Blue Ridge vs Buchanan

A side-by-side comparison of Blue Ridge and Buchanan: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Blue Ridge has the higher population (3,112 vs 1,271 in Buchanan). Blue Ridge has the higher median household income ($83,113 vs $52,474 in Buchanan). Blue Ridge has the higher median home value ($247,900 vs $201,900 in Buchanan).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Ridge	Buchanan
Population	3,112	1,271
Median age	43.9 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$83,113	$52,474
Median home value	$247,900	$201,900
Median gross rent	—	$929
Housing units	1,343	613
Homeownership rate	95.7%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	31.7%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Ridge	Buchanan
Population	3,288 → 3,112 (-5.4%)	1,369 → 1,271 (-7.2%)
Median household income	$76,292 → $83,113 (+8.9%)	$57,716 → $52,474 (-9.1%)
Median home value	$189,900 → $247,900 (+30.5%)	$125,200 → $201,900 (+61.3%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $885 (+22.1%)	$784 → $929 (+18.5%)

Blue Ridge

Population

3,2883,112

Median household income

$76,292$83,113

Median home value

$189,900$247,900

Median gross rent

$725$885

Buchanan

Population

1,3691,271

Median household income

$57,716$52,474

Median home value

$125,200$201,900

Median gross rent

$784$929

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Ridge	Buchanan
Under 5	4.2%	4.3%
5 to 17	17.8%	15.5%
18 to 24	8.0%	12.5%
25 to 34	8.8%	9.5%
35 to 44	11.3%	9.5%
45 to 54	10.2%	13.1%
55 to 64	20.6%	17.5%
65 to 74	12.2%	9.2%
75 and over	6.9%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Ridge	Buchanan
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	93.5%
Black or African American	2.4%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Ridge	Buchanan
No high school diploma	4.4%	7.8%
High school graduate	33.9%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	39.6%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	16.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Ridge	Buchanan
Drove alone	75.1%	82.1%
Carpooled	6.6%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.7%	4.9%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Ridge	Buchanan
1-unit, detached	95.2%	86.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Blue Ridge	Buchanan
Poverty rate	2.6%	17.9%
Average household size	2.64	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	23	33
Median year structure built	1977	1972