Rural Retreat vs Wytheville

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

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

Wytheville has the higher population (8,224 vs 1,614 in Rural Retreat). Rural Retreat has the higher median household income ($60,114 vs $43,283 in Wytheville). Wytheville has the higher median home value ($193,000 vs $167,900 in Rural Retreat).

Population, income & housing

	Rural Retreat	Wytheville
Population	1,614	8,224
Median age	41.9 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$60,114	$43,283
Median home value	$167,900	$193,000
Median gross rent	$778	$706
Housing units	768	4,590
Homeownership rate	84.5%	54.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	24.4%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rural Retreat	Wytheville
Population	1,702 → 1,614 (-5.2%)	7,957 → 8,224 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$49,107 → $60,114 (+22.4%)	$47,820 → $43,283 (-9.5%)
Median home value	$134,100 → $167,900 (+25.2%)	$159,700 → $193,000 (+20.9%)
Median gross rent	$674 → $778 (+15.4%)	$640 → $706 (+10.3%)

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

Wytheville

Population

7,9578,224

Median household income

$47,820$43,283

Median home value

$159,700$193,000

Median gross rent

$640$706

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rural Retreat	Wytheville
Under 5	7.3%	4.5%
5 to 17	17.2%	14.5%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.8%
25 to 34	8.3%	9.9%
35 to 44	16.4%	12.0%
45 to 54	10.8%	12.9%
55 to 64	12.5%	12.4%
65 to 74	9.7%	13.3%
75 and over	10.3%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rural Retreat	Wytheville
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	90.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rural Retreat	Wytheville
No high school diploma	5.7%	12.1%
High school graduate	38.9%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rural Retreat	Wytheville
Drove alone	83.4%	75.7%
Carpooled	7.0%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	9.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rural Retreat	Wytheville
1-unit, detached	79.6%	64.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	15.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	10.0%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Rural Retreat	Wytheville
Poverty rate	20.4%	22.0%
Average household size	2.48	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	25	17
Median year structure built	1977	1974