Atlantic vs Bloxom

A side-by-side comparison of Atlantic and Bloxom: population, income, housing, and more.

Atlantic and Bloxom are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bloxom has the higher population (459 vs 436 in Atlantic). Atlantic has the higher median home value ($244,300 vs $127,900 in Bloxom). Since 2019, Bloxom's population has grown faster (+17.1% vs -43.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Atlantic	Bloxom
Population	436	459
Median age	62.0 yrs	29.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$62,188
Median home value	$244,300	$127,900
Median gross rent	—	$867
Housing units	199	209
Homeownership rate	97.0%	56.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	14.0%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atlantic	Bloxom
Population	773 → 436 (-43.6%)	392 → 459 (+17.1%)
Median household income	$51,121 → $44,091 (-13.8%)	$48,438 → $62,188 (+28.4%)
Median home value	$128,300 → $244,300 (+90.4%)	$109,700 → $127,900 (+16.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$788 → $867 (+10.0%)

Atlantic

Population

773436

Median household income

$51,121$44,091

Median home value

$128,300$244,300

Bloxom

Population

392459

Median household income

$48,438$62,188

Median home value

$109,700$127,900

Median gross rent

$788$867

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atlantic	Bloxom
Under 5	0.0%	8.3%
5 to 17	5.0%	20.7%
18 to 24	10.6%	15.7%
25 to 34	7.1%	14.8%
35 to 44	0.0%	11.5%
45 to 54	19.5%	11.5%
55 to 64	21.3%	8.3%
65 to 74	17.4%	4.8%
75 and over	19.0%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atlantic	Bloxom
White (non-Hispanic)	77.5%	57.1%
Black or African American	11.9%	24.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	11.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atlantic	Bloxom
No high school diploma	4.3%	18.5%
High school graduate	22.0%	46.1%
Some college or associate's	52.2%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atlantic	Bloxom
Drove alone	57.9%	90.9%
Carpooled	8.1%	1.4%
Public transit	0.0%	2.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.0%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atlantic	Bloxom
1-unit, detached	92.0%	97.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Atlantic	Bloxom
Poverty rate	9.5%	8.5%
Average household size	2.01	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	28	20
Median year structure built	1990	1957