Luray vs Shenandoah

A side-by-side comparison of Luray and Shenandoah: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Luray has the higher population (4,836 vs 3,131 in Shenandoah). Shenandoah has the higher median household income ($68,594 vs $55,802 in Luray). Luray has the higher median home value ($243,500 vs $187,300 in Shenandoah).

Population, income & housing

	Luray	Shenandoah
Population	4,836	3,131
Median age	54.9 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$55,802	$68,594
Median home value	$243,500	$187,300
Median gross rent	$830	$1,036
Housing units	2,683	1,132
Homeownership rate	67.4%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	6.8%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Luray	Shenandoah
Population	4,832 → 4,836 (+0.1%)	3,033 → 3,131 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$46,161 → $55,802 (+20.9%)	$56,667 → $68,594 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$169,600 → $243,500 (+43.6%)	$143,900 → $187,300 (+30.2%)
Median gross rent	$844 → $830 (-1.7%)	$876 → $1,036 (+18.3%)

Luray

Population

4,8324,836

Median household income

$46,161$55,802

Median home value

$169,600$243,500

Median gross rent

$844$830

Shenandoah

Population

3,0333,131

Median household income

$56,667$68,594

Median home value

$143,900$187,300

Median gross rent

$876$1,036

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Luray	Shenandoah
Under 5	3.0%	4.3%
5 to 17	11.9%	23.6%
18 to 24	2.8%	6.7%
25 to 34	10.3%	13.1%
35 to 44	9.9%	15.2%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.2%
55 to 64	18.4%	9.3%
65 to 74	18.0%	9.3%
75 and over	13.4%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Luray	Shenandoah
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	83.9%
Black or African American	6.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Luray	Shenandoah
No high school diploma	14.1%	18.5%
High school graduate	42.0%	48.9%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Luray	Shenandoah
Drove alone	77.6%	80.5%
Carpooled	11.6%	14.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Luray	Shenandoah
1-unit, detached	81.9%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	5.3%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Luray	Shenandoah
Poverty rate	7.2%	15.3%
Average household size	1.98	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	22	32
Median year structure built	1963	1973