Merrimac vs Riner

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

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

Merrimac has the higher population (2,955 vs 1,037 in Riner). Riner has the higher median household income ($87,230 vs $55,202 in Merrimac). Riner has the higher median home value ($353,000 vs $73,400 in Merrimac).

Population, income & housing

	Merrimac	Riner
Population	2,955	1,037
Median age	43.1 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$55,202	$87,230
Median home value	$73,400	$353,000
Median gross rent	$1,099	—
Housing units	1,715	364
Homeownership rate	28.0%	91.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.4%	36.8%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Merrimac	Riner
Population	2,651 → 2,955 (+11.5%)	1,056 → 1,037 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$43,846 → $55,202 (+25.9%)	$120,455 → $87,230 (-27.6%)
Median home value	$211,400 → $73,400 (-65.3%)	$289,700 → $353,000 (+21.9%)
Median gross rent	$662 → $1,099 (+66.0%)	$1,857 → $1,729 (-6.9%)

Merrimac

Population

2,6512,955

Median household income

$43,846$55,202

Median home value

$211,400$73,400

Median gross rent

$662$1,099

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)

	Merrimac	Riner
Under 5	2.5%	14.9%
5 to 17	7.0%	11.8%
18 to 24	10.2%	3.6%
25 to 34	21.5%	12.7%
35 to 44	13.4%	17.9%
45 to 54	9.1%	14.3%
55 to 64	4.9%	15.1%
65 to 74	13.2%	3.5%
75 and over	18.4%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Merrimac	Riner
White (non-Hispanic)	70.8%	100.0%
Black or African American	4.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Merrimac	Riner
No high school diploma	7.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	28.4%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	27.4%	20.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Merrimac	Riner
Drove alone	70.7%	95.3%
Carpooled	7.0%	0.0%
Public transit	11.7%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Merrimac	Riner
1-unit, detached	15.0%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	21.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	23.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	32.6%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Merrimac	Riner
Poverty rate	11.8%	11.2%
Average household size	1.83	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	14	24
Median year structure built	1989	2003