Draper vs New River

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

Draper and New River 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 377 in New River). Draper has the higher median household income ($82,835 vs $39,196 in New River). Draper has the higher median home value ($159,100 vs $143,500 in New River).

Population, income & housing

	Draper	New River
Population	458	377
Median age	55.4 yrs	55.6 yrs
Median household income	$82,835	$39,196
Median home value	$159,100	$143,500
Median gross rent	$924	—
Housing units	181	220
Homeownership rate	38.1%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.4%	62.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Draper	New River
Population	371 → 458 (+23.5%)	704 → 377 (-46.4%)
Median household income	$71,591 → $82,835 (+15.7%)	$98,394 → $39,196 (-60.2%)
Median home value	$163,800 → $159,100 (-2.9%)	$229,300 → $143,500 (-37.4%)
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

New River

Population

704377

Median household income

$98,394$39,196

Median home value

$229,300$143,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Draper	New River
Under 5	3.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	1.5%	0.0%
18 to 24	9.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.5%
35 to 44	3.7%	7.4%
45 to 54	24.0%	24.7%
55 to 64	31.9%	19.1%
65 to 74	21.4%	35.0%
75 and over	4.4%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Draper	New River
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	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	5.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Draper	New River
No high school diploma	15.6%	4.2%
High school graduate	26.6%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	50.4%	7.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	37.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	24.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Draper	New River
Drove alone	61.6%	95.7%
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%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Draper	New River
1-unit, detached	77.3%	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	22.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Draper	New River
Poverty rate	2.6%	2.7%
Average household size	2.53	1.71
Median year structure built	1986	1972