Gargatha vs Pastoria

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

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

Pastoria has the higher population (789 vs 584 in Gargatha). Gargatha has the higher median household income ($78,487 vs $45,809 in Pastoria). Gargatha has the higher median home value ($282,700 vs $117,300 in Pastoria).

Population, income & housing

	Gargatha	Pastoria
Population	584	789
Median age	49.8 yrs	48.2 yrs
Median household income	$78,487	$45,809
Median home value	$282,700	$117,300
Housing units	261	361
Homeownership rate	100.0%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.5%	9.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gargatha	Pastoria
Population	171 → 584 (+241.5%)	996 → 789 (-20.8%)
Median household income	$16,322 → $78,487 (+380.9%)	$22,450 → $45,809 (+104.0%)
Median home value	$190,000 → $282,700 (+48.8%)	$95,500 → $117,300 (+22.8%)

Gargatha

Population

171584

Median household income

$16,322$78,487

Median home value

$190,000$282,700

Pastoria

Population

996789

Median household income

$22,450$45,809

Median home value

$95,500$117,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gargatha	Pastoria
Under 5	4.1%	6.6%
5 to 17	20.7%	17.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	10.8%
25 to 34	0.7%	6.5%
35 to 44	17.3%	8.4%
45 to 54	21.4%	20.2%
55 to 64	16.3%	11.4%
65 to 74	19.5%	8.5%
75 and over	0.0%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gargatha	Pastoria
White (non-Hispanic)	40.6%	14.4%
Black or African American	46.2%	55.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	13.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	29.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gargatha	Pastoria
No high school diploma	2.3%	47.6%
High school graduate	51.5%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	7.7%	6.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	21.0%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gargatha	Pastoria
Drove alone	78.6%	59.9%
Carpooled	18.6%	40.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gargatha	Pastoria
1-unit, detached	78.2%	67.0%
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	21.8%	33.0%

Poverty & households

	Gargatha	Pastoria
Poverty rate	11.8%	8.2%
Average household size	2.24	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1999	1978