Appomattox County vs Radford city

A side-by-side comparison of Appomattox County and Radford city: population, income, housing, and more.

Appomattox County and Radford city are counties in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Radford city has the higher population (16,505 vs 16,424 in Appomattox County). Appomattox County has the higher median household income ($62,337 vs $52,791 in Radford city). Radford city has the higher median home value ($211,700 vs $189,200 in Appomattox County).

Population, income & housing

	Appomattox County	Radford city
Population	16,424	16,505
Median age	43.3 yrs	23.0 yrs
Median household income	$62,337	$52,791
Median home value	$189,200	$211,700
Median gross rent	$883	$966
Housing units	7,380	6,457
Homeownership rate	77.6%	42.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	39.8%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Appomattox County	Radford city
Population	15,707 → 16,424 (+4.6%)	17,691 → 16,505 (-6.7%)
Median household income	$58,696 → $62,337 (+6.2%)	$36,297 → $52,791 (+45.4%)
Median home value	$158,800 → $189,200 (+19.1%)	$170,800 → $211,700 (+23.9%)
Median gross rent	$691 → $883 (+27.8%)	$728 → $966 (+32.7%)

Appomattox County

Population

15,70716,424

Median household income

$58,696$62,337

Median home value

$158,800$189,200

Median gross rent

$691$883

Radford city

Population

17,69116,505

Median household income

$36,297$52,791

Median home value

$170,800$211,700

Median gross rent

$728$966

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Appomattox County	Radford city
Under 5	6.0%	4.2%
5 to 17	15.8%	8.1%
18 to 24	7.3%	42.8%
25 to 34	11.4%	11.1%
35 to 44	11.9%	8.1%
45 to 54	12.9%	8.1%
55 to 64	14.0%	8.2%
65 to 74	12.3%	5.6%
75 and over	8.4%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Appomattox County	Radford city
White (non-Hispanic)	76.1%	81.3%
Black or African American	17.0%	9.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Appomattox County	Radford city
No high school diploma	8.0%	6.8%
High school graduate	40.4%	19.7%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	20.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Appomattox County	Radford city
Drove alone	85.1%	76.3%
Carpooled	5.0%	6.5%
Public transit	0.4%	0.6%
Walked	0.7%	11.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Appomattox County	Radford city
1-unit, detached	80.1%	50.8%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	29.4%
20 or more units	0.4%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	13.7%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Appomattox County	Radford city
Poverty rate	12.3%	33.7%
Average household size	2.49	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	26	17
Median year structure built	1981	1976