Pearisburg vs Rich Creek

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

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

Pearisburg has the higher population (2,864 vs 781 in Rich Creek). Pearisburg has the higher median household income ($72,924 vs $49,688 in Rich Creek). Pearisburg has the higher median home value ($160,200 vs $129,200 in Rich Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Pearisburg	Rich Creek
Population	2,864	781
Median age	48.3 yrs	50.0 yrs
Median household income	$72,924	$49,688
Median home value	$160,200	$129,200
Median gross rent	$815	$550
Housing units	1,418	363
Homeownership rate	70.8%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	14.5%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pearisburg	Rich Creek
Population	2,652 → 2,864 (+8.0%)	887 → 781 (-12.0%)
Median household income	$60,000 → $72,924 (+21.5%)	$45,333 → $49,688 (+9.6%)
Median home value	$119,700 → $160,200 (+33.8%)	$94,700 → $129,200 (+36.4%)
Median gross rent	$743 → $815 (+9.7%)	$511 → $550 (+7.6%)

Pearisburg

Population

2,6522,864

Median household income

$60,000$72,924

Median home value

$119,700$160,200

Median gross rent

$743$815

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)

	Pearisburg	Rich Creek
Under 5	1.7%	3.8%
5 to 17	14.8%	11.4%
18 to 24	5.8%	8.1%
25 to 34	15.5%	8.3%
35 to 44	9.5%	11.4%
45 to 54	15.0%	13.7%
55 to 64	13.8%	13.7%
65 to 74	13.7%	9.9%
75 and over	10.1%	19.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pearisburg	Rich Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	95.9%
Black or African American	8.8%	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	0.6%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pearisburg	Rich Creek
No high school diploma	4.0%	10.9%
High school graduate	49.9%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pearisburg	Rich Creek
Drove alone	88.8%	91.8%
Carpooled	6.4%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	1.3%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pearisburg	Rich Creek
1-unit, detached	62.7%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	15.2%
20 or more units	7.5%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	16.1%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Pearisburg	Rich Creek
Poverty rate	11.2%	14.5%
Average household size	2.30	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	24	33
Median year structure built	1963	1949