Buchanan vs Laymantown

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

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

Laymantown has the higher population (1,843 vs 1,271 in Buchanan). Laymantown has the higher median household income ($86,282 vs $52,474 in Buchanan). Laymantown has the higher median home value ($276,900 vs $201,900 in Buchanan).

Population, income & housing

	Buchanan	Laymantown
Population	1,271	1,843
Median age	43.7 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$52,474	$86,282
Median home value	$201,900	$276,900
Median gross rent	$929	—
Housing units	613	737
Homeownership rate	76.7%	97.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.7%	32.9%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buchanan	Laymantown
Population	1,369 → 1,271 (-7.2%)	2,148 → 1,843 (-14.2%)
Median household income	$57,716 → $52,474 (-9.1%)	$66,463 → $86,282 (+29.8%)
Median home value	$125,200 → $201,900 (+61.3%)	$204,200 → $276,900 (+35.6%)
Median gross rent	$784 → $929 (+18.5%)	—

Buchanan

Population

1,3691,271

Median household income

$57,716$52,474

Median home value

$125,200$201,900

Median gross rent

$784$929

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)

	Buchanan	Laymantown
Under 5	4.3%	2.9%
5 to 17	15.5%	14.7%
18 to 24	12.5%	9.9%
25 to 34	9.5%	8.4%
35 to 44	9.5%	5.9%
45 to 54	13.1%	16.8%
55 to 64	17.5%	9.5%
65 to 74	9.2%	19.2%
75 and over	8.8%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buchanan	Laymantown
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	97.8%
Black or African American	3.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buchanan	Laymantown
No high school diploma	7.8%	1.6%
High school graduate	35.7%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	16.9%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buchanan	Laymantown
Drove alone	82.1%	66.2%
Carpooled	9.3%	15.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	18.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buchanan	Laymantown
1-unit, detached	86.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Buchanan	Laymantown
Poverty rate	17.9%	0.9%
Average household size	2.53	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	33	21
Median year structure built	1972	1976