Blue Ridge vs Fincastle

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

Blue Ridge and Fincastle 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 636 in Fincastle). Blue Ridge has the higher median household income ($83,113 vs $63,750 in Fincastle). Fincastle has the higher median home value ($276,200 vs $247,900 in Blue Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Ridge	Fincastle
Population	3,112	636
Median age	43.9 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$83,113	$63,750
Median home value	$247,900	$276,200
Median gross rent	—	$873
Housing units	1,343	277
Homeownership rate	95.7%	64.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	34.1%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Ridge	Fincastle
Population	3,288 → 3,112 (-5.4%)	389 → 636 (+63.5%)
Median household income	$76,292 → $83,113 (+8.9%)	$61,458 → $63,750 (+3.7%)
Median home value	$189,900 → $247,900 (+30.5%)	$211,500 → $276,200 (+30.6%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $885 (+22.1%)	$1,000 → $873 (-12.7%)

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

Fincastle

Population

389636

Median household income

$61,458$63,750

Median home value

$211,500$276,200

Median gross rent

$1,000$873

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Ridge	Fincastle
Under 5	4.2%	3.8%
5 to 17	17.8%	23.3%
18 to 24	8.0%	6.1%
25 to 34	8.8%	19.8%
35 to 44	11.3%	10.2%
45 to 54	10.2%	10.5%
55 to 64	20.6%	7.2%
65 to 74	12.2%	11.8%
75 and over	6.9%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Ridge	Fincastle
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	84.4%
Black or African American	2.4%	7.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	1.8%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	6.7%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Ridge	Fincastle
No high school diploma	4.4%	12.7%
High school graduate	33.9%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	39.6%	20.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	17.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Ridge	Fincastle
Drove alone	75.1%	85.1%
Carpooled	6.6%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.7%	8.1%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Ridge	Fincastle
1-unit, detached	95.2%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	10.5%

Poverty & households

	Blue Ridge	Fincastle
Poverty rate	2.6%	24.1%
Average household size	2.64	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1977	1953