Bloxom vs Horntown

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

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

Horntown has the higher population (479 vs 459 in Bloxom). Horntown has the higher median home value ($138,000 vs $127,900 in Bloxom). Since 2019, Bloxom's population has grown faster (+17.1% vs -8.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Bloxom	Horntown
Population	459	479
Median age	29.6 yrs	69.1 yrs
Median household income	$62,188	—
Median home value	$127,900	$138,000
Median gross rent	$867	—
Housing units	209	1,245
Homeownership rate	56.3%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.6%	31.9%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloxom	Horntown
Population	392 → 459 (+17.1%)	524 → 479 (-8.6%)
Median household income	$48,438 → $62,188 (+28.4%)	—
Median home value	$109,700 → $127,900 (+16.6%)	$118,200 → $138,000 (+16.8%)
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

Horntown

Population

524479

Median home value

$118,200$138,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloxom	Horntown
Under 5	8.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	20.7%	0.0%
18 to 24	15.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.8%	3.1%
35 to 44	11.5%	0.0%
45 to 54	11.5%	0.4%
55 to 64	8.3%	33.4%
65 to 74	4.8%	51.1%
75 and over	4.4%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloxom	Horntown
White (non-Hispanic)	57.1%	85.0%
Black or African American	24.4%	9.6%
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%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloxom	Horntown
No high school diploma	18.5%	9.2%
High school graduate	46.1%	50.9%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	7.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	31.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	0.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloxom	Horntown
Drove alone	90.9%	0.0%
Carpooled	1.4%	100.0%
Public transit	2.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloxom	Horntown
1-unit, detached	97.1%	48.9%
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%	51.1%

Poverty & households

	Bloxom	Horntown
Poverty rate	8.5%	37.8%
Average household size	2.87	1.80
Mean commute (minutes)	20	—
Median year structure built	1957	1998