Bobtown vs Saxis

A side-by-side comparison of Bobtown and Saxis: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Saxis has the higher population (233 vs 196 in Bobtown). Bobtown has the higher median home value ($587,500 vs $89,100 in Saxis). Since 2019, Bobtown's population has grown faster (+59.3% vs -2.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Bobtown	Saxis
Population	196	233
Median age	43.8 yrs	58.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$40,313
Median home value	$587,500	$89,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,063
Housing units	123	217
Homeownership rate	84.3%	94.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	78.1%	4.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bobtown	Saxis
Population	123 → 196 (+59.3%)	238 → 233 (-2.1%)
Median household income	—	$39,028 → $40,313 (+3.3%)
Median home value	$533,200 → $587,500 (+10.2%)	$123,400 → $89,100 (-27.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$831 → $1,063 (+27.9%)

Bobtown

Population

123196

Median home value

$533,200$587,500

Saxis

Population

238233

Median household income

$39,028$40,313

Median home value

$123,400$89,100

Median gross rent

$831$1,063

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bobtown	Saxis
Under 5	0.0%	1.7%
5 to 17	0.0%	5.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	10.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	13.7%
35 to 44	54.1%	1.7%
45 to 54	0.0%	12.9%
55 to 64	19.4%	27.9%
65 to 74	20.9%	21.5%
75 and over	5.6%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bobtown	Saxis
White (non-Hispanic)	82.1%	86.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	17.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	12.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bobtown	Saxis
No high school diploma	0.0%	9.8%
High school graduate	3.6%	56.0%
Some college or associate's	18.4%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	33.2%	1.6%
Graduate or professional degree	44.9%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bobtown	Saxis
Drove alone	60.6%	90.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	39.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bobtown	Saxis
1-unit, detached	100.0%	98.2%
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	0.0%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Bobtown	Saxis
Poverty rate	0.0%	36.1%
Average household size	1.81	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	—	23
Median year structure built	2000	1961