What is the population of Shenandoah town?

Shenandoah town has 3,131 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #238 of 688 in Virginia.

What is the median household income in Shenandoah town?

Median household income in Shenandoah town is $68,594 a year, 12.7% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Shenandoah town?

Median gross rent is $1,036 a month and the median home value is $187,300, so rent absorbs about 18.1% of median household income.

Is Shenandoah town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Shenandoah town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Shenandoah, VA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Shenandoah, Virginia (Shenandoah, VA — Census place “Shenandoah town”) is 3,131 residents, ranking #238 of 688 places in Virginia. Median household income is $68,594, the median home is worth $187,300 and median gross rent runs $1,036 a month. Looking for the Shenandoah Virginia ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Shenandoah, VA: 22849.

Population: 3,131Shenandoah town residents
Median household income: $68,594Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $187,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,036Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 35.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 76.3%Owner-occupied households

Shenandoah ZIP codes (Virginia)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Shenandoah.

The Shenandoah VA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

22849

What the numbers mean in Shenandoah town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Shenandoah town median would spend about 18.1% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 15.3% of residents and 76.3% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Shenandoah town, VA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Shenandoah town is a small town in Virginia, with 3,131 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #238 of 688 ranked by population — larger than 65% of them. The median age here is 35.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Shenandoah town earn a median of $68,594 a year, 12.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and 17% below the $82,986 median for the 383 Virginia cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 15.3% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Shenandoah town is valued at $187,300, 38.3% below the national figure and 36% below the $291,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,036 a month, 26.3% below the national figure, or roughly $12,432 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.1% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 76.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Shenandoah town?: Shenandoah town has 3,131 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #238 of 688 in Virginia.
What is the median household income in Shenandoah town?: Median household income in Shenandoah town is $68,594 a year, 12.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Shenandoah town?: Median gross rent is $1,036 a month and the median home value is $187,300, so rent absorbs about 18.1% of median household income.
Is Shenandoah town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Shenandoah town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Shenandoah town data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.