Horntown vs Melfa

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

Horntown and Melfa 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 447 in Melfa). Melfa has the higher median home value ($159,700 vs $138,000 in Horntown). Since 2019, Melfa's population has grown faster (+39.7% vs -8.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Horntown	Melfa
Population	479	447
Median age	69.1 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$28,250
Median home value	$138,000	$159,700
Median gross rent	—	$836
Housing units	1,245	232
Homeownership rate	83.3%	56.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.9%	22.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Horntown	Melfa
Population	524 → 479 (-8.6%)	320 → 447 (+39.7%)
Median household income	—	$46,250 → $28,250 (-38.9%)
Median home value	$118,200 → $138,000 (+16.8%)	$144,400 → $159,700 (+10.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$867 → $836 (-3.6%)

Horntown

Population

524479

Median home value

$118,200$138,000

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)

	Horntown	Melfa
Under 5	0.0%	8.3%
5 to 17	0.0%	28.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.2%
25 to 34	3.1%	11.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	5.6%
45 to 54	0.4%	23.0%
55 to 64	33.4%	6.5%
65 to 74	51.1%	6.9%
75 and over	11.9%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Horntown	Melfa
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	58.4%
Black or African American	9.6%	24.6%
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%	8.3%
Two or more races	5.0%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Horntown	Melfa
No high school diploma	9.2%	9.1%
High school graduate	50.9%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	7.9%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	31.5%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.4%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Horntown	Melfa
Drove alone	0.0%	84.5%
Carpooled	100.0%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	11.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Horntown	Melfa
1-unit, detached	48.9%	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	51.1%	18.5%

Poverty & households

	Horntown	Melfa
Poverty rate	37.8%	26.8%
Average household size	1.80	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	—	25
Median year structure built	1998	1970