Lynchburg city vs Rockingham County

A side-by-side comparison of Lynchburg city and Rockingham County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rockingham County has the higher population (84,739 vs 79,255 in Lynchburg city). Rockingham County has the higher median household income ($78,468 vs $59,808 in Lynchburg city). Rockingham County has the higher median home value ($287,900 vs $211,800 in Lynchburg city).

Population, income & housing

	Lynchburg city	Rockingham County
Population	79,255	84,739
Median age	28.4 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$59,808	$78,468
Median home value	$211,800	$287,900
Median gross rent	$1,043	$1,125
Housing units	34,009	36,095
Homeownership rate	49.1%	75.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.5%	28.4%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lynchburg city	Rockingham County
Population	80,569 → 79,255 (-1.6%)	80,284 → 84,739 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$46,409 → $59,808 (+28.9%)	$61,864 → $78,468 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$160,100 → $211,800 (+32.3%)	$211,500 → $287,900 (+36.1%)
Median gross rent	$857 → $1,043 (+21.7%)	$907 → $1,125 (+24.0%)

Lynchburg city

Population

80,56979,255

Median household income

$46,409$59,808

Median home value

$160,100$211,800

Median gross rent

$857$1,043

Rockingham County

Population

80,28484,739

Median household income

$61,864$78,468

Median home value

$211,500$287,900

Median gross rent

$907$1,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lynchburg city	Rockingham County
Under 5	6.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	13.3%	16.5%
18 to 24	24.5%	9.3%
25 to 34	14.6%	11.7%
35 to 44	9.4%	11.9%
45 to 54	8.2%	11.7%
55 to 64	9.8%	13.4%
65 to 74	7.7%	11.3%
75 and over	6.5%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lynchburg city	Rockingham County
White (non-Hispanic)	60.6%	85.3%
Black or African American	27.4%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.2%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	1.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lynchburg city	Rockingham County
No high school diploma	9.6%	13.0%
High school graduate	23.9%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	14.9%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lynchburg city	Rockingham County
Drove alone	70.1%	78.1%
Carpooled	8.1%	9.8%
Public transit	2.0%	0.2%
Walked	5.2%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	11.5%	8.1%
Other means	3.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lynchburg city	Rockingham County
1-unit, detached	56.4%	71.5%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	10.8%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	17.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	9.8%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Lynchburg city	Rockingham County
Poverty rate	17.4%	9.6%
Average household size	2.39	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	17	22
Median year structure built	1970	1986