Pikeville vs Virgie

A side-by-side comparison of Pikeville and Virgie: population, income, housing, and more.

Pikeville and Virgie are places in Kentucky. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pikeville has the higher population (7,560 vs 412 in Virgie). Pikeville has the higher median home value ($301,300 vs $86,400 in Virgie). Since 2019, Virgie's population has grown faster (+91.6% vs +11.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Pikeville	Virgie
Population	7,560	412
Median age	36.7 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$39,216	—
Median home value	$301,300	$86,400
Median gross rent	$840	—
Housing units	3,497	101
Homeownership rate	40.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.2%	8.9%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	14.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pikeville	Virgie
Population	6,810 → 7,560 (+11.0%)	215 → 412 (+91.6%)
Median household income	$32,281 → $39,216 (+21.5%)	$37,574 → $36,333 (-3.3%)
Median home value	$182,500 → $301,300 (+65.1%)	$55,700 → $86,400 (+55.1%)
Median gross rent	$666 → $840 (+26.1%)	—

Pikeville

Population

6,8107,560

Median household income

$32,281$39,216

Median home value

$182,500$301,300

Median gross rent

$666$840

Virgie

Population

215412

Median household income

$37,574$36,333

Median home value

$55,700$86,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pikeville	Virgie
Under 5	3.9%	6.3%
5 to 17	13.1%	20.9%
18 to 24	15.3%	10.0%
25 to 34	14.9%	19.9%
35 to 44	10.4%	4.6%
45 to 54	15.9%	4.6%
55 to 64	10.7%	26.2%
65 to 74	9.4%	7.5%
75 and over	6.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pikeville	Virgie
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	100.0%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pikeville	Virgie
No high school diploma	13.7%	49.4%
High school graduate	18.9%	11.6%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	19.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pikeville	Virgie
Drove alone	67.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	12.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	11.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	0.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pikeville	Virgie
1-unit, detached	49.4%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	18.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	13.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	22.8%

Poverty & households

	Pikeville	Virgie
Poverty rate	28.3%	38.3%
Average household size	2.10	4.08
Mean commute (minutes)	13	—
Median year structure built	1984	1979