Max Meadows vs Rural Retreat

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

Max Meadows 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 582 in Max Meadows). Max Meadows has the higher median household income ($78,365 vs $60,114 in Rural Retreat). Rural Retreat has the higher median home value ($167,900 vs $93,600 in Max Meadows).

Population, income & housing

	Max Meadows	Rural Retreat
Population	582	1,614
Median age	48.9 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$78,365	$60,114
Median home value	$93,600	$167,900
Median gross rent	—	$778
Housing units	272	768
Homeownership rate	100.0%	84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	24.4%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Max Meadows	Rural Retreat
Population	440 → 582 (+32.3%)	1,702 → 1,614 (-5.2%)
Median household income	$81,685 → $78,365 (-4.1%)	$49,107 → $60,114 (+22.4%)
Median home value	$207,400 → $93,600 (-54.9%)	$134,100 → $167,900 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$674 → $778 (+15.4%)

Max Meadows

Population

440582

Median household income

$81,685$78,365

Median home value

$207,400$93,600

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)

	Max Meadows	Rural Retreat
Under 5	7.0%	7.3%
5 to 17	0.0%	17.2%
18 to 24	7.4%	7.6%
25 to 34	13.1%	8.3%
35 to 44	8.8%	16.4%
45 to 54	42.4%	10.8%
55 to 64	11.3%	12.5%
65 to 74	6.9%	9.7%
75 and over	3.1%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Max Meadows	Rural Retreat
White (non-Hispanic)	99.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Max Meadows	Rural Retreat
No high school diploma	0.0%	5.7%
High school graduate	52.0%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Max Meadows	Rural Retreat
Drove alone	100.0%	83.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Max Meadows	Rural Retreat
1-unit, detached	58.8%	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	41.2%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Max Meadows	Rural Retreat
Poverty rate	12.7%	20.4%
Average household size	2.59	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1986	1977