Melfa vs New Church

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

Melfa and New Church 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 382 in New Church). New Church has the higher median home value ($169,000 vs $159,700 in Melfa). Since 2019, New Church's population has grown faster (+310.8% vs +39.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Melfa	New Church
Population	447	382
Median age	35.3 yrs	50.8 yrs
Median household income	$28,250	—
Median home value	$159,700	$169,000
Median gross rent	$836	—
Housing units	232	167
Homeownership rate	56.4%	62.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Melfa	New Church
Population	320 → 447 (+39.7%)	93 → 382 (+310.8%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $28,250 (-38.9%)	$2,499 → $55,562 (+2123.4%)
Median home value	$144,400 → $159,700 (+10.6%)	$85,000 → $169,000 (+98.8%)
Median gross rent	$867 → $836 (-3.6%)	—

Melfa

Population

320447

Median household income

$46,250$28,250

Median home value

$144,400$159,700

Median gross rent

$867$836

New Church

Population

93382

Median household income

$2,499$55,562

Median home value

$85,000$169,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Melfa	New Church
Under 5	8.3%	2.4%
5 to 17	28.2%	22.0%
18 to 24	2.2%	2.6%
25 to 34	11.0%	6.0%
35 to 44	5.6%	0.0%
45 to 54	23.0%	41.6%
55 to 64	6.5%	14.7%
65 to 74	6.9%	10.7%
75 and over	8.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Melfa	New Church
White (non-Hispanic)	58.4%	79.8%
Black or African American	24.6%	8.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	8.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	8.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Melfa	New Church
No high school diploma	9.1%	16.1%
High school graduate	36.9%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	55.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Melfa	New Church
Drove alone	84.5%	43.8%
Carpooled	4.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	5.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	51.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Melfa	New Church
1-unit, detached	78.0%	61.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.5%	38.3%

Poverty & households

	Melfa	New Church
Poverty rate	26.8%	68.3%
Average household size	2.21	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	25	—
Median year structure built	1970	1959