North Garden vs Rio

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

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

Rio has the higher population (1,213 vs 405 in North Garden). North Garden has the higher median household income ($129,583 vs $65,703 in Rio). Since 2019, North Garden's population has grown faster (+21.6% vs -31.5%).

Population, income & housing

	North Garden	Rio
Population	405	1,213
Median age	51.6 yrs	28.7 yrs
Median household income	$129,583	$65,703
Median home value	$560,500	—
Median gross rent	—	$1,755
Housing units	168	733
Homeownership rate	77.5%	1.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.9%	41.6%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Garden	Rio
Population	333 → 405 (+21.6%)	1,771 → 1,213 (-31.5%)
Median household income	$145,240 → $129,583 (-10.8%)	$55,674 → $65,703 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$339,700 → $560,500 (+65.0%)	—
Median gross rent	—	$1,380 → $1,755 (+27.2%)

North Garden

Population

333405

Median household income

$145,240$129,583

Median home value

$339,700$560,500

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)

	North Garden	Rio
Under 5	3.2%	7.0%
5 to 17	17.3%	7.4%
18 to 24	5.9%	27.9%
25 to 34	5.9%	22.8%
35 to 44	9.4%	7.7%
45 to 54	10.4%	4.9%
55 to 64	30.1%	7.4%
65 to 74	10.4%	13.0%
75 and over	7.4%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Garden	Rio
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	71.0%
Black or African American	4.2%	23.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Garden	Rio
No high school diploma	16.4%	4.7%
High school graduate	22.5%	23.0%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	19.5%	21.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Garden	Rio
Drove alone	77.0%	67.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	19.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.0%	6.6%
Other means	0.0%	5.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Garden	Rio
1-unit, detached	78.6%	0.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	27.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	28.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	42.0%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	North Garden	Rio
Poverty rate	6.1%	23.9%
Average household size	2.82	1.65
Mean commute (minutes)	33	17
Median year structure built	1995	2006