Metompkin vs Nelsonia

A side-by-side comparison of Metompkin and Nelsonia: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Metompkin has the higher population (330 vs 293 in Nelsonia). Nelsonia has the higher median household income ($86,228 vs $25,527 in Metompkin). Since 2019, Metompkin's population has grown faster (-34.5% vs -35.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Metompkin	Nelsonia
Population	330	293
Median age	65.1 yrs	48.3 yrs
Median household income	$25,527	$86,228
Median home value	—	$113,600
Median gross rent	$504	—
Housing units	273	241
Homeownership rate	24.7%	96.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Metompkin	Nelsonia
Population	504 → 330 (-34.5%)	454 → 293 (-35.5%)
Median household income	$23,564 → $25,527 (+8.3%)	$78,012 → $86,228 (+10.5%)
Median home value	—	$74,900 → $113,600 (+51.7%)
Median gross rent	$354 → $504 (+42.4%)	—

Metompkin

Population

504330

Median household income

$23,564$25,527

Median gross rent

$354$504

Nelsonia

Population

454293

Median household income

$78,012$86,228

Median home value

$74,900$113,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Metompkin	Nelsonia
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	17.1%
18 to 24	8.2%	3.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	8.2%
35 to 44	0.0%	21.2%
45 to 54	33.6%	1.7%
55 to 64	2.7%	22.9%
65 to 74	55.5%	22.2%
75 and over	0.0%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Metompkin	Nelsonia
White (non-Hispanic)	5.5%	51.2%
Black or African American	56.4%	48.8%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	38.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Metompkin	Nelsonia
No high school diploma	84.5%	3.8%
High school graduate	6.9%	51.3%
Some college or associate's	8.6%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	23.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Metompkin	Nelsonia
Drove alone	95.7%	100.0%
Carpooled	4.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Metompkin	Nelsonia
1-unit, detached	26.7%	63.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	40.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	33.0%	33.2%

Poverty & households

	Metompkin	Nelsonia
Poverty rate	33.3%	0.0%
Average household size	1.34	1.82
Mean commute (minutes)	—	22
Median year structure built	2004	1993