Buchanan vs Fincastle

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

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

Buchanan has the higher population (1,271 vs 636 in Fincastle). Fincastle has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $52,474 in Buchanan). Fincastle has the higher median home value ($276,200 vs $201,900 in Buchanan).

Population, income & housing

	Buchanan	Fincastle
Population	1,271	636
Median age	43.7 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$52,474	$63,750
Median home value	$201,900	$276,200
Median gross rent	$929	$873
Housing units	613	277
Homeownership rate	76.7%	64.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.7%	34.1%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buchanan	Fincastle
Population	1,369 → 1,271 (-7.2%)	389 → 636 (+63.5%)
Median household income	$57,716 → $52,474 (-9.1%)	$61,458 → $63,750 (+3.7%)
Median home value	$125,200 → $201,900 (+61.3%)	$211,500 → $276,200 (+30.6%)
Median gross rent	$784 → $929 (+18.5%)	$1,000 → $873 (-12.7%)

Buchanan

Population

1,3691,271

Median household income

$57,716$52,474

Median home value

$125,200$201,900

Median gross rent

$784$929

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)

	Buchanan	Fincastle
Under 5	4.3%	3.8%
5 to 17	15.5%	23.3%
18 to 24	12.5%	6.1%
25 to 34	9.5%	19.8%
35 to 44	9.5%	10.2%
45 to 54	13.1%	10.5%
55 to 64	17.5%	7.2%
65 to 74	9.2%	11.8%
75 and over	8.8%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buchanan	Fincastle
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	84.4%
Black or African American	3.9%	7.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	0.3%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buchanan	Fincastle
No high school diploma	7.8%	12.7%
High school graduate	35.7%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	20.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	16.9%	17.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buchanan	Fincastle
Drove alone	82.1%	85.1%
Carpooled	9.3%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	8.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buchanan	Fincastle
1-unit, detached	86.9%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	10.5%

Poverty & households

	Buchanan	Fincastle
Poverty rate	17.9%	24.1%
Average household size	2.53	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	33	27
Median year structure built	1972	1953