Horntown vs Onley

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

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

Onley has the higher population (612 vs 479 in Horntown). Onley has the higher median home value ($320,300 vs $138,000 in Horntown). Since 2019, Horntown's population has grown faster (-8.6% vs -15.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Horntown	Onley
Population	479	612
Median age	69.1 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$55,139
Median home value	$138,000	$320,300
Median gross rent	—	$885
Housing units	1,245	326
Homeownership rate	83.3%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.9%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Horntown	Onley
Population	524 → 479 (-8.6%)	728 → 612 (-15.9%)
Median household income	—	$53,690 → $55,139 (+2.7%)
Median home value	$118,200 → $138,000 (+16.8%)	$197,300 → $320,300 (+62.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$643 → $885 (+37.6%)

Horntown

Population

524479

Median home value

$118,200$138,000

Onley

Population

728612

Median household income

$53,690$55,139

Median home value

$197,300$320,300

Median gross rent

$643$885

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Horntown	Onley
Under 5	0.0%	7.2%
5 to 17	0.0%	16.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.2%
25 to 34	3.1%	14.2%
35 to 44	0.0%	14.4%
45 to 54	0.4%	16.8%
55 to 64	33.4%	8.0%
65 to 74	51.1%	6.4%
75 and over	11.9%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Horntown	Onley
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	69.8%
Black or African American	9.6%	3.1%
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	5.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	27.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Horntown	Onley
No high school diploma	9.2%	5.9%
High school graduate	50.9%	38.7%
Some college or associate's	7.9%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	31.5%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.4%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Horntown	Onley
Drove alone	0.0%	72.2%
Carpooled	100.0%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	19.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Horntown	Onley
1-unit, detached	48.9%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	51.1%	13.5%

Poverty & households

	Horntown	Onley
Poverty rate	37.8%	7.2%
Average household size	1.80	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	—	19
Median year structure built	1998	1957