Ettrick vs Matoaca

A side-by-side comparison of Ettrick and Matoaca: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ettrick has the higher population (5,760 vs 2,448 in Matoaca). Matoaca has the higher median household income ($57,445 vs $54,857 in Ettrick). Matoaca has the higher median home value ($205,100 vs $184,400 in Ettrick).

Population, income & housing

	Ettrick	Matoaca
Population	5,760	2,448
Median age	24.9 yrs	31.1 yrs
Median household income	$54,857	$57,445
Median home value	$184,400	$205,100
Median gross rent	$1,223	$995
Housing units	1,755	1,191
Homeownership rate	72.3%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.9%	29.8%
Unemployment rate	15.4%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ettrick	Matoaca
Population	5,201 → 5,760 (+10.7%)	2,490 → 2,448 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$62,429 → $54,857 (-12.1%)	$57,212 → $57,445 (+0.4%)
Median home value	$136,000 → $184,400 (+35.6%)	$150,500 → $205,100 (+36.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,069 → $1,223 (+14.4%)	$1,100 → $995 (-9.5%)

Ettrick

Population

5,2015,760

Median household income

$62,429$54,857

Median home value

$136,000$184,400

Median gross rent

$1,069$1,223

Matoaca

Population

2,4902,448

Median household income

$57,212$57,445

Median home value

$150,500$205,100

Median gross rent

$1,100$995

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ettrick	Matoaca
Under 5	4.6%	6.8%
5 to 17	7.8%	21.9%
18 to 24	37.8%	9.0%
25 to 34	11.1%	17.2%
35 to 44	7.2%	9.8%
45 to 54	3.7%	13.9%
55 to 64	14.7%	9.0%
65 to 74	8.5%	8.6%
75 and over	4.5%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ettrick	Matoaca
White (non-Hispanic)	23.5%	59.8%
Black or African American	67.2%	30.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ettrick	Matoaca
No high school diploma	14.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	21.3%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ettrick	Matoaca
Drove alone	71.8%	75.7%
Carpooled	2.6%	5.9%
Public transit	2.7%	0.0%
Walked	10.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	18.4%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ettrick	Matoaca
1-unit, detached	88.4%	99.9%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.1%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ettrick	Matoaca
Poverty rate	9.2%	9.0%
Average household size	2.29	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	21	33
Median year structure built	1977	1964