Blue Ridge vs Daleville

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

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

Daleville has the higher population (3,166 vs 3,112 in Blue Ridge). Daleville has the higher median household income ($99,028 vs $83,113 in Blue Ridge). Daleville has the higher median home value ($340,300 vs $247,900 in Blue Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Ridge	Daleville
Population	3,112	3,166
Median age	43.9 yrs	50.7 yrs
Median household income	$83,113	$99,028
Median home value	$247,900	$340,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,749
Housing units	1,343	1,329
Homeownership rate	95.7%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	39.0%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Ridge	Daleville
Population	3,288 → 3,112 (-5.4%)	2,806 → 3,166 (+12.8%)
Median household income	$76,292 → $83,113 (+8.9%)	$79,784 → $99,028 (+24.1%)
Median home value	$189,900 → $247,900 (+30.5%)	$304,500 → $340,300 (+11.8%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $885 (+22.1%)	$1,087 → $1,749 (+60.9%)

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

Daleville

Population

2,8063,166

Median household income

$79,784$99,028

Median home value

$304,500$340,300

Median gross rent

$1,087$1,749

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Ridge	Daleville
Under 5	4.2%	4.0%
5 to 17	17.8%	13.3%
18 to 24	8.0%	4.5%
25 to 34	8.8%	11.9%
35 to 44	11.3%	9.4%
45 to 54	10.2%	11.2%
55 to 64	20.6%	12.4%
65 to 74	12.2%	13.6%
75 and over	6.9%	19.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Ridge	Daleville
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	89.8%
Black or African American	2.4%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Ridge	Daleville
No high school diploma	4.4%	9.2%
High school graduate	33.9%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	39.6%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	25.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Ridge	Daleville
Drove alone	75.1%	82.0%
Carpooled	6.6%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.7%	11.4%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Ridge	Daleville
1-unit, detached	95.2%	57.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	11.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	30.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blue Ridge	Daleville
Poverty rate	2.6%	4.9%
Average household size	2.64	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	23	18
Median year structure built	1977	2001