Atlantic vs Melfa

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

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

Melfa has the higher population (447 vs 436 in Atlantic). Atlantic has the higher median home value ($244,300 vs $159,700 in Melfa). Since 2019, Melfa's population has grown faster (+39.7% vs -43.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Atlantic	Melfa
Population	436	447
Median age	62.0 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$28,250
Median home value	$244,300	$159,700
Median gross rent	—	$836
Housing units	199	232
Homeownership rate	97.0%	56.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	22.3%
Unemployment rate	14.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atlantic	Melfa
Population	773 → 436 (-43.6%)	320 → 447 (+39.7%)
Median household income	$51,121 → $44,091 (-13.8%)	$46,250 → $28,250 (-38.9%)
Median home value	$128,300 → $244,300 (+90.4%)	$144,400 → $159,700 (+10.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$867 → $836 (-3.6%)

Atlantic

Population

773436

Median household income

$51,121$44,091

Median home value

$128,300$244,300

Melfa

Population

320447

Median household income

$46,250$28,250

Median home value

$144,400$159,700

Median gross rent

$867$836

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atlantic	Melfa
Under 5	0.0%	8.3%
5 to 17	5.0%	28.2%
18 to 24	10.6%	2.2%
25 to 34	7.1%	11.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	5.6%
45 to 54	19.5%	23.0%
55 to 64	21.3%	6.5%
65 to 74	17.4%	6.9%
75 and over	19.0%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atlantic	Melfa
White (non-Hispanic)	77.5%	58.4%
Black or African American	11.9%	24.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	8.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atlantic	Melfa
No high school diploma	4.3%	9.1%
High school graduate	22.0%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	52.2%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atlantic	Melfa
Drove alone	57.9%	84.5%
Carpooled	8.1%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.0%	11.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atlantic	Melfa
1-unit, detached	92.0%	78.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	18.5%

Poverty & households

	Atlantic	Melfa
Poverty rate	9.5%	26.8%
Average household size	2.01	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1990	1970