Rustburg vs Timberlake

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

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

Timberlake has the higher population (12,833 vs 1,276 in Rustburg). Rustburg has the higher median household income ($70,771 vs $68,833 in Timberlake). Rustburg has the higher median home value ($238,900 vs $228,200 in Timberlake).

Population, income & housing

	Rustburg	Timberlake
Population	1,276	12,833
Median age	50.6 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$70,771	$68,833
Median home value	$238,900	$228,200
Median gross rent	$679	$1,037
Housing units	675	5,701
Homeownership rate	38.5%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.1%	31.6%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rustburg	Timberlake
Population	1,419 → 1,276 (-10.1%)	13,247 → 12,833 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$26,132 → $70,771 (+170.8%)	$52,245 → $68,833 (+31.8%)
Median home value	$121,000 → $238,900 (+97.4%)	$184,700 → $228,200 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$647 → $679 (+4.9%)	$909 → $1,037 (+14.1%)

Rustburg

Population

1,4191,276

Median household income

$26,132$70,771

Median home value

$121,000$238,900

Median gross rent

$647$679

Timberlake

Population

13,24712,833

Median household income

$52,245$68,833

Median home value

$184,700$228,200

Median gross rent

$909$1,037

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rustburg	Timberlake
Under 5	5.3%	3.1%
5 to 17	5.6%	14.8%
18 to 24	11.4%	10.9%
25 to 34	18.7%	14.4%
35 to 44	5.3%	14.7%
45 to 54	5.8%	11.4%
55 to 64	30.6%	13.7%
65 to 74	12.1%	9.6%
75 and over	5.3%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rustburg	Timberlake
White (non-Hispanic)	84.0%	75.0%
Black or African American	10.3%	10.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	4.2%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rustburg	Timberlake
No high school diploma	0.5%	5.5%
High school graduate	38.1%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	20.3%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	29.8%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rustburg	Timberlake
Drove alone	50.7%	80.7%
Carpooled	10.4%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	33.6%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	11.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rustburg	Timberlake
1-unit, detached	77.3%	58.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	22.7%	7.9%

Poverty & households

	Rustburg	Timberlake
Poverty rate	20.3%	9.4%
Average household size	1.97	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1968	1979