Cumberland County vs Mathews County

A side-by-side comparison of Cumberland County and Mathews County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cumberland County has the higher population (9,745 vs 8,517 in Mathews County). Mathews County has the higher median household income ($75,487 vs $57,057 in Cumberland County). Mathews County has the higher median home value ($348,800 vs $220,100 in Cumberland County).

Population, income & housing

	Cumberland County	Mathews County
Population	9,745	8,517
Median age	45.2 yrs	53.8 yrs
Median household income	$57,057	$75,487
Median home value	$220,100	$348,800
Median gross rent	$847	$1,108
Housing units	4,695	5,486
Homeownership rate	75.4%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	30.1%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cumberland County	Mathews County
Population	9,824 → 9,745 (-0.8%)	8,788 → 8,517 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$47,469 → $57,057 (+20.2%)	$64,237 → $75,487 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$146,000 → $220,100 (+50.8%)	$226,300 → $348,800 (+54.1%)
Median gross rent	$855 → $847 (-0.9%)	$922 → $1,108 (+20.2%)

Cumberland County

Population

9,8249,745

Median household income

$47,469$57,057

Median home value

$146,000$220,100

Median gross rent

$855$847

Mathews County

Population

8,7888,517

Median household income

$64,237$75,487

Median home value

$226,300$348,800

Median gross rent

$922$1,108

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cumberland County	Mathews County
Under 5	4.7%	3.3%
5 to 17	14.7%	12.3%
18 to 24	5.8%	7.6%
25 to 34	10.9%	6.6%
35 to 44	13.5%	8.7%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.7%
55 to 64	15.8%	16.5%
65 to 74	12.6%	17.2%
75 and over	10.7%	15.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cumberland County	Mathews County
White (non-Hispanic)	64.0%	84.7%
Black or African American	28.8%	8.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	5.3%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cumberland County	Mathews County
No high school diploma	11.4%	8.7%
High school graduate	38.0%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cumberland County	Mathews County
Drove alone	82.5%	74.9%
Carpooled	8.1%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	1.7%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	15.2%
Other means	0.9%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cumberland County	Mathews County
1-unit, detached	73.1%	93.1%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	22.2%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Cumberland County	Mathews County
Poverty rate	7.7%	7.9%
Average household size	2.33	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	41	34
Median year structure built	1983	1973