Lafayette vs Riner

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

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

Riner has the higher population (1,037 vs 528 in Lafayette). Riner has the higher median household income ($87,230 vs $32,210 in Lafayette). Since 2019, Riner's population has grown faster (-1.8% vs -7.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Lafayette	Riner
Population	528	1,037
Median age	42.3 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$32,210	$87,230
Median home value	—	$353,000
Housing units	257	364
Homeownership rate	89.4%	91.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	36.8%
Unemployment rate	60.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lafayette	Riner
Population	569 → 528 (-7.2%)	1,056 → 1,037 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$33,523 → $32,210 (-3.9%)	$120,455 → $87,230 (-27.6%)
Median home value	—	$289,700 → $353,000 (+21.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,857 → $1,729 (-6.9%)

Lafayette

Population

569528

Median household income

$33,523$32,210

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)

	Lafayette	Riner
Under 5	6.3%	14.9%
5 to 17	6.4%	11.8%
18 to 24	28.6%	3.6%
25 to 34	0.0%	12.7%
35 to 44	13.8%	17.9%
45 to 54	9.7%	14.3%
55 to 64	8.7%	15.1%
65 to 74	11.0%	3.5%
75 and over	15.5%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lafayette	Riner
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lafayette	Riner
No high school diploma	23.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	43.2%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	17.4%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	20.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lafayette	Riner
Drove alone	76.6%	95.3%
Carpooled	13.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lafayette	Riner
1-unit, detached	52.5%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	38.1%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Lafayette	Riner
Poverty rate	31.4%	11.2%
Average household size	2.33	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1961	2003