Draper vs Hiwassee

A side-by-side comparison of Draper and Hiwassee: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Draper has the higher population (458 vs 83 in Hiwassee). Draper has the higher median household income ($82,835 vs $67,788 in Hiwassee). Draper has the higher median home value ($159,100 vs $103,400 in Hiwassee).

Population, income & housing

	Draper	Hiwassee
Population	458	83
Median age	55.4 yrs	59.8 yrs
Median household income	$82,835	$67,788
Median home value	$159,100	$103,400
Median gross rent	$924	—
Housing units	181	105
Homeownership rate	38.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.4%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	11.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Draper	Hiwassee
Population	371 → 458 (+23.5%)	310 → 83 (-73.2%)
Median household income	$71,591 → $82,835 (+15.7%)	$70,855 → $67,788 (-4.3%)
Median home value	$163,800 → $159,100 (-2.9%)	$174,300 → $103,400 (-40.7%)
Median gross rent	$825 → $924 (+12.0%)	—

Draper

Population

371458

Median household income

$71,591$82,835

Median home value

$163,800$159,100

Median gross rent

$825$924

Hiwassee

Population

31083

Median household income

$70,855$67,788

Median home value

$174,300$103,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Draper	Hiwassee
Under 5	3.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	1.5%	7.2%
18 to 24	9.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	3.7%	0.0%
45 to 54	24.0%	32.5%
55 to 64	31.9%	26.5%
65 to 74	21.4%	33.7%
75 and over	4.4%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Draper	Hiwassee
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Draper	Hiwassee
No high school diploma	15.6%	14.3%
High school graduate	26.6%	66.2%
Some college or associate's	50.4%	19.5%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Draper	Hiwassee
Drove alone	61.6%	100.0%
Carpooled	25.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Draper	Hiwassee
1-unit, detached	77.3%	57.1%
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%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.7%	42.9%

Poverty & households

	Draper	Hiwassee
Poverty rate	2.6%	0.0%
Average household size	2.53	1.84
Median year structure built	1986	1976