Cave Spring vs Vinton

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

Cave Spring and Vinton 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 8,038 in Vinton). Cave Spring has the higher median household income ($85,314 vs $64,643 in Vinton). Cave Spring has the higher median home value ($296,700 vs $179,400 in Vinton).

Population, income & housing

	Cave Spring	Vinton
Population	26,014	8,038
Median age	42.3 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$85,314	$64,643
Median home value	$296,700	$179,400
Median gross rent	$1,224	$939
Housing units	11,903	3,958
Homeownership rate	70.0%	56.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.4%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cave Spring	Vinton
Population	26,001 → 26,014 (+0.0%)	8,083 → 8,038 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$64,793 → $85,314 (+31.7%)	$49,618 → $64,643 (+30.3%)
Median home value	$215,500 → $296,700 (+37.7%)	$148,000 → $179,400 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$992 → $1,224 (+23.4%)	$725 → $939 (+29.5%)

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

Vinton

Population

8,0838,038

Median household income

$49,618$64,643

Median home value

$148,000$179,400

Median gross rent

$725$939

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cave Spring	Vinton
Under 5	5.3%	5.4%
5 to 17	15.1%	18.0%
18 to 24	8.2%	6.9%
25 to 34	12.5%	13.0%
35 to 44	12.8%	13.3%
45 to 54	13.1%	9.5%
55 to 64	13.8%	14.9%
65 to 74	10.9%	10.8%
75 and over	8.2%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cave Spring	Vinton
White (non-Hispanic)	81.6%	87.9%
Black or African American	3.8%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	7.1%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cave Spring	Vinton
No high school diploma	4.1%	11.1%
High school graduate	19.4%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	31.1%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	19.3%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cave Spring	Vinton
Drove alone	75.3%	77.8%
Carpooled	6.7%	3.9%
Public transit	0.2%	0.5%
Walked	0.9%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.1%	14.3%
Other means	0.7%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cave Spring	Vinton
1-unit, detached	63.5%	64.6%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	23.0%	7.5%
20 or more units	5.0%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Cave Spring	Vinton
Poverty rate	6.7%	10.6%
Average household size	2.37	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1978	1967