Basye vs New Market

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

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

New Market has the higher population (2,159 vs 1,416 in Basye). Basye has the higher median household income ($69,881 vs $47,967 in New Market). Basye has the higher median home value ($272,500 vs $247,400 in New Market).

Population, income & housing

	Basye	New Market
Population	1,416	2,159
Median age	47.7 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$69,881	$47,967
Median home value	$272,500	$247,400
Median gross rent	—	$745
Housing units	1,523	1,087
Homeownership rate	83.9%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.0%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Basye	New Market
Population	953 → 1,416 (+48.6%)	2,180 → 2,159 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$75,547 → $69,881 (-7.5%)	$41,892 → $47,967 (+14.5%)
Median home value	$206,700 → $272,500 (+31.8%)	$233,300 → $247,400 (+6.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$725 → $745 (+2.8%)

Basye

Population

9531,416

Median household income

$75,547$69,881

Median home value

$206,700$272,500

New Market

Population

2,1802,159

Median household income

$41,892$47,967

Median home value

$233,300$247,400

Median gross rent

$725$745

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Basye	New Market
Under 5	11.7%	2.8%
5 to 17	2.7%	12.9%
18 to 24	8.1%	6.8%
25 to 34	12.4%	10.7%
35 to 44	7.6%	12.5%
45 to 54	16.3%	9.4%
55 to 64	14.8%	11.8%
65 to 74	16.8%	19.8%
75 and over	9.7%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Basye	New Market
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	86.1%
Black or African American	1.0%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Basye	New Market
No high school diploma	1.4%	13.2%
High school graduate	37.1%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Basye	New Market
Drove alone	57.2%	70.1%
Carpooled	32.2%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	10.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	9.8%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Basye	New Market
1-unit, detached	74.3%	39.7%
1-unit, attached	13.1%	20.6%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	14.8%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	13.4%
20 or more units	5.1%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Basye	New Market
Poverty rate	9.1%	12.3%
Average household size	2.53	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1986	1981