Onancock vs Pastoria

A side-by-side comparison of Onancock and Pastoria: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Onancock has the higher population (1,323 vs 789 in Pastoria). Onancock has the higher median household income ($53,750 vs $45,809 in Pastoria). Onancock has the higher median home value ($236,900 vs $117,300 in Pastoria).

Population, income & housing

	Onancock	Pastoria
Population	1,323	789
Median age	44.6 yrs	48.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$45,809
Median home value	$236,900	$117,300
Median gross rent	$775	—
Housing units	869	361
Homeownership rate	67.7%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.3%	9.1%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Onancock	Pastoria
Population	1,098 → 1,323 (+20.5%)	996 → 789 (-20.8%)
Median household income	$50,347 → $53,750 (+6.8%)	$22,450 → $45,809 (+104.0%)
Median home value	$217,600 → $236,900 (+8.9%)	$95,500 → $117,300 (+22.8%)
Median gross rent	$852 → $775 (-9.0%)	—

Onancock

Population

1,0981,323

Median household income

$50,347$53,750

Median home value

$217,600$236,900

Median gross rent

$852$775

Pastoria

Population

996789

Median household income

$22,450$45,809

Median home value

$95,500$117,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Onancock	Pastoria
Under 5	7.3%	6.6%
5 to 17	21.3%	17.1%
18 to 24	2.4%	10.8%
25 to 34	7.8%	6.5%
35 to 44	12.0%	8.4%
45 to 54	7.2%	20.2%
55 to 64	10.6%	11.4%
65 to 74	18.4%	8.5%
75 and over	13.0%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Onancock	Pastoria
White (non-Hispanic)	52.8%	14.4%
Black or African American	35.3%	55.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	29.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Onancock	Pastoria
No high school diploma	8.2%	47.6%
High school graduate	24.3%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	6.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	26.9%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Onancock	Pastoria
Drove alone	66.3%	59.9%
Carpooled	11.8%	40.1%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.7%	0.0%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Onancock	Pastoria
1-unit, detached	82.0%	67.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	33.0%

Poverty & households

	Onancock	Pastoria
Poverty rate	25.7%	8.2%
Average household size	2.13	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1955	1978