Blue Ridge Shores vs Louisa

A side-by-side comparison of Blue Ridge Shores and Louisa: population, income, housing, and more.

Blue Ridge Shores and Louisa are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Louisa has the higher population (2,249 vs 853 in Blue Ridge Shores). Blue Ridge Shores has the higher median household income ($87,813 vs $55,202 in Louisa). Louisa has the higher median home value ($308,200 vs $237,700 in Blue Ridge Shores).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Ridge Shores	Louisa
Population	853	2,249
Median age	41.7 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$87,813	$55,202
Median home value	$237,700	$308,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,225
Housing units	613	1,020
Homeownership rate	94.6%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	32.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Ridge Shores	Louisa
Population	772 → 853 (+10.5%)	1,744 → 2,249 (+29.0%)
Median household income	$54,141 → $87,813 (+62.2%)	$33,226 → $55,202 (+66.1%)
Median home value	$196,200 → $237,700 (+21.2%)	$201,800 → $308,200 (+52.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$875 → $1,225 (+40.0%)

Blue Ridge Shores

Population

772853

Median household income

$54,141$87,813

Median home value

$196,200$237,700

Louisa

Population

1,7442,249

Median household income

$33,226$55,202

Median home value

$201,800$308,200

Median gross rent

$875$1,225

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Ridge Shores	Louisa
Under 5	4.9%	4.0%
5 to 17	20.8%	16.5%
18 to 24	9.6%	7.6%
25 to 34	4.7%	12.6%
35 to 44	16.6%	14.5%
45 to 54	17.5%	13.6%
55 to 64	6.0%	10.4%
65 to 74	16.2%	10.1%
75 and over	3.8%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Ridge Shores	Louisa
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	63.5%
Black or African American	2.5%	24.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	5.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Ridge Shores	Louisa
No high school diploma	11.2%	14.5%
High school graduate	29.5%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	45.8%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Ridge Shores	Louisa
Drove alone	69.1%	79.6%
Carpooled	12.6%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.4%	9.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Ridge Shores	Louisa
1-unit, detached	100.0%	47.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	22.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	13.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Blue Ridge Shores	Louisa
Poverty rate	4.7%	15.1%
Average household size	2.87	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	39	31
Median year structure built	1978	1990