Fincastle vs Laymantown

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

Fincastle 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 636 in Fincastle). Laymantown has the higher median household income ($86,282 vs $63,750 in Fincastle). Laymantown has the higher median home value ($276,900 vs $276,200 in Fincastle).

Population, income & housing

	Fincastle	Laymantown
Population	636	1,843
Median age	33.2 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$86,282
Median home value	$276,200	$276,900
Median gross rent	$873	—
Housing units	277	737
Homeownership rate	64.8%	97.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.1%	32.9%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fincastle	Laymantown
Population	389 → 636 (+63.5%)	2,148 → 1,843 (-14.2%)
Median household income	$61,458 → $63,750 (+3.7%)	$66,463 → $86,282 (+29.8%)
Median home value	$211,500 → $276,200 (+30.6%)	$204,200 → $276,900 (+35.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,000 → $873 (-12.7%)	—

Fincastle

Population

389636

Median household income

$61,458$63,750

Median home value

$211,500$276,200

Median gross rent

$1,000$873

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)

	Fincastle	Laymantown
Under 5	3.8%	2.9%
5 to 17	23.3%	14.7%
18 to 24	6.1%	9.9%
25 to 34	19.8%	8.4%
35 to 44	10.2%	5.9%
45 to 54	10.5%	16.8%
55 to 64	7.2%	9.5%
65 to 74	11.8%	19.2%
75 and over	7.2%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fincastle	Laymantown
White (non-Hispanic)	84.4%	97.8%
Black or African American	7.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fincastle	Laymantown
No high school diploma	12.7%	1.6%
High school graduate	33.2%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	20.0%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	17.9%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fincastle	Laymantown
Drove alone	85.1%	66.2%
Carpooled	4.3%	15.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	18.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fincastle	Laymantown
1-unit, detached	75.8%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fincastle	Laymantown
Poverty rate	24.1%	0.9%
Average household size	2.50	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1953	1976