Cedar Bluff vs Richlands

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

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

Richlands has the higher population (5,188 vs 1,156 in Cedar Bluff). Cedar Bluff has the higher median household income ($40,179 vs $37,382 in Richlands). Cedar Bluff has the higher median home value ($123,300 vs $107,300 in Richlands).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Bluff	Richlands
Population	1,156	5,188
Median age	50.9 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$40,179	$37,382
Median home value	$123,300	$107,300
Median gross rent	$848	$824
Housing units	633	2,711
Homeownership rate	65.0%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Bluff	Richlands
Population	1,045 → 1,156 (+10.6%)	5,368 → 5,188 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$42,813 → $40,179 (-6.2%)	$30,600 → $37,382 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$111,000 → $123,300 (+11.1%)	$84,600 → $107,300 (+26.8%)
Median gross rent	$642 → $848 (+32.1%)	$666 → $824 (+23.7%)

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

Richlands

Population

5,3685,188

Median household income

$30,600$37,382

Median home value

$84,600$107,300

Median gross rent

$666$824

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cedar Bluff	Richlands
Under 5	5.4%	5.2%
5 to 17	8.1%	16.8%
18 to 24	5.6%	7.9%
25 to 34	15.7%	12.0%
35 to 44	7.3%	10.3%
45 to 54	17.1%	13.7%
55 to 64	15.8%	10.7%
65 to 74	16.3%	11.6%
75 and over	8.7%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Bluff	Richlands
White (non-Hispanic)	98.6%	97.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Bluff	Richlands
No high school diploma	8.3%	13.4%
High school graduate	36.7%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Bluff	Richlands
Drove alone	91.5%	84.1%
Carpooled	4.7%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Bluff	Richlands
1-unit, detached	69.8%	58.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	4.7%
20 or more units	3.8%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	12.5%	27.4%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Bluff	Richlands
Poverty rate	17.9%	28.0%
Average household size	2.08	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1970	1973