Esmont vs Free Union

A side-by-side comparison of Esmont and Free Union: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Esmont has the higher population (413 vs 185 in Free Union). Free Union has the higher median home value ($1,265,600 vs $222,200 in Esmont). Since 2019, Free Union's population has grown faster (-29.1% vs -50.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Esmont	Free Union
Population	413	185
Median age	41.5 yrs	62.6 yrs
Median household income	$47,273	—
Median home value	$222,200	$1,265,600
Housing units	223	105
Homeownership rate	79.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	100.0%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Esmont	Free Union
Population	828 → 413 (-50.1%)	261 → 185 (-29.1%)
Median household income	$52,708 → $47,273 (-10.3%)	$51,161 → $87,581 (+71.2%)
Median home value	$169,500 → $222,200 (+31.1%)	$1,236,800 → $1,265,600 (+2.3%)

Esmont

Population

828413

Median household income

$52,708$47,273

Median home value

$169,500$222,200

Free Union

Population

261185

Median household income

$51,161$87,581

Median home value

$1,236,800$1,265,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Esmont	Free Union
Under 5	13.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	4.6%	15.7%
18 to 24	4.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	20.8%	0.0%
35 to 44	7.5%	0.0%
45 to 54	2.2%	0.0%
55 to 64	16.5%	45.9%
65 to 74	15.3%	38.4%
75 and over	15.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Esmont	Free Union
White (non-Hispanic)	48.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	36.1%	0.0%
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	10.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Esmont	Free Union
No high school diploma	22.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	31.8%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	1.2%	30.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	69.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Esmont	Free Union
Drove alone	83.1%	100.0%
Carpooled	4.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Esmont	Free Union
1-unit, detached	95.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	4.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Esmont	Free Union
Poverty rate	13.8%	0.0%
Average household size	2.11	1.76
Mean commute (minutes)	21	—
Median year structure built	1963	2001