Bloxom vs Melfa

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

Bloxom and Melfa 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 447 in Melfa). Bloxom has the higher median household income ($62,188 vs $28,250 in Melfa). Melfa has the higher median home value ($159,700 vs $127,900 in Bloxom).

Population, income & housing

	Bloxom	Melfa
Population	459	447
Median age	29.6 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$62,188	$28,250
Median home value	$127,900	$159,700
Median gross rent	$867	$836
Housing units	209	232
Homeownership rate	56.3%	56.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.6%	22.3%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloxom	Melfa
Population	392 → 459 (+17.1%)	320 → 447 (+39.7%)
Median household income	$48,438 → $62,188 (+28.4%)	$46,250 → $28,250 (-38.9%)
Median home value	$109,700 → $127,900 (+16.6%)	$144,400 → $159,700 (+10.6%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $867 (+10.0%)	$867 → $836 (-3.6%)

Bloxom

Population

392459

Median household income

$48,438$62,188

Median home value

$109,700$127,900

Median gross rent

$788$867

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)

	Bloxom	Melfa
Under 5	8.3%	8.3%
5 to 17	20.7%	28.2%
18 to 24	15.7%	2.2%
25 to 34	14.8%	11.0%
35 to 44	11.5%	5.6%
45 to 54	11.5%	23.0%
55 to 64	8.3%	6.5%
65 to 74	4.8%	6.9%
75 and over	4.4%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloxom	Melfa
White (non-Hispanic)	57.1%	58.4%
Black or African American	24.4%	24.6%
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%	8.3%
Two or more races	11.1%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloxom	Melfa
No high school diploma	18.5%	9.1%
High school graduate	46.1%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloxom	Melfa
Drove alone	90.9%	84.5%
Carpooled	1.4%	4.2%
Public transit	2.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	11.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloxom	Melfa
1-unit, detached	97.1%	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	2.9%	18.5%

Poverty & households

	Bloxom	Melfa
Poverty rate	8.5%	26.8%
Average household size	2.87	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1957	1970