Appalachia vs Riverview

A side-by-side comparison of Appalachia and Riverview: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Appalachia has the higher population (1,612 vs 652 in Riverview). Riverview has the higher median household income ($50,870 vs $38,942 in Appalachia). Appalachia has the higher median home value ($65,500 vs $43,600 in Riverview).

Population, income & housing

	Appalachia	Riverview
Population	1,612	652
Median age	40.0 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$38,942	$50,870
Median home value	$65,500	$43,600
Median gross rent	$665	$719
Housing units	857	302
Homeownership rate	60.3%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	8.6%
Unemployment rate	14.3%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Appalachia	Riverview
Population	1,444 → 1,612 (+11.6%)	711 → 652 (-8.3%)
Median household income	$27,554 → $38,942 (+41.3%)	$42,316 → $50,870 (+20.2%)
Median home value	$58,700 → $65,500 (+11.6%)	$106,300 → $43,600 (-59.0%)
Median gross rent	$370 → $665 (+79.7%)	—

Appalachia

Population

1,4441,612

Median household income

$27,554$38,942

Median home value

$58,700$65,500

Median gross rent

$370$665

Riverview

Population

711652

Median household income

$42,316$50,870

Median home value

$106,300$43,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Appalachia	Riverview
Under 5	5.6%	5.4%
5 to 17	23.1%	11.2%
18 to 24	8.5%	17.6%
25 to 34	8.6%	6.7%
35 to 44	10.2%	10.3%
45 to 54	14.8%	5.8%
55 to 64	13.3%	12.7%
65 to 74	10.9%	18.6%
75 and over	5.0%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Appalachia	Riverview
White (non-Hispanic)	82.6%	67.3%
Black or African American	6.9%	17.5%
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%	15.2%
Two or more races	7.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Appalachia	Riverview
No high school diploma	13.9%	33.3%
High school graduate	29.1%	54.3%
Some college or associate's	41.4%	3.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Appalachia	Riverview
Drove alone	83.9%	47.3%
Carpooled	6.7%	21.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	31.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Appalachia	Riverview
1-unit, detached	66.9%	44.0%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	56.0%

Poverty & households

	Appalachia	Riverview
Poverty rate	32.5%	12.6%
Average household size	2.41	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	23	—
Median year structure built	1962	1995