Modest Town vs Quinby

A side-by-side comparison of Modest Town and Quinby: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Quinby has the higher population (269 vs 243 in Modest Town). Since 2019, Modest Town's population has grown faster (+81.3% vs -19.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Modest Town	Quinby
Population	243	269
Median age	41.3 yrs	27.8 yrs
Median household income	$101,875	—
Median home value	—	$108,500
Housing units	66	178
Homeownership rate	53.0%	74.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.4%	56.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Modest Town	Quinby
Population	134 → 243 (+81.3%)	332 → 269 (-19.0%)
Median household income	$121,953 → $101,875 (-16.5%)	$64,000 → $95,091 (+48.6%)
Median home value	—	$194,900 → $108,500 (-44.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$874 → $978 (+11.9%)

Modest Town

Population

134243

Median household income

$121,953$101,875

Quinby

Population

332269

Median household income

$64,000$95,091

Median home value

$194,900$108,500

Median gross rent

$874$978

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Modest Town	Quinby
Under 5	0.0%	7.8%
5 to 17	39.5%	12.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	15.2%
25 to 34	4.5%	15.6%
35 to 44	21.8%	7.8%
45 to 54	0.0%	9.7%
55 to 64	7.4%	4.5%
65 to 74	0.0%	1.5%
75 and over	26.7%	25.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Modest Town	Quinby
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	11.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Modest Town	Quinby
No high school diploma	57.8%	17.9%
High school graduate	22.4%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	14.3%	2.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	39.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Modest Town	Quinby
Drove alone	57.1%	100.0%
Carpooled	20.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	22.6%	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)

	Modest Town	Quinby
1-unit, detached	59.1%	69.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	14.0%
Mobile home & other	40.9%	16.3%

Poverty & households

	Modest Town	Quinby
Poverty rate	0.0%	11.2%
Average household size	3.68	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	—	33
Median year structure built	1991	1967