3%
Carpooled	1.0%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	32.9%	29.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Earlysville	Rivanna
1-unit, detached	100.0%	95.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Earlysville	Rivanna
Poverty rate	4.8%	6.8%
Average household size	2.52	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	18	24
Median year structure built	1985	2001