Russell County vs Staunton city

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

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

Staunton city has the higher population (25,765 vs 25,635 in Russell County). Staunton city has the higher median household income ($62,586 vs $49,020 in Russell County). Staunton city has the higher median home value ($239,300 vs $119,600 in Russell County).

Population, income & housing

	Russell County	Staunton city
Population	25,635	25,765
Median age	46.5 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$49,020	$62,586
Median home value	$119,600	$239,300
Median gross rent	$682	$993
Housing units	12,772	12,352
Homeownership rate	75.8%	59.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	35.1%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Russell County	Staunton city
Population	27,141 → 25,635 (-5.5%)	24,432 → 25,765 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$39,758 → $49,020 (+23.3%)	$52,611 → $62,586 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$98,000 → $119,600 (+22.0%)	$169,000 → $239,300 (+41.6%)
Median gross rent	$582 → $682 (+17.2%)	$861 → $993 (+15.3%)

Russell County

Population

27,14125,635

Median household income

$39,758$49,020

Median home value

$98,000$119,600

Median gross rent

$582$682

Staunton city

Population

24,43225,765

Median household income

$52,611$62,586

Median home value

$169,000$239,300

Median gross rent

$861$993

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Russell County	Staunton city
Under 5	4.8%	6.1%
5 to 17	13.9%	13.0%
18 to 24	7.1%	9.2%
25 to 34	10.8%	13.2%
35 to 44	11.2%	13.2%
45 to 54	13.4%	11.1%
55 to 64	15.8%	13.1%
65 to 74	13.8%	12.2%
75 and over	9.2%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Russell County	Staunton city
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	78.9%
Black or African American	1.2%	10.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.3%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.8%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Russell County	Staunton city
No high school diploma	16.6%	6.3%
High school graduate	39.9%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	16.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Russell County	Staunton city
Drove alone	79.4%	77.7%
Carpooled	14.2%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	1.8%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	3.8%	6.6%
Other means	0.8%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Russell County	Staunton city
1-unit, detached	71.7%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	11.2%
20 or more units	0.6%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	21.9%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Russell County	Staunton city
Poverty rate	18.1%	12.6%
Average household size	2.41	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	28	22
Median year structure built	1979	1963