Brookneal vs Rustburg

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

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

Rustburg has the higher population (1,276 vs 1,275 in Brookneal). Rustburg has the higher median household income ($70,771 vs $45,909 in Brookneal). Rustburg has the higher median home value ($238,900 vs $115,000 in Brookneal).

Population, income & housing

	Brookneal	Rustburg
Population	1,275	1,276
Median age	47.6 yrs	50.6 yrs
Median household income	$45,909	$70,771
Median home value	$115,000	$238,900
Median gross rent	$850	$679
Housing units	658	675
Homeownership rate	66.6%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.9%	41.1%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookneal	Rustburg
Population	876 → 1,275 (+45.5%)	1,419 → 1,276 (-10.1%)
Median household income	$40,000 → $45,909 (+14.8%)	$26,132 → $70,771 (+170.8%)
Median home value	$80,000 → $115,000 (+43.8%)	$121,000 → $238,900 (+97.4%)
Median gross rent	$778 → $850 (+9.3%)	$647 → $679 (+4.9%)

Brookneal

Population

8761,275

Median household income

$40,000$45,909

Median home value

$80,000$115,000

Median gross rent

$778$850

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)

	Brookneal	Rustburg
Under 5	6.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	14.0%	5.6%
18 to 24	8.5%	11.4%
25 to 34	7.5%	18.7%
35 to 44	9.9%	5.3%
45 to 54	16.7%	5.8%
55 to 64	16.2%	30.6%
65 to 74	13.8%	12.1%
75 and over	7.3%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookneal	Rustburg
White (non-Hispanic)	67.1%	84.0%
Black or African American	24.9%	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	7.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookneal	Rustburg
No high school diploma	15.8%	0.5%
High school graduate	50.5%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	20.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	29.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookneal	Rustburg
Drove alone	71.5%	50.7%
Carpooled	18.3%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	33.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	5.4%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookneal	Rustburg
1-unit, detached	80.2%	77.3%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	22.7%

Poverty & households

	Brookneal	Rustburg
Poverty rate	22.7%	20.3%
Average household size	2.44	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1961	1968