Blue Ridge Shores vs Mineral

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

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

Blue Ridge Shores has the higher population (853 vs 599 in Mineral). Blue Ridge Shores has the higher median household income ($87,813 vs $64,500 in Mineral). Blue Ridge Shores has the higher median home value ($237,700 vs $226,100 in Mineral).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Ridge Shores	Mineral
Population	853	599
Median age	41.7 yrs	30.0 yrs
Median household income	$87,813	$64,500
Median home value	$237,700	$226,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,199
Housing units	613	208
Homeownership rate	94.6%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	13.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Ridge Shores	Mineral
Population	772 → 853 (+10.5%)	509 → 599 (+17.7%)
Median household income	$54,141 → $87,813 (+62.2%)	$58,333 → $64,500 (+10.6%)
Median home value	$196,200 → $237,700 (+21.2%)	$177,000 → $226,100 (+27.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$845 → $1,199 (+41.9%)

Blue Ridge Shores

Population

772853

Median household income

$54,141$87,813

Median home value

$196,200$237,700

Mineral

Population

509599

Median household income

$58,333$64,500

Median home value

$177,000$226,100

Median gross rent

$845$1,199

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Ridge Shores	Mineral
Under 5	4.9%	8.3%
5 to 17	20.8%	16.4%
18 to 24	9.6%	6.7%
25 to 34	4.7%	24.2%
35 to 44	16.6%	8.2%
45 to 54	17.5%	5.2%
55 to 64	6.0%	14.7%
65 to 74	16.2%	8.3%
75 and over	3.8%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Ridge Shores	Mineral
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	75.0%
Black or African American	2.5%	7.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	5.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	9.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Ridge Shores	Mineral
No high school diploma	11.2%	14.6%
High school graduate	29.5%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	45.8%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Ridge Shores	Mineral
Drove alone	69.1%	76.7%
Carpooled	12.6%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.4%	12.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Ridge Shores	Mineral
1-unit, detached	100.0%	98.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blue Ridge Shores	Mineral
Poverty rate	4.7%	17.7%
Average household size	2.87	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	39	33
Median year structure built	1978	1966