Lee County vs Rockbridge County

A side-by-side comparison of Lee County and Rockbridge County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rockbridge County has the higher population (22,578 vs 22,042 in Lee County). Rockbridge County has the higher median household income ($63,975 vs $42,269 in Lee County). Rockbridge County has the higher median home value ($238,700 vs $98,700 in Lee County).

Population, income & housing

	Lee County	Rockbridge County
Population	22,042	22,578
Median age	45.4 yrs	49.7 yrs
Median household income	$42,269	$63,975
Median home value	$98,700	$238,700
Median gross rent	$725	$956
Housing units	10,857	11,315
Homeownership rate	73.9%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	31.5%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lee County	Rockbridge County
Population	23,948 → 22,042 (-8.0%)	22,570 → 22,578 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$32,888 → $42,269 (+28.5%)	$54,600 → $63,975 (+17.2%)
Median home value	$88,100 → $98,700 (+12.0%)	$199,600 → $238,700 (+19.6%)
Median gross rent	$558 → $725 (+29.9%)	$800 → $956 (+19.5%)

Lee County

Population

23,94822,042

Median household income

$32,888$42,269

Median home value

$88,100$98,700

Median gross rent

$558$725

Rockbridge County

Population

22,57022,578

Median household income

$54,600$63,975

Median home value

$199,600$238,700

Median gross rent

$800$956

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lee County	Rockbridge County
Under 5	4.4%	3.8%
5 to 17	13.9%	13.8%
18 to 24	6.4%	7.0%
25 to 34	12.7%	10.1%
35 to 44	12.1%	10.5%
45 to 54	13.6%	11.7%
55 to 64	14.3%	16.3%
65 to 74	13.3%	15.3%
75 and over	9.3%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lee County	Rockbridge County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	89.2%
Black or African American	4.1%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Asian	0.2%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.6%
Two or more races	1.3%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lee County	Rockbridge County
No high school diploma	17.7%	9.1%
High school graduate	35.4%	33.8%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lee County	Rockbridge County
Drove alone	84.3%	78.1%
Carpooled	6.6%	8.2%
Public transit	0.2%	0.7%
Walked	0.5%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	7.5%	10.8%
Other means	0.9%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lee County	Rockbridge County
1-unit, detached	72.9%	80.4%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.4%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	20.2%	10.5%

Poverty & households

	Lee County	Rockbridge County
Poverty rate	27.6%	8.0%
Average household size	2.43	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1978	1980