Modest Town vs Savage Town

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

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

Savage Town has the higher population (254 vs 243 in Modest Town). Since 2019, Savage Town's population has grown faster (+316.4% vs +81.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Modest Town	Savage Town
Population	243	254
Median age	41.3 yrs	19.7 yrs
Median household income	$101,875	—
Housing units	66	53
Homeownership rate	53.0%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.4%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Modest Town	Savage Town
Population	134 → 243 (+81.3%)	61 → 254 (+316.4%)
Median household income	$121,953 → $101,875 (-16.5%)	—

Modest Town

Population

134243

Median household income

$121,953$101,875

Savage Town

Population

61254

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Modest Town	Savage Town
Under 5	0.0%	21.3%
5 to 17	39.5%	12.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	22.4%
25 to 34	4.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	21.8%	12.6%
45 to 54	0.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	7.4%	31.1%
65 to 74	0.0%	0.0%
75 and over	26.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Modest Town	Savage Town
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	100.0%
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	Savage Town
No high school diploma	57.8%	18.9%
High school graduate	22.4%	52.3%
Some college or associate's	14.3%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Modest Town	Savage Town
Drove alone	57.1%	60.5%
Carpooled	20.2%	39.5%
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	Savage Town
1-unit, detached	59.1%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	40.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Modest Town	Savage Town
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	3.68	4.79
Median year structure built	1991	—