Metompkin vs Painter

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

Metompkin and Painter 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 304 in Painter). Painter has the higher median household income ($70,000 vs $25,527 in Metompkin). Since 2019, Painter's population has grown faster (+24.1% vs -34.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Metompkin	Painter
Population	330	304
Median age	65.1 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$25,527	$70,000
Median home value	—	$120,000
Median gross rent	$504	$1,125
Housing units	273	130
Homeownership rate	24.7%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Metompkin	Painter
Population	504 → 330 (-34.5%)	245 → 304 (+24.1%)
Median household income	$23,564 → $25,527 (+8.3%)	$40,833 → $70,000 (+71.4%)
Median home value	—	$112,500 → $120,000 (+6.7%)
Median gross rent	$354 → $504 (+42.4%)	$957 → $1,125 (+17.6%)

Metompkin

Population

504330

Median household income

$23,564$25,527

Median gross rent

$354$504

Painter

Population

245304

Median household income

$40,833$70,000

Median home value

$112,500$120,000

Median gross rent

$957$1,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Metompkin	Painter
Under 5	0.0%	10.5%
5 to 17	0.0%	21.4%
18 to 24	8.2%	5.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	10.9%
35 to 44	0.0%	7.2%
45 to 54	33.6%	18.4%
55 to 64	2.7%	13.2%
65 to 74	55.5%	7.9%
75 and over	0.0%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Metompkin	Painter
White (non-Hispanic)	5.5%	51.6%
Black or African American	56.4%	18.8%
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%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	38.2%	29.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Metompkin	Painter
No high school diploma	84.5%	26.2%
High school graduate	6.9%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	8.6%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Metompkin	Painter
Drove alone	95.7%	66.4%
Carpooled	4.3%	27.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Metompkin	Painter
1-unit, detached	26.7%	95.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	40.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	33.0%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Metompkin	Painter
Poverty rate	33.3%	6.6%
Average household size	1.34	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	—	18
Median year structure built	2004	1962