Blue Ridge vs Cloverdale

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

Blue Ridge and Cloverdale 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 3,095 in Cloverdale). Blue Ridge has the higher median household income ($83,113 vs $71,929 in Cloverdale). Cloverdale has the higher median home value ($338,000 vs $247,900 in Blue Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Ridge	Cloverdale
Population	3,112	3,095
Median age	43.9 yrs	54.7 yrs
Median household income	$83,113	$71,929
Median home value	$247,900	$338,000
Median gross rent	—	$889
Housing units	1,343	1,548
Homeownership rate	95.7%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Ridge	Cloverdale
Population	3,288 → 3,112 (-5.4%)	3,294 → 3,095 (-6.0%)
Median household income	$76,292 → $83,113 (+8.9%)	$73,496 → $71,929 (-2.1%)
Median home value	$189,900 → $247,900 (+30.5%)	$280,300 → $338,000 (+20.6%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $885 (+22.1%)	$785 → $889 (+13.2%)

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

Cloverdale

Population

3,2943,095

Median household income

$73,496$71,929

Median home value

$280,300$338,000

Median gross rent

$785$889

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Ridge	Cloverdale
Under 5	4.2%	0.6%
5 to 17	17.8%	10.6%
18 to 24	8.0%	4.8%
25 to 34	8.8%	8.4%
35 to 44	11.3%	15.1%
45 to 54	10.2%	11.4%
55 to 64	20.6%	18.9%
65 to 74	12.2%	17.4%
75 and over	6.9%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Ridge	Cloverdale
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	84.2%
Black or African American	2.4%	8.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	4.3%
Two or more races	6.7%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Ridge	Cloverdale
No high school diploma	4.4%	6.9%
High school graduate	33.9%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	39.6%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Ridge	Cloverdale
Drove alone	75.1%	80.5%
Carpooled	6.6%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.7%	9.7%
Other means	1.6%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Ridge	Cloverdale
1-unit, detached	95.2%	76.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Blue Ridge	Cloverdale
Poverty rate	2.6%	5.0%
Average household size	2.64	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	23	18
Median year structure built	1977	1979