Grottoes vs Massanutten

A side-by-side comparison of Grottoes and Massanutten: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Grottoes has the higher population (2,926 vs 2,215 in Massanutten). Massanutten has the higher median household income ($106,944 vs $84,508 in Grottoes). Massanutten has the higher median home value ($368,700 vs $267,500 in Grottoes).

Population, income & housing

	Grottoes	Massanutten
Population	2,926	2,215
Median age	38.1 yrs	53.3 yrs
Median household income	$84,508	$106,944
Median home value	$267,500	$368,700
Median gross rent	$847	$1,100
Housing units	1,243	2,433
Homeownership rate	77.0%	94.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	52.8%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grottoes	Massanutten
Population	2,789 → 2,926 (+4.9%)	2,602 → 2,215 (-14.9%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $84,508 (+57.2%)	$84,333 → $106,944 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$165,400 → $267,500 (+61.7%)	$260,700 → $368,700 (+41.4%)
Median gross rent	$813 → $847 (+4.2%)	$1,142 → $1,100 (-3.7%)

Grottoes

Population

2,7892,926

Median household income

$53,750$84,508

Median home value

$165,400$267,500

Median gross rent

$813$847

Massanutten

Population

2,6022,215

Median household income

$84,333$106,944

Median home value

$260,700$368,700

Median gross rent

$1,142$1,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grottoes	Massanutten
Under 5	5.2%	0.8%
5 to 17	18.2%	13.5%
18 to 24	10.5%	5.2%
25 to 34	14.2%	6.0%
35 to 44	8.8%	12.3%
45 to 54	19.1%	14.8%
55 to 64	11.5%	23.4%
65 to 74	4.9%	17.2%
75 and over	7.7%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grottoes	Massanutten
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	82.4%
Black or African American	2.6%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	14.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grottoes	Massanutten
No high school diploma	5.4%	3.8%
High school graduate	38.3%	17.7%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	26.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	26.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grottoes	Massanutten
Drove alone	79.9%	77.1%
Carpooled	15.3%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	13.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grottoes	Massanutten
1-unit, detached	78.3%	58.2%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	36.8%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	1.2%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Grottoes	Massanutten
Poverty rate	10.6%	2.2%
Average household size	2.52	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1986	1996