Riner vs Shawsville

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

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

Shawsville has the higher population (1,725 vs 1,037 in Riner). Riner has the higher median household income ($87,230 vs $70,469 in Shawsville). Riner has the higher median home value ($353,000 vs $84,300 in Shawsville).

Population, income & housing

	Riner	Shawsville
Population	1,037	1,725
Median age	42.4 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$87,230	$70,469
Median home value	$353,000	$84,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,115
Housing units	364	563
Homeownership rate	91.5%	84.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.8%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Riner	Shawsville
Population	1,056 → 1,037 (-1.8%)	1,548 → 1,725 (+11.4%)
Median household income	$120,455 → $87,230 (-27.6%)	$60,212 → $70,469 (+17.0%)
Median home value	$289,700 → $353,000 (+21.9%)	$111,600 → $84,300 (-24.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,857 → $1,729 (-6.9%)	$906 → $1,115 (+23.1%)

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

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)

	Riner	Shawsville
Under 5	14.9%	5.2%
5 to 17	11.8%	22.8%
18 to 24	3.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.7%	27.9%
35 to 44	17.9%	14.3%
45 to 54	14.3%	4.5%
55 to 64	15.1%	19.1%
65 to 74	3.5%	4.6%
75 and over	6.2%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Riner	Shawsville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	86.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.0%
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%	1.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Riner	Shawsville
No high school diploma	0.0%	11.0%
High school graduate	21.6%	46.5%
Some college or associate's	41.6%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	20.2%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Riner	Shawsville
Drove alone	95.3%	96.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	2.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Riner	Shawsville
1-unit, detached	90.9%	38.7%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	58.6%

Poverty & households

	Riner	Shawsville
Poverty rate	11.2%	11.7%
Average household size	2.85	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	2003	1976