Merrimac vs Shawsville

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

Merrimac and Shawsville 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 1,725 in Shawsville). Shawsville has the higher median household income ($70,469 vs $55,202 in Merrimac). Shawsville has the higher median home value ($84,300 vs $73,400 in Merrimac).

Population, income & housing

	Merrimac	Shawsville
Population	2,955	1,725
Median age	43.1 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,202	$70,469
Median home value	$73,400	$84,300
Median gross rent	$1,099	$1,115
Housing units	1,715	563
Homeownership rate	28.0%	84.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.4%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Merrimac	Shawsville
Population	2,651 → 2,955 (+11.5%)	1,548 → 1,725 (+11.4%)
Median household income	$43,846 → $55,202 (+25.9%)	$60,212 → $70,469 (+17.0%)
Median home value	$211,400 → $73,400 (-65.3%)	$111,600 → $84,300 (-24.5%)
Median gross rent	$662 → $1,099 (+66.0%)	$906 → $1,115 (+23.1%)

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

Shawsville

Population

1,5481,725

Median household income

$60,212$70,469

Median home value

$111,600$84,300

Median gross rent

$906$1,115

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Merrimac	Shawsville
Under 5	2.5%	5.2%
5 to 17	7.0%	22.8%
18 to 24	10.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	21.5%	27.9%
35 to 44	13.4%	14.3%
45 to 54	9.1%	4.5%
55 to 64	4.9%	19.1%
65 to 74	13.2%	4.6%
75 and over	18.4%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Merrimac	Shawsville
White (non-Hispanic)	70.8%	86.6%
Black or African American	4.5%	6.0%
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%	1.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.8%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Merrimac	Shawsville
No high school diploma	7.7%	11.0%
High school graduate	28.4%	46.5%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	27.4%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Merrimac	Shawsville
Drove alone	70.7%	96.6%
Carpooled	7.0%	1.2%
Public transit	11.7%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	2.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Merrimac	Shawsville
1-unit, detached	15.0%	38.7%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	21.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	23.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	32.6%	58.6%

Poverty & households

	Merrimac	Shawsville
Poverty rate	11.8%	11.7%
Average household size	1.83	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	14	22
Median year structure built	1989	1976