Buchanan County vs Greene County

A side-by-side comparison of Buchanan County and Greene County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Greene County has the higher population (20,850 vs 19,857 in Buchanan County). Greene County has the higher median household income ($85,268 vs $42,216 in Buchanan County). Greene County has the higher median home value ($315,300 vs $91,400 in Buchanan County).

Population, income & housing

	Buchanan County	Greene County
Population	19,857	20,850
Median age	47.3 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$42,216	$85,268
Median home value	$91,400	$315,300
Median gross rent	$712	$1,502
Housing units	10,340	8,687
Homeownership rate	82.1%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	28.5%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buchanan County	Greene County
Population	21,788 → 19,857 (-8.9%)	19,519 → 20,850 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$31,956 → $42,216 (+32.1%)	$67,398 → $85,268 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$72,300 → $91,400 (+26.4%)	$236,400 → $315,300 (+33.4%)
Median gross rent	$617 → $712 (+15.4%)	$1,165 → $1,502 (+28.9%)

Buchanan County

Population

21,78819,857

Median household income

$31,956$42,216

Median home value

$72,300$91,400

Median gross rent

$617$712

Greene County

Population

19,51920,850

Median household income

$67,398$85,268

Median home value

$236,400$315,300

Median gross rent

$1,165$1,502

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buchanan County	Greene County
Under 5	4.3%	6.1%
5 to 17	12.8%	17.2%
18 to 24	6.5%	6.9%
25 to 34	11.4%	11.6%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.4%
45 to 54	13.9%	13.6%
55 to 64	15.6%	13.6%
65 to 74	13.5%	11.7%
75 and over	10.0%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buchanan County	Greene County
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	79.5%
Black or African American	2.4%	6.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	0.7%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buchanan County	Greene County
No high school diploma	22.5%	10.1%
High school graduate	42.6%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.5%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buchanan County	Greene County
Drove alone	83.2%	73.0%
Carpooled	8.2%	10.3%
Public transit	0.7%	0.8%
Walked	1.5%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	13.7%
Other means	1.9%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buchanan County	Greene County
1-unit, detached	63.1%	84.6%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	32.0%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Buchanan County	Greene County
Poverty rate	23.9%	11.7%
Average household size	2.55	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1979	1994