Bluefield vs Raven

A side-by-side comparison of Bluefield and Raven: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bluefield has the higher population (5,016 vs 1,826 in Raven). Bluefield has the higher median household income ($53,500 vs $36,063 in Raven). Bluefield has the higher median home value ($161,100 vs $87,900 in Raven).

Population, income & housing

	Bluefield	Raven
Population	5,016	1,826
Median age	38.5 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	$53,500	$36,063
Median home value	$161,100	$87,900
Median gross rent	$818	$700
Housing units	2,224	986
Homeownership rate	66.0%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.7%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	11.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bluefield	Raven
Population	4,907 → 5,016 (+2.2%)	2,046 → 1,826 (-10.8%)
Median household income	$45,625 → $53,500 (+17.3%)	$26,584 → $36,063 (+35.7%)
Median home value	$117,700 → $161,100 (+36.9%)	$64,600 → $87,900 (+36.1%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $818 (+20.1%)	$575 → $700 (+21.7%)

Bluefield

Population

4,9075,016

Median household income

$45,625$53,500

Median home value

$117,700$161,100

Median gross rent

$681$818

Raven

Population

2,0461,826

Median household income

$26,584$36,063

Median home value

$64,600$87,900

Median gross rent

$575$700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bluefield	Raven
Under 5	7.0%	4.7%
5 to 17	14.6%	19.3%
18 to 24	15.2%	9.0%
25 to 34	9.9%	8.7%
35 to 44	6.9%	4.1%
45 to 54	12.0%	22.6%
55 to 64	10.8%	8.8%
65 to 74	8.3%	18.4%
75 and over	15.4%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bluefield	Raven
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	97.5%
Black or African American	8.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bluefield	Raven
No high school diploma	9.4%	14.8%
High school graduate	28.3%	42.8%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bluefield	Raven
Drove alone	84.6%	68.3%
Carpooled	4.8%	17.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	9.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	2.3%
Other means	0.8%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bluefield	Raven
1-unit, detached	74.3%	56.3%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	4.8%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	38.0%

Poverty & households

	Bluefield	Raven
Poverty rate	14.9%	31.7%
Average household size	2.26	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1963	1976