Buchanan vs Cloverdale

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

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

Cloverdale has the higher population (3,095 vs 1,271 in Buchanan). Cloverdale has the higher median household income ($71,929 vs $52,474 in Buchanan). Cloverdale has the higher median home value ($338,000 vs $201,900 in Buchanan).

Population, income & housing

	Buchanan	Cloverdale
Population	1,271	3,095
Median age	43.7 yrs	54.7 yrs
Median household income	$52,474	$71,929
Median home value	$201,900	$338,000
Median gross rent	$929	$889
Housing units	613	1,548
Homeownership rate	76.7%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.7%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buchanan	Cloverdale
Population	1,369 → 1,271 (-7.2%)	3,294 → 3,095 (-6.0%)
Median household income	$57,716 → $52,474 (-9.1%)	$73,496 → $71,929 (-2.1%)
Median home value	$125,200 → $201,900 (+61.3%)	$280,300 → $338,000 (+20.6%)
Median gross rent	$784 → $929 (+18.5%)	$785 → $889 (+13.2%)

Buchanan

Population

1,3691,271

Median household income

$57,716$52,474

Median home value

$125,200$201,900

Median gross rent

$784$929

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)

	Buchanan	Cloverdale
Under 5	4.3%	0.6%
5 to 17	15.5%	10.6%
18 to 24	12.5%	4.8%
25 to 34	9.5%	8.4%
35 to 44	9.5%	15.1%
45 to 54	13.1%	11.4%
55 to 64	17.5%	18.9%
65 to 74	9.2%	17.4%
75 and over	8.8%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buchanan	Cloverdale
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	84.2%
Black or African American	3.9%	8.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	4.3%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buchanan	Cloverdale
No high school diploma	7.8%	6.9%
High school graduate	35.7%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	16.9%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buchanan	Cloverdale
Drove alone	82.1%	80.5%
Carpooled	9.3%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	9.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buchanan	Cloverdale
1-unit, detached	86.9%	76.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	9.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Buchanan	Cloverdale
Poverty rate	17.9%	5.0%
Average household size	2.53	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	33	18
Median year structure built	1972	1979