Massanutten vs McGaheysville

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

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

Massanutten has the higher population (2,215 vs 1,155 in McGaheysville). Massanutten has the higher median household income ($106,944 vs $67,125 in McGaheysville). Massanutten has the higher median home value ($368,700 vs $302,300 in McGaheysville).

Population, income & housing

	Massanutten	McGaheysville
Population	2,215	1,155
Median age	53.3 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$106,944	$67,125
Median home value	$368,700	$302,300
Median gross rent	$1,100	$1,449
Housing units	2,433	477
Homeownership rate	94.1%	66.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.8%	27.4%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Massanutten	McGaheysville
Population	2,602 → 2,215 (-14.9%)	1,006 → 1,155 (+14.8%)
Median household income	$84,333 → $106,944 (+26.8%)	$66,500 → $67,125 (+0.9%)
Median home value	$260,700 → $368,700 (+41.4%)	$235,400 → $302,300 (+28.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,142 → $1,100 (-3.7%)	$1,295 → $1,449 (+11.9%)

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

McGaheysville

Population

1,0061,155

Median household income

$66,500$67,125

Median home value

$235,400$302,300

Median gross rent

$1,295$1,449

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Massanutten	McGaheysville
Under 5	0.8%	2.8%
5 to 17	13.5%	23.7%
18 to 24	5.2%	13.7%
25 to 34	6.0%	15.2%
35 to 44	12.3%	10.6%
45 to 54	14.8%	15.0%
55 to 64	23.4%	9.9%
65 to 74	17.2%	6.3%
75 and over	6.8%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Massanutten	McGaheysville
White (non-Hispanic)	82.4%	58.9%
Black or African American	2.7%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	14.3%	37.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Massanutten	McGaheysville
No high school diploma	3.8%	20.7%
High school graduate	17.7%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	26.4%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	26.4%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Massanutten	McGaheysville
Drove alone	77.1%	95.0%
Carpooled	8.8%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Massanutten	McGaheysville
1-unit, detached	58.2%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	36.8%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	13.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Massanutten	McGaheysville
Poverty rate	2.2%	16.0%
Average household size	2.41	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1996	1990