Lovingston vs Shipman

A side-by-side comparison of Lovingston and Shipman: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Shipman has the higher population (489 vs 430 in Lovingston). Lovingston has the higher median home value ($288,200 vs $237,900 in Shipman). Since 2019, Shipman's population has grown faster (+47.3% vs -13.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Lovingston	Shipman
Population	430	489
Median age	58.5 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$45,982
Median home value	$288,200	$237,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,091
Housing units	361	335
Homeownership rate	44.0%	57.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.8%	7.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lovingston	Shipman
Population	494 → 430 (-13.0%)	332 → 489 (+47.3%)
Median household income	$15,474 → $15,708 (+1.5%)	$18,102 → $45,982 (+154.0%)
Median home value	—	$170,700 → $237,900 (+39.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$385 → $1,091 (+183.4%)

Lovingston

Population

494430

Median household income

$15,474$15,708

Shipman

Population

332489

Median household income

$18,102$45,982

Median home value

$170,700$237,900

Median gross rent

$385$1,091

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lovingston	Shipman
Under 5	10.5%	9.8%
5 to 17	0.0%	18.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	3.7%	14.3%
35 to 44	0.0%	15.5%
45 to 54	7.4%	18.6%
55 to 64	52.1%	8.4%
65 to 74	17.0%	12.9%
75 and over	9.3%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lovingston	Shipman
White (non-Hispanic)	77.4%	62.6%
Black or African American	0.5%	35.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.0%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lovingston	Shipman
No high school diploma	24.7%	17.8%
High school graduate	39.0%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	9.6%	48.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lovingston	Shipman
Drove alone	56.1%	76.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	43.9%	11.6%
Other means	0.0%	11.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lovingston	Shipman
1-unit, detached	61.5%	62.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	20.9%
5 to 19 units	25.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	11.3%

Poverty & households

	Lovingston	Shipman
Poverty rate	33.0%	21.3%
Average household size	1.56	2.34
Median year structure built	1988	1984