Raven vs Richlands

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

Raven 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 1,826 in Raven). Richlands has the higher median household income ($37,382 vs $36,063 in Raven). Richlands has the higher median home value ($107,300 vs $87,900 in Raven).

Population, income & housing

	Raven	Richlands
Population	1,826	5,188
Median age	46.7 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$36,063	$37,382
Median home value	$87,900	$107,300
Median gross rent	$700	$824
Housing units	986	2,711
Homeownership rate	63.0%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	11.7%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Raven	Richlands
Population	2,046 → 1,826 (-10.8%)	5,368 → 5,188 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$26,584 → $36,063 (+35.7%)	$30,600 → $37,382 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$64,600 → $87,900 (+36.1%)	$84,600 → $107,300 (+26.8%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $700 (+21.7%)	$666 → $824 (+23.7%)

Raven

Population

2,0461,826

Median household income

$26,584$36,063

Median home value

$64,600$87,900

Median gross rent

$575$700

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)

	Raven	Richlands
Under 5	4.7%	5.2%
5 to 17	19.3%	16.8%
18 to 24	9.0%	7.9%
25 to 34	8.7%	12.0%
35 to 44	4.1%	10.3%
45 to 54	22.6%	13.7%
55 to 64	8.8%	10.7%
65 to 74	18.4%	11.6%
75 and over	4.3%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Raven	Richlands
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	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	2.5%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Raven	Richlands
No high school diploma	14.8%	13.4%
High school graduate	42.8%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Raven	Richlands
Drove alone	68.3%	84.1%
Carpooled	17.8%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	9.9%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	4.2%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Raven	Richlands
1-unit, detached	56.3%	58.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.9%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	38.0%	27.4%

Poverty & households

	Raven	Richlands
Poverty rate	31.7%	28.0%
Average household size	2.59	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1976	1973