Modest Town vs Saxis

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

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

Modest Town has the higher population (243 vs 233 in Saxis). Modest Town has the higher median household income ($101,875 vs $40,313 in Saxis). Since 2019, Modest Town's population has grown faster (+81.3% vs -2.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Modest Town	Saxis
Population	243	233
Median age	41.3 yrs	58.5 yrs
Median household income	$101,875	$40,313
Median home value	—	$89,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,063
Housing units	66	217
Homeownership rate	53.0%	94.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.4%	4.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Modest Town	Saxis
Population	134 → 243 (+81.3%)	238 → 233 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$121,953 → $101,875 (-16.5%)	$39,028 → $40,313 (+3.3%)
Median home value	—	$123,400 → $89,100 (-27.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$831 → $1,063 (+27.9%)

Modest Town

Population

134243

Median household income

$121,953$101,875

Saxis

Population

238233

Median household income

$39,028$40,313

Median home value

$123,400$89,100

Median gross rent

$831$1,063

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Modest Town	Saxis
Under 5	0.0%	1.7%
5 to 17	39.5%	5.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	10.3%
25 to 34	4.5%	13.7%
35 to 44	21.8%	1.7%
45 to 54	0.0%	12.9%
55 to 64	7.4%	27.9%
65 to 74	0.0%	21.5%
75 and over	26.7%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Modest Town	Saxis
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	86.3%
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%	12.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Modest Town	Saxis
No high school diploma	57.8%	9.8%
High school graduate	22.4%	56.0%
Some college or associate's	14.3%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	1.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Modest Town	Saxis
Drove alone	57.1%	90.6%
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%	9.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Modest Town	Saxis
1-unit, detached	59.1%	98.2%
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%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Modest Town	Saxis
Poverty rate	0.0%	36.1%
Average household size	3.68	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	—	23
Median year structure built	1991	1961