Nelsonia vs Painter

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

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

Painter has the higher population (304 vs 293 in Nelsonia). Nelsonia has the higher median household income ($86,228 vs $70,000 in Painter). Painter has the higher median home value ($120,000 vs $113,600 in Nelsonia).

Population, income & housing

	Nelsonia	Painter
Population	293	304
Median age	48.3 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$86,228	$70,000
Median home value	$113,600	$120,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,125
Housing units	241	130
Homeownership rate	96.3%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nelsonia	Painter
Population	454 → 293 (-35.5%)	245 → 304 (+24.1%)
Median household income	$78,012 → $86,228 (+10.5%)	$40,833 → $70,000 (+71.4%)
Median home value	$74,900 → $113,600 (+51.7%)	$112,500 → $120,000 (+6.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$957 → $1,125 (+17.6%)

Nelsonia

Population

454293

Median household income

$78,012$86,228

Median home value

$74,900$113,600

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)

	Nelsonia	Painter
Under 5	0.0%	10.5%
5 to 17	17.1%	21.4%
18 to 24	3.1%	5.3%
25 to 34	8.2%	10.9%
35 to 44	21.2%	7.2%
45 to 54	1.7%	18.4%
55 to 64	22.9%	13.2%
65 to 74	22.2%	7.9%
75 and over	3.8%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nelsonia	Painter
White (non-Hispanic)	51.2%	51.6%
Black or African American	48.8%	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	0.0%	29.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nelsonia	Painter
No high school diploma	3.8%	26.2%
High school graduate	51.3%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	20.9%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	23.9%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nelsonia	Painter
Drove alone	100.0%	66.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	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)

	Nelsonia	Painter
1-unit, detached	63.5%	95.4%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	33.2%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Nelsonia	Painter
Poverty rate	0.0%	6.6%
Average household size	1.82	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	1993	1962