Altavista vs Rustburg

A side-by-side comparison of Altavista and Rustburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Altavista has the higher population (3,356 vs 1,276 in Rustburg). Rustburg has the higher median household income ($70,771 vs $45,962 in Altavista). Rustburg has the higher median home value ($238,900 vs $135,000 in Altavista).

Population, income & housing

	Altavista	Rustburg
Population	3,356	1,276
Median age	41.3 yrs	50.6 yrs
Median household income	$45,962	$70,771
Median home value	$135,000	$238,900
Median gross rent	$878	$679
Housing units	1,518	675
Homeownership rate	61.9%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.0%	41.1%
Unemployment rate	10.9%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altavista	Rustburg
Population	3,442 → 3,356 (-2.5%)	1,419 → 1,276 (-10.1%)
Median household income	$33,594 → $45,962 (+36.8%)	$26,132 → $70,771 (+170.8%)
Median home value	$109,000 → $135,000 (+23.9%)	$121,000 → $238,900 (+97.4%)
Median gross rent	$637 → $878 (+37.8%)	$647 → $679 (+4.9%)

Altavista

Population

3,4423,356

Median household income

$33,594$45,962

Median home value

$109,000$135,000

Median gross rent

$637$878

Rustburg

Population

1,4191,276

Median household income

$26,132$70,771

Median home value

$121,000$238,900

Median gross rent

$647$679

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altavista	Rustburg
Under 5	6.7%	5.3%
5 to 17	15.5%	5.6%
18 to 24	7.1%	11.4%
25 to 34	14.3%	18.7%
35 to 44	10.0%	5.3%
45 to 54	14.6%	5.8%
55 to 64	11.9%	30.6%
65 to 74	9.4%	12.1%
75 and over	10.7%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altavista	Rustburg
White (non-Hispanic)	61.4%	84.0%
Black or African American	34.5%	10.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altavista	Rustburg
No high school diploma	8.3%	0.5%
High school graduate	38.7%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	20.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	29.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altavista	Rustburg
Drove alone	83.9%	50.7%
Carpooled	5.9%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	33.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altavista	Rustburg
1-unit, detached	75.6%	77.3%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	22.7%

Poverty & households

	Altavista	Rustburg
Poverty rate	14.5%	20.3%
Average household size	2.49	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1961	1968