Abingdon vs Meadowview

A side-by-side comparison of Abingdon and Meadowview: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Abingdon has the higher population (8,332 vs 922 in Meadowview). Meadowview has the higher median household income ($70,078 vs $54,976 in Abingdon). Abingdon has the higher median home value ($217,700 vs $173,800 in Meadowview).

Population, income & housing

	Abingdon	Meadowview
Population	8,332	922
Median age	46.8 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$54,976	$70,078
Median home value	$217,700	$173,800
Median gross rent	$794	$984
Housing units	4,505	444
Homeownership rate	56.2%	70.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.2%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Abingdon	Meadowview
Population	7,960 → 8,332 (+4.7%)	921 → 922 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$45,848 → $54,976 (+19.9%)	$35,809 → $70,078 (+95.7%)
Median home value	$169,500 → $217,700 (+28.4%)	$127,600 → $173,800 (+36.2%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $794 (+14.7%)	$714 → $984 (+37.8%)

Abingdon

Population

7,9608,332

Median household income

$45,848$54,976

Median home value

$169,500$217,700

Median gross rent

$692$794

Meadowview

Population

921922

Median household income

$35,809$70,078

Median home value

$127,600$173,800

Median gross rent

$714$984

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Abingdon	Meadowview
Under 5	2.6%	8.1%
5 to 17	10.6%	14.2%
18 to 24	7.2%	8.1%
25 to 34	16.9%	11.4%
35 to 44	10.2%	13.3%
45 to 54	12.2%	10.6%
55 to 64	15.8%	17.2%
65 to 74	13.3%	13.9%
75 and over	11.1%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Abingdon	Meadowview
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	95.4%
Black or African American	3.6%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Abingdon	Meadowview
No high school diploma	7.0%	17.0%
High school graduate	27.3%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Abingdon	Meadowview
Drove alone	85.1%	86.6%
Carpooled	3.1%	9.6%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	3.7%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Abingdon	Meadowview
1-unit, detached	55.4%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	18.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	15.1%

Poverty & households

	Abingdon	Meadowview
Poverty rate	13.4%	7.8%
Average household size	1.98	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	17	23
Median year structure built	1978	1985