Basye vs Maurertown

A side-by-side comparison of Basye and Maurertown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Basye has the higher population (1,416 vs 1,138 in Maurertown). Maurertown has the higher median household income ($89,375 vs $69,881 in Basye). Basye has the higher median home value ($272,500 vs $263,400 in Maurertown).

Population, income & housing

	Basye	Maurertown
Population	1,416	1,138
Median age	47.7 yrs	31.4 yrs
Median household income	$69,881	$89,375
Median home value	$272,500	$263,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,391
Housing units	1,523	373
Homeownership rate	83.9%	94.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.0%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Basye	Maurertown
Population	953 → 1,416 (+48.6%)	955 → 1,138 (+19.2%)
Median household income	$75,547 → $69,881 (-7.5%)	$59,570 → $89,375 (+50.0%)
Median home value	$206,700 → $272,500 (+31.8%)	$195,100 → $263,400 (+35.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,051 → $1,391 (+32.4%)

Basye

Population

9531,416

Median household income

$75,547$69,881

Median home value

$206,700$272,500

Maurertown

Population

9551,138

Median household income

$59,570$89,375

Median home value

$195,100$263,400

Median gross rent

$1,051$1,391

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Basye	Maurertown
Under 5	11.7%	11.2%
5 to 17	2.7%	22.5%
18 to 24	8.1%	8.5%
25 to 34	12.4%	9.4%
35 to 44	7.6%	2.5%
45 to 54	16.3%	19.5%
55 to 64	14.8%	13.7%
65 to 74	16.8%	4.8%
75 and over	9.7%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Basye	Maurertown
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	89.3%
Black or African American	1.0%	2.2%
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	3.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Basye	Maurertown
No high school diploma	1.4%	12.8%
High school graduate	37.1%	57.8%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	17.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Basye	Maurertown
Drove alone	57.2%	76.0%
Carpooled	32.2%	17.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Basye	Maurertown
1-unit, detached	74.3%	91.2%
1-unit, attached	13.1%	8.8%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Basye	Maurertown
Poverty rate	9.1%	2.8%
Average household size	2.53	3.30
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1986	2001