Grottoes vs Timberville

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

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

Timberville has the higher population (2,998 vs 2,926 in Grottoes). Grottoes has the higher median household income ($84,508 vs $56,837 in Timberville). Grottoes has the higher median home value ($267,500 vs $211,500 in Timberville).

Population, income & housing

	Grottoes	Timberville
Population	2,926	2,998
Median age	38.1 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$84,508	$56,837
Median home value	$267,500	$211,500
Median gross rent	$847	$943
Housing units	1,243	1,207
Homeownership rate	77.0%	59.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grottoes	Timberville
Population	2,789 → 2,926 (+4.9%)	2,635 → 2,998 (+13.8%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $84,508 (+57.2%)	$50,179 → $56,837 (+13.3%)
Median home value	$165,400 → $267,500 (+61.7%)	$146,400 → $211,500 (+44.5%)
Median gross rent	$813 → $847 (+4.2%)	$834 → $943 (+13.1%)

Grottoes

Population

2,7892,926

Median household income

$53,750$84,508

Median home value

$165,400$267,500

Median gross rent

$813$847

Timberville

Population

2,6352,998

Median household income

$50,179$56,837

Median home value

$146,400$211,500

Median gross rent

$834$943

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grottoes	Timberville
Under 5	5.2%	7.4%
5 to 17	18.2%	18.1%
18 to 24	10.5%	6.9%
25 to 34	14.2%	14.1%
35 to 44	8.8%	11.7%
45 to 54	19.1%	13.2%
55 to 64	11.5%	13.3%
65 to 74	4.9%	7.2%
75 and over	7.7%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grottoes	Timberville
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	82.1%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	14.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grottoes	Timberville
No high school diploma	5.4%	21.1%
High school graduate	38.3%	43.7%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grottoes	Timberville
Drove alone	79.9%	87.4%
Carpooled	15.3%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grottoes	Timberville
1-unit, detached	78.3%	58.5%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	16.9%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	2.4%
20 or more units	2.2%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Grottoes	Timberville
Poverty rate	10.6%	12.8%
Average household size	2.52	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1986	1980