Hiwassee vs New River

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

Hiwassee 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 83 in Hiwassee). Hiwassee has the higher median household income ($67,788 vs $39,196 in New River). New River has the higher median home value ($143,500 vs $103,400 in Hiwassee).

Population, income & housing

	Hiwassee	New River
Population	83	377
Median age	59.8 yrs	55.6 yrs
Median household income	$67,788	$39,196
Median home value	$103,400	$143,500
Housing units	105	220
Homeownership rate	100.0%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	62.6%
Unemployment rate	11.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hiwassee	New River
Population	310 → 83 (-73.2%)	704 → 377 (-46.4%)
Median household income	$70,855 → $67,788 (-4.3%)	$98,394 → $39,196 (-60.2%)
Median home value	$174,300 → $103,400 (-40.7%)	$229,300 → $143,500 (-37.4%)

Hiwassee

Population

31083

Median household income

$70,855$67,788

Median home value

$174,300$103,400

New River

Population

704377

Median household income

$98,394$39,196

Median home value

$229,300$143,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hiwassee	New River
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	7.2%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	7.4%
45 to 54	32.5%	24.7%
55 to 64	26.5%	19.1%
65 to 74	33.7%	35.0%
75 and over	0.0%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hiwassee	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+

	Hiwassee	New River
No high school diploma	14.3%	4.2%
High school graduate	66.2%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	19.5%	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)

	Hiwassee	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)

	Hiwassee	New River
1-unit, detached	57.1%	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	42.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hiwassee	New River
Poverty rate	0.0%	2.7%
Average household size	1.84	1.71
Median year structure built	1976	1972