Raven vs Tazewell

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

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

Tazewell has the higher population (4,419 vs 1,826 in Raven). Raven has the higher median household income ($36,063 vs $35,392 in Tazewell). Tazewell has the higher median home value ($110,400 vs $87,900 in Raven).

Population, income & housing

	Raven	Tazewell
Population	1,826	4,419
Median age	46.7 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$36,063	$35,392
Median home value	$87,900	$110,400
Median gross rent	$700	$722
Housing units	986	2,101
Homeownership rate	63.0%	56.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	11.7%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Raven	Tazewell
Population	2,046 → 1,826 (-10.8%)	4,250 → 4,419 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$26,584 → $36,063 (+35.7%)	$44,405 → $35,392 (-20.3%)
Median home value	$64,600 → $87,900 (+36.1%)	$119,400 → $110,400 (-7.5%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $700 (+21.7%)	$647 → $722 (+11.6%)

Raven

Population

2,0461,826

Median household income

$26,584$36,063

Median home value

$64,600$87,900

Median gross rent

$575$700

Tazewell

Population

4,2504,419

Median household income

$44,405$35,392

Median home value

$119,400$110,400

Median gross rent

$647$722

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Raven	Tazewell
Under 5	4.7%	3.8%
5 to 17	19.3%	19.3%
18 to 24	9.0%	4.3%
25 to 34	8.7%	12.9%
35 to 44	4.1%	11.5%
45 to 54	22.6%	16.7%
55 to 64	8.8%	10.5%
65 to 74	18.4%	11.3%
75 and over	4.3%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Raven	Tazewell
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	83.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	10.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Raven	Tazewell
No high school diploma	14.8%	12.5%
High school graduate	42.8%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Raven	Tazewell
Drove alone	68.3%	77.2%
Carpooled	17.8%	15.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	6.1%
Other means	1.6%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Raven	Tazewell
1-unit, detached	56.3%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	9.3%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	38.0%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Raven	Tazewell
Poverty rate	31.7%	23.2%
Average household size	2.59	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1976	1964