Bloxom vs Gargatha

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

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

Gargatha has the higher population (584 vs 459 in Bloxom). Gargatha has the higher median household income ($78,487 vs $62,188 in Bloxom). Gargatha has the higher median home value ($282,700 vs $127,900 in Bloxom).

Population, income & housing

	Bloxom	Gargatha
Population	459	584
Median age	29.6 yrs	49.8 yrs
Median household income	$62,188	$78,487
Median home value	$127,900	$282,700
Median gross rent	$867	—
Housing units	209	261
Homeownership rate	56.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.6%	38.5%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloxom	Gargatha
Population	392 → 459 (+17.1%)	171 → 584 (+241.5%)
Median household income	$48,438 → $62,188 (+28.4%)	$16,322 → $78,487 (+380.9%)
Median home value	$109,700 → $127,900 (+16.6%)	$190,000 → $282,700 (+48.8%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $867 (+10.0%)	—

Bloxom

Population

392459

Median household income

$48,438$62,188

Median home value

$109,700$127,900

Median gross rent

$788$867

Gargatha

Population

171584

Median household income

$16,322$78,487

Median home value

$190,000$282,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloxom	Gargatha
Under 5	8.3%	4.1%
5 to 17	20.7%	20.7%
18 to 24	15.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.8%	0.7%
35 to 44	11.5%	17.3%
45 to 54	11.5%	21.4%
55 to 64	8.3%	16.3%
65 to 74	4.8%	19.5%
75 and over	4.4%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloxom	Gargatha
White (non-Hispanic)	57.1%	40.6%
Black or African American	24.4%	46.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.1%	13.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloxom	Gargatha
No high school diploma	18.5%	2.3%
High school graduate	46.1%	51.5%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	7.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	21.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloxom	Gargatha
Drove alone	90.9%	78.6%
Carpooled	1.4%	18.6%
Public transit	2.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloxom	Gargatha
1-unit, detached	97.1%	78.2%
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	2.9%	21.8%

Poverty & households

	Bloxom	Gargatha
Poverty rate	8.5%	11.8%
Average household size	2.87	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	20	26
Median year structure built	1957	1999