New River vs Pulaski

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

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

Pulaski has the higher population (8,937 vs 377 in New River). Pulaski has the higher median household income ($50,409 vs $39,196 in New River). Pulaski has the higher median home value ($152,800 vs $143,500 in New River).

Population, income & housing

	New River	Pulaski
Population	377	8,937
Median age	55.6 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$39,196	$50,409
Median home value	$143,500	$152,800
Median gross rent	—	$775
Housing units	220	4,237
Homeownership rate	83.6%	56.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.6%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New River	Pulaski
Population	704 → 377 (-46.4%)	8,799 → 8,937 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$98,394 → $39,196 (-60.2%)	$49,665 → $50,409 (+1.5%)
Median home value	$229,300 → $143,500 (-37.4%)	$117,600 → $152,800 (+29.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$748 → $775 (+3.6%)

New River

Population

704377

Median household income

$98,394$39,196

Median home value

$229,300$143,500

Pulaski

Population

8,7998,937

Median household income

$49,665$50,409

Median home value

$117,600$152,800

Median gross rent

$748$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New River	Pulaski
Under 5	0.0%	6.3%
5 to 17	0.0%	12.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.2%
25 to 34	9.5%	19.8%
35 to 44	7.4%	10.4%
45 to 54	24.7%	12.9%
55 to 64	19.1%	12.3%
65 to 74	35.0%	10.9%
75 and over	4.2%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New River	Pulaski
White (non-Hispanic)	27.3%	87.0%
Black or African American	65.3%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.4%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.9%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New River	Pulaski
No high school diploma	4.2%	11.3%
High school graduate	25.5%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	7.7%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	37.9%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	24.7%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New River	Pulaski
Drove alone	95.7%	77.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	4.3%	10.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New River	Pulaski
1-unit, detached	93.6%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.7%
20 or more units	6.4%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	New River	Pulaski
Poverty rate	2.7%	24.0%
Average household size	1.71	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	—	22
Median year structure built	1972	1959