Mappsville vs Melfa

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

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

Melfa has the higher population (447 vs 403 in Mappsville). Since 2019, Melfa's population has grown faster (+39.7% vs -17.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Mappsville	Melfa
Population	403	447
Median age	51.4 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$28,250
Median home value	—	$159,700
Median gross rent	—	$836
Housing units	169	232
Homeownership rate	29.6%	56.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	22.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mappsville	Melfa
Population	487 → 403 (-17.2%)	320 → 447 (+39.7%)
Median household income	$61,618 → $65,463 (+6.2%)	$46,250 → $28,250 (-38.9%)
Median home value	—	$144,400 → $159,700 (+10.6%)
Median gross rent	$863 → $930 (+7.8%)	$867 → $836 (-3.6%)

Mappsville

Population

487403

Median household income

$61,618$65,463

Median gross rent

$863$930

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)

	Mappsville	Melfa
Under 5	7.2%	8.3%
5 to 17	4.0%	28.2%
18 to 24	19.4%	2.2%
25 to 34	0.0%	11.0%
35 to 44	11.4%	5.6%
45 to 54	18.4%	23.0%
55 to 64	27.3%	6.5%
65 to 74	12.4%	6.9%
75 and over	0.0%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mappsville	Melfa
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	58.4%
Black or African American	100.0%	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	0.0%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mappsville	Melfa
No high school diploma	50.4%	9.1%
High school graduate	26.4%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mappsville	Melfa
Drove alone	23.3%	84.5%
Carpooled	76.7%	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)

	Mappsville	Melfa
1-unit, detached	29.6%	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	70.4%	18.5%

Poverty & households

	Mappsville	Melfa
Poverty rate	33.7%	26.8%
Average household size	2.38	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	—	25
Median year structure built	1998	1970