Buckingham County vs Giles County

A side-by-side comparison of Buckingham County and Giles County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Buckingham County has the higher population (16,914 vs 16,610 in Giles County). Giles County has the higher median household income ($64,819 vs $59,199 in Buckingham County). Buckingham County has the higher median home value ($167,800 vs $143,500 in Giles County).

Population, income & housing

	Buckingham County	Giles County
Population	16,914	16,610
Median age	43.7 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$59,199	$64,819
Median home value	$167,800	$143,500
Median gross rent	$874	$780
Housing units	7,233	8,316
Homeownership rate	76.4%	78.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buckingham County	Giles County
Population	17,059 → 16,914 (-0.8%)	16,772 → 16,610 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$49,025 → $59,199 (+20.8%)	$54,520 → $64,819 (+18.9%)
Median home value	$130,300 → $167,800 (+28.8%)	$123,200 → $143,500 (+16.5%)
Median gross rent	$779 → $874 (+12.2%)	$700 → $780 (+11.4%)

Buckingham County

Population

17,05916,914

Median household income

$49,025$59,199

Median home value

$130,300$167,800

Median gross rent

$779$874

Giles County

Population

16,77216,610

Median household income

$54,520$64,819

Median home value

$123,200$143,500

Median gross rent

$700$780

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buckingham County	Giles County
Under 5	4.7%	4.8%
5 to 17	13.4%	15.0%
18 to 24	6.8%	7.1%
25 to 34	13.4%	11.3%
35 to 44	13.7%	11.0%
45 to 54	13.3%	13.9%
55 to 64	14.4%	14.8%
65 to 74	12.4%	12.7%
75 and over	7.8%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buckingham County	Giles County
White (non-Hispanic)	60.8%	94.3%
Black or African American	31.9%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buckingham County	Giles County
No high school diploma	15.3%	8.8%
High school graduate	44.4%	43.8%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buckingham County	Giles County
Drove alone	79.5%	84.0%
Carpooled	9.0%	9.8%
Public transit	1.2%	1.1%
Walked	0.6%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	2.4%
Other means	3.1%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buckingham County	Giles County
1-unit, detached	70.9%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.1%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	27.7%	18.9%

Poverty & households

	Buckingham County	Giles County
Poverty rate	13.7%	8.9%
Average household size	2.44	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	43	29
Median year structure built	1990	1971