Parksley vs Pastoria

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

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

Pastoria has the higher population (789 vs 782 in Parksley). Parksley has the higher median household income ($81,250 vs $45,809 in Pastoria). Parksley has the higher median home value ($160,400 vs $117,300 in Pastoria).

Population, income & housing

	Parksley	Pastoria
Population	782	789
Median age	43.8 yrs	48.2 yrs
Median household income	$81,250	$45,809
Median home value	$160,400	$117,300
Median gross rent	$988	—
Housing units	403	361
Homeownership rate	59.1%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	9.1%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Parksley	Pastoria
Population	791 → 782 (-1.1%)	996 → 789 (-20.8%)
Median household income	$52,841 → $81,250 (+53.8%)	$22,450 → $45,809 (+104.0%)
Median home value	$139,400 → $160,400 (+15.1%)	$95,500 → $117,300 (+22.8%)
Median gross rent	$885 → $988 (+11.6%)	—

Parksley

Population

791782

Median household income

$52,841$81,250

Median home value

$139,400$160,400

Median gross rent

$885$988

Pastoria

Population

996789

Median household income

$22,450$45,809

Median home value

$95,500$117,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Parksley	Pastoria
Under 5	5.1%	6.6%
5 to 17	19.6%	17.1%
18 to 24	3.3%	10.8%
25 to 34	8.4%	6.5%
35 to 44	15.9%	8.4%
45 to 54	14.6%	20.2%
55 to 64	17.9%	11.4%
65 to 74	9.2%	8.5%
75 and over	6.0%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Parksley	Pastoria
White (non-Hispanic)	43.9%	14.4%
Black or African American	40.3%	55.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	13.8%	29.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Parksley	Pastoria
No high school diploma	19.7%	47.6%
High school graduate	35.7%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	16.0%	6.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Parksley	Pastoria
Drove alone	88.0%	59.9%
Carpooled	10.2%	40.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Parksley	Pastoria
1-unit, detached	84.6%	67.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	33.0%

Poverty & households

	Parksley	Pastoria
Poverty rate	5.0%	8.2%
Average household size	2.39	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1938	1978