Buchanan vs Daleville

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

Buchanan 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 1,271 in Buchanan). Daleville has the higher median household income ($99,028 vs $52,474 in Buchanan). Daleville has the higher median home value ($340,300 vs $201,900 in Buchanan).

Population, income & housing

	Buchanan	Daleville
Population	1,271	3,166
Median age	43.7 yrs	50.7 yrs
Median household income	$52,474	$99,028
Median home value	$201,900	$340,300
Median gross rent	$929	$1,749
Housing units	613	1,329
Homeownership rate	76.7%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.7%	39.0%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buchanan	Daleville
Population	1,369 → 1,271 (-7.2%)	2,806 → 3,166 (+12.8%)
Median household income	$57,716 → $52,474 (-9.1%)	$79,784 → $99,028 (+24.1%)
Median home value	$125,200 → $201,900 (+61.3%)	$304,500 → $340,300 (+11.8%)
Median gross rent	$784 → $929 (+18.5%)	$1,087 → $1,749 (+60.9%)

Buchanan

Population

1,3691,271

Median household income

$57,716$52,474

Median home value

$125,200$201,900

Median gross rent

$784$929

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)

	Buchanan	Daleville
Under 5	4.3%	4.0%
5 to 17	15.5%	13.3%
18 to 24	12.5%	4.5%
25 to 34	9.5%	11.9%
35 to 44	9.5%	9.4%
45 to 54	13.1%	11.2%
55 to 64	17.5%	12.4%
65 to 74	9.2%	13.6%
75 and over	8.8%	19.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buchanan	Daleville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	89.8%
Black or African American	3.9%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buchanan	Daleville
No high school diploma	7.8%	9.2%
High school graduate	35.7%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	25.1%
Graduate or professional degree	16.9%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buchanan	Daleville
Drove alone	82.1%	82.0%
Carpooled	9.3%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	11.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buchanan	Daleville
1-unit, detached	86.9%	57.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	11.3%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	30.0%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Buchanan	Daleville
Poverty rate	17.9%	4.9%
Average household size	2.53	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	33	18
Median year structure built	1972	2001