Big Island vs Montvale

A side-by-side comparison of Big Island and Montvale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Montvale has the higher population (379 vs 103 in Big Island). Montvale has the higher median home value ($212,500 vs $137,500 in Big Island). Since 2019, Montvale's population has grown faster (-37.7% vs -49.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Big Island	Montvale
Population	103	379
Median age	68.0 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$41,732
Median home value	$137,500	$212,500
Housing units	92	225
Homeownership rate	40.6%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Island	Montvale
Population	203 → 103 (-49.3%)	608 → 379 (-37.7%)
Median household income	$34,762 → $40,268 (+15.8%)	$34,280 → $41,732 (+21.7%)
Median home value	$107,500 → $137,500 (+27.9%)	$122,700 → $212,500 (+73.2%)

Big Island

Population

203103

Median household income

$34,762$40,268

Median home value

$107,500$137,500

Montvale

Population

608379

Median household income

$34,280$41,732

Median home value

$122,700$212,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Island	Montvale
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.6%	0.0%
18 to 24	8.7%	26.4%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	10.7%	20.6%
45 to 54	8.7%	24.3%
55 to 64	8.7%	13.7%
65 to 74	41.7%	3.2%
75 and over	8.7%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Island	Montvale
White (non-Hispanic)	74.8%	97.4%
Black or African American	25.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Island	Montvale
No high school diploma	0.0%	45.2%
High school graduate	75.3%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	3.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Island	Montvale
Drove alone	100.0%	64.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	17.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	17.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Island	Montvale
1-unit, detached	100.0%	65.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	29.3%

Poverty & households

	Big Island	Montvale
Poverty rate	0.0%	12.7%
Average household size	1.49	1.68
Mean commute (minutes)	—	49
Median year structure built	1950	1974