Buena Vista city vs Surry County

A side-by-side comparison of Buena Vista city and Surry County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Buena Vista city has the higher population (6,612 vs 6,552 in Surry County). Surry County has the higher median household income ($71,458 vs $54,458 in Buena Vista city). Surry County has the higher median home value ($235,200 vs $153,500 in Buena Vista city).

Population, income & housing

	Buena Vista city	Surry County
Population	6,612	6,552
Median age	36.2 yrs	50.7 yrs
Median household income	$54,458	$71,458
Median home value	$153,500	$235,200
Median gross rent	$1,067	$858
Housing units	2,944	3,438
Homeownership rate	57.2%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buena Vista city	Surry County
Population	6,484 → 6,612 (+2.0%)	6,523 → 6,552 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$32,455 → $54,458 (+67.8%)	$57,962 → $71,458 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$126,600 → $153,500 (+21.2%)	$197,800 → $235,200 (+18.9%)
Median gross rent	$795 → $1,067 (+34.2%)	$903 → $858 (-5.0%)

Buena Vista city

Population

6,4846,612

Median household income

$32,455$54,458

Median home value

$126,600$153,500

Median gross rent

$795$1,067

Surry County

Population

6,5236,552

Median household income

$57,962$71,458

Median home value

$197,800$235,200

Median gross rent

$903$858

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buena Vista city	Surry County
Under 5	5.0%	5.1%
5 to 17	16.5%	11.9%
18 to 24	16.6%	7.9%
25 to 34	11.0%	8.3%
35 to 44	9.5%	10.6%
45 to 54	10.5%	12.2%
55 to 64	12.4%	19.3%
65 to 74	10.5%	15.2%
75 and over	7.8%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buena Vista city	Surry County
White (non-Hispanic)	85.6%	54.4%
Black or African American	1.6%	41.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.7%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buena Vista city	Surry County
No high school diploma	16.6%	10.0%
High school graduate	29.9%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buena Vista city	Surry County
Drove alone	79.0%	76.5%
Carpooled	6.7%	14.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	5.8%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buena Vista city	Surry County
1-unit, detached	85.6%	80.9%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	3.4%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	14.0%

Poverty & households

	Buena Vista city	Surry County
Poverty rate	22.0%	11.6%
Average household size	2.32	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	15	43
Median year structure built	1972	1982