Ivanhoe vs Rural Retreat

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

Ivanhoe 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 711 in Ivanhoe). Rural Retreat has the higher median household income ($60,114 vs $37,313 in Ivanhoe). Rural Retreat has the higher median home value ($167,900 vs $87,700 in Ivanhoe).

Population, income & housing

	Ivanhoe	Rural Retreat
Population	711	1,614
Median age	26.1 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$37,313	$60,114
Median home value	$87,700	$167,900
Median gross rent	—	$778
Housing units	175	768
Homeownership rate	93.1%	84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.8%	24.4%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ivanhoe	Rural Retreat
Population	459 → 711 (+54.9%)	1,702 → 1,614 (-5.2%)
Median household income	$42,321 → $37,313 (-11.8%)	$49,107 → $60,114 (+22.4%)
Median home value	$64,000 → $87,700 (+37.0%)	$134,100 → $167,900 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$674 → $778 (+15.4%)

Ivanhoe

Population

459711

Median household income

$42,321$37,313

Median home value

$64,000$87,700

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)

	Ivanhoe	Rural Retreat
Under 5	17.4%	7.3%
5 to 17	19.7%	17.2%
18 to 24	11.5%	7.6%
25 to 34	11.3%	8.3%
35 to 44	4.6%	16.4%
45 to 54	12.0%	10.8%
55 to 64	8.3%	12.5%
65 to 74	10.8%	9.7%
75 and over	4.4%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ivanhoe	Rural Retreat
White (non-Hispanic)	71.9%	95.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	24.6%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ivanhoe	Rural Retreat
No high school diploma	15.9%	5.7%
High school graduate	41.9%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	3.8%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ivanhoe	Rural Retreat
Drove alone	64.1%	83.4%
Carpooled	9.0%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.0%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ivanhoe	Rural Retreat
1-unit, detached	70.9%	79.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.1%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Ivanhoe	Rural Retreat
Poverty rate	54.1%	20.4%
Average household size	4.06	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1975	1977