Nelsonia vs Temperanceville

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

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

Nelsonia has the higher population (293 vs 265 in Temperanceville). Nelsonia has the higher median household income ($86,228 vs $30,625 in Temperanceville). Since 2019, Temperanceville's population has grown faster (+2.7% vs -35.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Nelsonia	Temperanceville
Population	293	265
Median age	48.3 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$86,228	$30,625
Median home value	$113,600	—
Housing units	241	117
Homeownership rate	96.3%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	37.3%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nelsonia	Temperanceville
Population	454 → 293 (-35.5%)	258 → 265 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$78,012 → $86,228 (+10.5%)	$83,958 → $30,625 (-63.5%)
Median home value	$74,900 → $113,600 (+51.7%)	$136,600 → $144,900 (+6.1%)

Nelsonia

Population

454293

Median household income

$78,012$86,228

Median home value

$74,900$113,600

Temperanceville

Population

258265

Median household income

$83,958$30,625

Median home value

$136,600$144,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nelsonia	Temperanceville
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.1%	39.2%
18 to 24	3.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.2%	4.9%
35 to 44	21.2%	6.8%
45 to 54	1.7%	5.7%
55 to 64	22.9%	17.7%
65 to 74	22.2%	19.6%
75 and over	3.8%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nelsonia	Temperanceville
White (non-Hispanic)	51.2%	41.1%
Black or African American	48.8%	18.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	31.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nelsonia	Temperanceville
No high school diploma	3.8%	13.7%
High school graduate	51.3%	9.3%
Some college or associate's	20.9%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	29.8%
Graduate or professional degree	23.9%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nelsonia	Temperanceville
Drove alone	100.0%	98.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	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)

	Nelsonia	Temperanceville
1-unit, detached	63.5%	78.6%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	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	33.2%	21.4%

Poverty & households

	Nelsonia	Temperanceville
Poverty rate	0.0%	60.0%
Average household size	1.82	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1993	1974