Buchanan vs Troutville

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

Buchanan and Troutville 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 451 in Troutville). Troutville has the higher median household income ($54,708 vs $52,474 in Buchanan). Troutville has the higher median home value ($215,600 vs $201,900 in Buchanan).

Population, income & housing

	Buchanan	Troutville
Population	1,271	451
Median age	43.7 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$52,474	$54,708
Median home value	$201,900	$215,600
Median gross rent	$929	$1,219
Housing units	613	308
Homeownership rate	76.7%	58.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.7%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buchanan	Troutville
Population	1,369 → 1,271 (-7.2%)	473 → 451 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$57,716 → $52,474 (-9.1%)	$44,722 → $54,708 (+22.3%)
Median home value	$125,200 → $201,900 (+61.3%)	$170,500 → $215,600 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	$784 → $929 (+18.5%)	$859 → $1,219 (+41.9%)

Buchanan

Population

1,3691,271

Median household income

$57,716$52,474

Median home value

$125,200$201,900

Median gross rent

$784$929

Troutville

Population

473451

Median household income

$44,722$54,708

Median home value

$170,500$215,600

Median gross rent

$859$1,219

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buchanan	Troutville
Under 5	4.3%	1.6%
5 to 17	15.5%	10.9%
18 to 24	12.5%	5.8%
25 to 34	9.5%	19.5%
35 to 44	9.5%	8.4%
45 to 54	13.1%	17.5%
55 to 64	17.5%	7.3%
65 to 74	9.2%	15.5%
75 and over	8.8%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buchanan	Troutville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	86.0%
Black or African American	3.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buchanan	Troutville
No high school diploma	7.8%	6.8%
High school graduate	35.7%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	16.9%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buchanan	Troutville
Drove alone	82.1%	83.7%
Carpooled	9.3%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	6.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buchanan	Troutville
1-unit, detached	86.9%	62.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	25.3%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	7.5%

Poverty & households

	Buchanan	Troutville
Poverty rate	17.9%	8.0%
Average household size	2.53	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	33	20
Median year structure built	1972	1970