Piney Mountain vs Rivanna

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

Piney Mountain and Rivanna 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 2,258 in Rivanna). Rivanna has the higher median household income ($140,903 vs $129,120 in Piney Mountain). Rivanna has the higher median home value ($787,300 vs $284,000 in Piney Mountain).

Population, income & housing

	Piney Mountain	Rivanna
Population	2,478	2,258
Median age	38.1 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	$129,120	$140,903
Median home value	$284,000	$787,300
Median gross rent	$1,817	—
Housing units	818	914
Homeownership rate	81.3%	97.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.0%	81.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Piney Mountain	Rivanna
Population	1,356 → 2,478 (+82.7%)	1,851 → 2,258 (+22.0%)
Median household income	$64,882 → $129,120 (+99.0%)	$127,929 → $140,903 (+10.1%)
Median home value	$184,900 → $284,000 (+53.6%)	$647,100 → $787,300 (+21.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,216 → $1,817 (+49.4%)	$2,821 → $3,442 (+22.0%)

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

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)

	Piney Mountain	Rivanna
Under 5	4.8%	6.2%
5 to 17	22.8%	15.9%
18 to 24	7.1%	2.1%
25 to 34	11.9%	7.5%
35 to 44	17.6%	9.4%
45 to 54	16.5%	10.5%
55 to 64	7.7%	12.9%
65 to 74	10.8%	20.2%
75 and over	0.8%	15.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Piney Mountain	Rivanna
White (non-Hispanic)	54.6%	85.7%
Black or African American	12.9%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	9.2%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.8%	8.1%
Hispanic or Latino	12.5%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Piney Mountain	Rivanna
No high school diploma	3.0%	2.7%
High school graduate	17.9%	3.7%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	12.0%
Bachelor's degree	32.1%	33.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	47.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Piney Mountain	Rivanna
Drove alone	80.8%	68.3%
Carpooled	2.0%	2.7%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.1%	29.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Piney Mountain	Rivanna
1-unit, detached	41.4%	95.6%
1-unit, attached	50.6%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Piney Mountain	Rivanna
Poverty rate	3.5%	6.8%
Average household size	3.23	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1997	2001