Linville vs Port Republic

A side-by-side comparison of Linville and Port Republic: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Port Republic has the higher population (562 vs 231 in Linville). Since 2019, Port Republic's population has grown faster (+11.1% vs -50.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Linville	Port Republic
Population	231	562
Median age	43.3 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,078	—
Median home value	$313,300	—
Median gross rent	$1,055	—
Housing units	156	214
Homeownership rate	66.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Linville	Port Republic
Population	466 → 231 (-50.4%)	506 → 562 (+11.1%)
Median household income	$49,267 → $55,078 (+11.8%)	$70,000 → $87,993 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$152,200 → $313,300 (+105.8%)	$165,900 → $179,200 (+8.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,075 → $1,055 (-1.9%)	—

Linville

Population

466231

Median household income

$49,267$55,078

Median home value

$152,200$313,300

Median gross rent

$1,075$1,055

Port Republic

Population

506562

Median household income

$70,000$87,993

Median home value

$165,900$179,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Linville	Port Republic
Under 5	9.5%	5.7%
5 to 17	8.2%	1.4%
18 to 24	14.3%	29.9%
25 to 34	10.8%	9.6%
35 to 44	10.4%	13.9%
45 to 54	1.3%	19.4%
55 to 64	29.4%	7.1%
65 to 74	9.1%	13.0%
75 and over	6.9%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Linville	Port Republic
White (non-Hispanic)	58.9%	87.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	41.1%	13.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Linville	Port Republic
No high school diploma	30.6%	11.3%
High school graduate	49.0%	71.5%
Some college or associate's	20.4%	7.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Linville	Port Republic
Drove alone	97.4%	94.8%
Carpooled	2.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Linville	Port Republic
1-unit, detached	52.6%	90.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.4%	9.3%

Poverty & households

	Linville	Port Republic
Poverty rate	1.3%	0.0%
Average household size	1.97	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	14	23
Median year structure built	1953	1988