Cedar Bluff vs Raven

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

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

Raven has the higher population (1,826 vs 1,156 in Cedar Bluff). Cedar Bluff has the higher median household income ($40,179 vs $36,063 in Raven). Cedar Bluff has the higher median home value ($123,300 vs $87,900 in Raven).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Bluff	Raven
Population	1,156	1,826
Median age	50.9 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	$40,179	$36,063
Median home value	$123,300	$87,900
Median gross rent	$848	$700
Housing units	633	986
Homeownership rate	65.0%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	11.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Bluff	Raven
Population	1,045 → 1,156 (+10.6%)	2,046 → 1,826 (-10.8%)
Median household income	$42,813 → $40,179 (-6.2%)	$26,584 → $36,063 (+35.7%)
Median home value	$111,000 → $123,300 (+11.1%)	$64,600 → $87,900 (+36.1%)
Median gross rent	$642 → $848 (+32.1%)	$575 → $700 (+21.7%)

Cedar Bluff

Population

1,0451,156

Median household income

$42,813$40,179

Median home value

$111,000$123,300

Median gross rent

$642$848

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)

	Cedar Bluff	Raven
Under 5	5.4%	4.7%
5 to 17	8.1%	19.3%
18 to 24	5.6%	9.0%
25 to 34	15.7%	8.7%
35 to 44	7.3%	4.1%
45 to 54	17.1%	22.6%
55 to 64	15.8%	8.8%
65 to 74	16.3%	18.4%
75 and over	8.7%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Bluff	Raven
White (non-Hispanic)	98.6%	97.5%
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	1.4%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Bluff	Raven
No high school diploma	8.3%	14.8%
High school graduate	36.7%	42.8%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Bluff	Raven
Drove alone	91.5%	68.3%
Carpooled	4.7%	17.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	9.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	2.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Bluff	Raven
1-unit, detached	69.8%	56.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	4.8%
20 or more units	3.8%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	12.5%	38.0%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Bluff	Raven
Poverty rate	17.9%	31.7%
Average household size	2.08	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1970	1976