Piney Mountain vs Rio

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

Piney Mountain and Rio 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 1,213 in Rio). Piney Mountain has the higher median household income ($129,120 vs $65,703 in Rio). Since 2019, Piney Mountain's population has grown faster (+82.7% vs -31.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Piney Mountain	Rio
Population	2,478	1,213
Median age	38.1 yrs	28.7 yrs
Median household income	$129,120	$65,703
Median home value	$284,000	—
Median gross rent	$1,817	$1,755
Housing units	818	733
Homeownership rate	81.3%	1.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.0%	41.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Piney Mountain	Rio
Population	1,356 → 2,478 (+82.7%)	1,771 → 1,213 (-31.5%)
Median household income	$64,882 → $129,120 (+99.0%)	$55,674 → $65,703 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$184,900 → $284,000 (+53.6%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,216 → $1,817 (+49.4%)	$1,380 → $1,755 (+27.2%)

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

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)

	Piney Mountain	Rio
Under 5	4.8%	7.0%
5 to 17	22.8%	7.4%
18 to 24	7.1%	27.9%
25 to 34	11.9%	22.8%
35 to 44	17.6%	7.7%
45 to 54	16.5%	4.9%
55 to 64	7.7%	7.4%
65 to 74	10.8%	13.0%
75 and over	0.8%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Piney Mountain	Rio
White (non-Hispanic)	54.6%	71.0%
Black or African American	12.9%	23.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.2%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.8%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	12.5%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Piney Mountain	Rio
No high school diploma	3.0%	4.7%
High school graduate	17.9%	23.0%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	32.1%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	21.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Piney Mountain	Rio
Drove alone	80.8%	67.8%
Carpooled	2.0%	19.9%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.1%	6.6%
Other means	0.0%	5.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Piney Mountain	Rio
1-unit, detached	41.4%	0.0%
1-unit, attached	50.6%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	27.1%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	28.9%
20 or more units	4.2%	42.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Piney Mountain	Rio
Poverty rate	3.5%	23.9%
Average household size	3.23	1.65
Mean commute (minutes)	21	17
Median year structure built	1997	2006