Pastoria vs Wattsville

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

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

Wattsville has the higher population (1,425 vs 789 in Pastoria). Wattsville has the higher median household income ($66,677 vs $45,809 in Pastoria). Wattsville has the higher median home value ($170,500 vs $117,300 in Pastoria).

Population, income & housing

	Pastoria	Wattsville
Population	789	1,425
Median age	48.2 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$45,809	$66,677
Median home value	$117,300	$170,500
Housing units	361	703
Homeownership rate	58.7%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.1%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pastoria	Wattsville
Population	996 → 789 (-20.8%)	998 → 1,425 (+42.8%)
Median household income	$22,450 → $45,809 (+104.0%)	$28,418 → $66,677 (+134.6%)
Median home value	$95,500 → $117,300 (+22.8%)	$159,500 → $170,500 (+6.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,059 → $1,606 (+51.7%)

Pastoria

Population

996789

Median household income

$22,450$45,809

Median home value

$95,500$117,300

Wattsville

Population

9981,425

Median household income

$28,418$66,677

Median home value

$159,500$170,500

Median gross rent

$1,059$1,606

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pastoria	Wattsville
Under 5	6.6%	6.9%
5 to 17	17.1%	18.2%
18 to 24	10.8%	10.2%
25 to 34	6.5%	9.6%
35 to 44	8.4%	10.2%
45 to 54	20.2%	14.5%
55 to 64	11.4%	16.8%
65 to 74	8.5%	8.1%
75 and over	10.6%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pastoria	Wattsville
White (non-Hispanic)	14.4%	52.0%
Black or African American	55.9%	30.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	29.7%	15.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pastoria	Wattsville
No high school diploma	47.6%	11.4%
High school graduate	36.9%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	6.4%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pastoria	Wattsville
Drove alone	59.9%	67.2%
Carpooled	40.1%	0.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	22.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pastoria	Wattsville
1-unit, detached	67.0%	69.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	33.0%	22.0%

Poverty & households

	Pastoria	Wattsville
Poverty rate	8.2%	2.5%
Average household size	2.19	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	27	20
Median year structure built	1978	1981