Blue Ridge vs Laymantown

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

Blue Ridge and Laymantown 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 1,843 in Laymantown). Laymantown has the higher median household income ($86,282 vs $83,113 in Blue Ridge). Laymantown has the higher median home value ($276,900 vs $247,900 in Blue Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Ridge	Laymantown
Population	3,112	1,843
Median age	43.9 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$83,113	$86,282
Median home value	$247,900	$276,900
Housing units	1,343	737
Homeownership rate	95.7%	97.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	32.9%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Ridge	Laymantown
Population	3,288 → 3,112 (-5.4%)	2,148 → 1,843 (-14.2%)
Median household income	$76,292 → $83,113 (+8.9%)	$66,463 → $86,282 (+29.8%)
Median home value	$189,900 → $247,900 (+30.5%)	$204,200 → $276,900 (+35.6%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $885 (+22.1%)	—

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

Laymantown

Population

2,1481,843

Median household income

$66,463$86,282

Median home value

$204,200$276,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Ridge	Laymantown
Under 5	4.2%	2.9%
5 to 17	17.8%	14.7%
18 to 24	8.0%	9.9%
25 to 34	8.8%	8.4%
35 to 44	11.3%	5.9%
45 to 54	10.2%	16.8%
55 to 64	20.6%	9.5%
65 to 74	12.2%	19.2%
75 and over	6.9%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Ridge	Laymantown
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	97.8%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Ridge	Laymantown
No high school diploma	4.4%	1.6%
High school graduate	33.9%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	39.6%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Ridge	Laymantown
Drove alone	75.1%	66.2%
Carpooled	6.6%	15.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.7%	18.3%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Ridge	Laymantown
1-unit, detached	95.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blue Ridge	Laymantown
Poverty rate	2.6%	0.9%
Average household size	2.64	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1977	1976