Christiansburg vs Riner

A side-by-side comparison of Christiansburg and Riner: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Christiansburg has the higher population (22,820 vs 1,037 in Riner). Riner has the higher median household income ($87,230 vs $75,451 in Christiansburg). Riner has the higher median home value ($353,000 vs $242,900 in Christiansburg).

Population, income & housing

	Christiansburg	Riner
Population	22,820	1,037
Median age	37.6 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$75,451	$87,230
Median home value	$242,900	$353,000
Median gross rent	$1,171	—
Housing units	10,588	364
Homeownership rate	60.6%	91.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.5%	36.8%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Christiansburg	Riner
Population	22,163 → 22,820 (+3.0%)	1,056 → 1,037 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$60,856 → $75,451 (+24.0%)	$120,455 → $87,230 (-27.6%)
Median home value	$190,000 → $242,900 (+27.8%)	$289,700 → $353,000 (+21.9%)
Median gross rent	$910 → $1,171 (+28.7%)	$1,857 → $1,729 (-6.9%)

Christiansburg

Population

22,16322,820

Median household income

$60,856$75,451

Median home value

$190,000$242,900

Median gross rent

$910$1,171

Riner

Population

1,0561,037

Median household income

$120,455$87,230

Median home value

$289,700$353,000

Median gross rent

$1,857$1,729

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Christiansburg	Riner
Under 5	5.2%	14.9%
5 to 17	15.3%	11.8%
18 to 24	8.2%	3.6%
25 to 34	16.4%	12.7%
35 to 44	13.7%	17.9%
45 to 54	12.0%	14.3%
55 to 64	11.5%	15.1%
65 to 74	10.2%	3.5%
75 and over	7.5%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Christiansburg	Riner
White (non-Hispanic)	83.5%	100.0%
Black or African American	5.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Christiansburg	Riner
No high school diploma	5.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	23.4%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	21.8%	20.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Christiansburg	Riner
Drove alone	79.9%	95.3%
Carpooled	7.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	4.7%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Christiansburg	Riner
1-unit, detached	57.8%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	16.1%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Christiansburg	Riner
Poverty rate	12.4%	11.2%
Average household size	2.30	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	18	24
Median year structure built	1989	2003