Allisonia vs New River

A side-by-side comparison of Allisonia and New River: population, income, housing, and more.

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

New River has the higher population (377 vs 51 in Allisonia). Since 2019, Allisonia's population has grown faster (-44.0% vs -46.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Allisonia	New River
Population	51	377
Median age	24.4 yrs	55.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$39,196
Median home value	—	$143,500
Housing units	108	220
Homeownership rate	63.6%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	62.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allisonia	New River
Population	91 → 51 (-44.0%)	704 → 377 (-46.4%)
Median household income	$35,000 → $55,694 (+59.1%)	$98,394 → $39,196 (-60.2%)
Median home value	—	$229,300 → $143,500 (-37.4%)

Allisonia

Population

9151

Median household income

$35,000$55,694

New River

Population

704377

Median household income

$98,394$39,196

Median home value

$229,300$143,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allisonia	New River
Under 5	31.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	27.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.5%
35 to 44	15.7%	7.4%
45 to 54	0.0%	24.7%
55 to 64	11.8%	19.1%
65 to 74	13.7%	35.0%
75 and over	0.0%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allisonia	New River
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	27.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	65.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	7.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allisonia	New River
No high school diploma	0.0%	4.2%
High school graduate	61.9%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	7.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	37.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	24.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allisonia	New River
Drove alone	100.0%	95.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allisonia	New River
1-unit, detached	87.0%	93.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	13.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Allisonia	New River
Poverty rate	0.0%	2.7%
Average household size	2.32	1.71
Median year structure built	1991	1972