Cave Spring vs Hollins

A side-by-side comparison of Cave Spring and Hollins: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cave Spring has the higher population (26,014 vs 17,005 in Hollins). Cave Spring has the higher median household income ($85,314 vs $73,588 in Hollins). Cave Spring has the higher median home value ($296,700 vs $227,900 in Hollins).

Population, income & housing

	Cave Spring	Hollins
Population	26,014	17,005
Median age	42.3 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$85,314	$73,588
Median home value	$296,700	$227,900
Median gross rent	$1,224	$1,113
Housing units	11,903	7,188
Homeownership rate	70.0%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.4%	24.1%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cave Spring	Hollins
Population	26,001 → 26,014 (+0.0%)	14,329 → 17,005 (+18.7%)
Median household income	$64,793 → $85,314 (+31.7%)	$65,000 → $73,588 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$215,500 → $296,700 (+37.7%)	$173,200 → $227,900 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	$992 → $1,224 (+23.4%)	$939 → $1,113 (+18.5%)

Cave Spring

Population

26,00126,014

Median household income

$64,793$85,314

Median home value

$215,500$296,700

Median gross rent

$992$1,224

Hollins

Population

14,32917,005

Median household income

$65,000$73,588

Median home value

$173,200$227,900

Median gross rent

$939$1,113

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cave Spring	Hollins
Under 5	5.3%	3.7%
5 to 17	15.1%	13.2%
18 to 24	8.2%	10.6%
25 to 34	12.5%	11.7%
35 to 44	12.8%	11.9%
45 to 54	13.1%	12.6%
55 to 64	13.8%	11.9%
65 to 74	10.9%	14.0%
75 and over	8.2%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cave Spring	Hollins
White (non-Hispanic)	81.6%	74.0%
Black or African American	3.8%	12.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	7.1%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cave Spring	Hollins
No high school diploma	4.1%	7.5%
High school graduate	19.4%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	31.1%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	19.3%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cave Spring	Hollins
Drove alone	75.3%	77.6%
Carpooled	6.7%	5.6%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.1%	15.5%
Other means	0.7%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cave Spring	Hollins
1-unit, detached	63.5%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	10.6%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	23.0%	7.6%
20 or more units	5.0%	10.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Cave Spring	Hollins
Poverty rate	6.7%	8.4%
Average household size	2.37	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1978	1976