Narrows vs Rich Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Narrows and Rich Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Narrows has the higher population (2,064 vs 781 in Rich Creek). Narrows has the higher median household income ($61,894 vs $49,688 in Rich Creek). Rich Creek has the higher median home value ($129,200 vs $110,000 in Narrows).

Population, income & housing

	Narrows	Rich Creek
Population	2,064	781
Median age	39.4 yrs	50.0 yrs
Median household income	$61,894	$49,688
Median home value	$110,000	$129,200
Median gross rent	$869	$550
Housing units	1,003	363
Homeownership rate	78.4%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	14.5%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Narrows	Rich Creek
Population	1,993 → 2,064 (+3.6%)	887 → 781 (-12.0%)
Median household income	$50,655 → $61,894 (+22.2%)	$45,333 → $49,688 (+9.6%)
Median home value	$92,700 → $110,000 (+18.7%)	$94,700 → $129,200 (+36.4%)
Median gross rent	$732 → $869 (+18.7%)	$511 → $550 (+7.6%)

Narrows

Population

1,9932,064

Median household income

$50,655$61,894

Median home value

$92,700$110,000

Median gross rent

$732$869

Rich Creek

Population

887781

Median household income

$45,333$49,688

Median home value

$94,700$129,200

Median gross rent

$511$550

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Narrows	Rich Creek
Under 5	6.8%	3.8%
5 to 17	20.7%	11.4%
18 to 24	9.1%	8.1%
25 to 34	8.8%	8.3%
35 to 44	7.1%	11.4%
45 to 54	19.0%	13.7%
55 to 64	11.3%	13.7%
65 to 74	8.7%	9.9%
75 and over	8.4%	19.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Narrows	Rich Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	95.9%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Narrows	Rich Creek
No high school diploma	6.5%	10.9%
High school graduate	47.4%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Narrows	Rich Creek
Drove alone	80.4%	91.8%
Carpooled	12.1%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	1.3%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Narrows	Rich Creek
1-unit, detached	89.2%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	15.2%
20 or more units	0.3%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Narrows	Rich Creek
Poverty rate	5.9%	14.5%
Average household size	2.63	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	27	33
Median year structure built	1948	1949