Appalachia vs St. Paul

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

Appalachia and St. Paul 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 1,046 in St. Paul). Appalachia has the higher median household income ($38,942 vs $29,554 in St. Paul). St. Paul has the higher median home value ($178,800 vs $65,500 in Appalachia).

Population, income & housing

	Appalachia	St. Paul
Population	1,612	1,046
Median age	40.0 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$38,942	$29,554
Median home value	$65,500	$178,800
Median gross rent	$665	$468
Housing units	857	480
Homeownership rate	60.3%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	26.5%
Unemployment rate	14.3%	15.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Appalachia	St. Paul
Population	1,444 → 1,612 (+11.6%)	1,008 → 1,046 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$27,554 → $38,942 (+41.3%)	$35,417 → $29,554 (-16.6%)
Median home value	$58,700 → $65,500 (+11.6%)	$141,800 → $178,800 (+26.1%)
Median gross rent	$370 → $665 (+79.7%)	$415 → $468 (+12.8%)

Appalachia

Population

1,4441,612

Median household income

$27,554$38,942

Median home value

$58,700$65,500

Median gross rent

$370$665

St. Paul

Population

1,0081,046

Median household income

$35,417$29,554

Median home value

$141,800$178,800

Median gross rent

$415$468

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Appalachia	St. Paul
Under 5	5.6%	5.2%
5 to 17	23.1%	16.6%
18 to 24	8.5%	8.7%
25 to 34	8.6%	12.9%
35 to 44	10.2%	14.9%
45 to 54	14.8%	7.0%
55 to 64	13.3%	13.5%
65 to 74	10.9%	9.6%
75 and over	5.0%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Appalachia	St. Paul
White (non-Hispanic)	82.6%	96.2%
Black or African American	6.9%	0.0%
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	7.8%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Appalachia	St. Paul
No high school diploma	13.9%	19.4%
High school graduate	29.1%	19.5%
Some college or associate's	41.4%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Appalachia	St. Paul
Drove alone	83.9%	60.3%
Carpooled	6.7%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	11.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	11.5%
Other means	0.0%	6.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Appalachia	St. Paul
1-unit, detached	66.9%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	20.8%
20 or more units	3.3%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Appalachia	St. Paul
Poverty rate	32.5%	33.4%
Average household size	2.41	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1962	1966