Austinville vs Rural Retreat

A side-by-side comparison of Austinville and Rural Retreat: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rural Retreat has the higher population (1,614 vs 0 in Austinville). Since 2019, Rural Retreat's population has grown faster (-5.2% vs -100.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Austinville	Rural Retreat
Population	0	1,614
Median age	—	41.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$60,114
Median home value	—	$167,900
Median gross rent	—	$778
Housing units	0	768
Homeownership rate	—	84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	—	24.4%
Unemployment rate	—	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Austinville	Rural Retreat
Population	18 → 0 (-100.0%)	1,702 → 1,614 (-5.2%)
Median household income	—	$49,107 → $60,114 (+22.4%)
Median home value	—	$134,100 → $167,900 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$674 → $778 (+15.4%)

Austinville

Population

180

Rural Retreat

Population

1,7021,614

Median household income

$49,107$60,114

Median home value

$134,100$167,900

Median gross rent

$674$778

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Austinville	Rural Retreat
Under 5	—	7.3%
5 to 17	—	17.2%
18 to 24	—	7.6%
25 to 34	—	8.3%
35 to 44	—	16.4%
45 to 54	—	10.8%
55 to 64	—	12.5%
65 to 74	—	9.7%
75 and over	—	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Austinville	Rural Retreat
White (non-Hispanic)	—	95.5%
Black or African American	—	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	—	0.0%
Asian	—	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	—	0.0%
Some other race	—	0.3%
Two or more races	—	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	—	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Austinville	Rural Retreat
No high school diploma	—	5.7%
High school graduate	—	38.9%
Some college or associate's	—	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	—	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	—	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Austinville	Rural Retreat
Drove alone	—	83.4%
Carpooled	—	7.0%
Public transit	—	0.0%
Walked	—	2.8%
Bicycle	—	0.0%
Worked from home	—	6.7%
Other means	—	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Austinville	Rural Retreat
1-unit, detached	—	79.6%
1-unit, attached	—	0.0%
2 to 4 units	—	8.3%
5 to 19 units	—	2.1%
20 or more units	—	0.0%
Mobile home & other	—	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Austinville	Rural Retreat
Poverty rate	—	20.4%
Average household size	—	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	—	25
Median year structure built	—	1977