Pantops vs Piney Mountain

A side-by-side comparison of Pantops and Piney Mountain: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pantops has the higher population (4,328 vs 2,478 in Piney Mountain). Piney Mountain has the higher median household income ($129,120 vs $114,107 in Pantops). Pantops has the higher median home value ($497,000 vs $284,000 in Piney Mountain).

Population, income & housing

	Pantops	Piney Mountain
Population	4,328	2,478
Median age	40.0 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$114,107	$129,120
Median home value	$497,000	$284,000
Median gross rent	$2,017	$1,817
Housing units	2,609	818
Homeownership rate	46.7%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	73.6%	45.0%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pantops	Piney Mountain
Population	3,388 → 4,328 (+27.7%)	1,356 → 2,478 (+82.7%)
Median household income	$69,279 → $114,107 (+64.7%)	$64,882 → $129,120 (+99.0%)
Median home value	$330,100 → $497,000 (+50.6%)	$184,900 → $284,000 (+53.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,284 → $2,017 (+57.1%)	$1,216 → $1,817 (+49.4%)

Pantops

Population

3,3884,328

Median household income

$69,279$114,107

Median home value

$330,100$497,000

Median gross rent

$1,284$2,017

Piney Mountain

Population

1,3562,478

Median household income

$64,882$129,120

Median home value

$184,900$284,000

Median gross rent

$1,216$1,817

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pantops	Piney Mountain
Under 5	6.1%	4.8%
5 to 17	13.4%	22.8%
18 to 24	3.8%	7.1%
25 to 34	18.2%	11.9%
35 to 44	13.1%	17.6%
45 to 54	14.0%	16.5%
55 to 64	5.2%	7.7%
65 to 74	9.8%	10.8%
75 and over	16.3%	0.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pantops	Piney Mountain
White (non-Hispanic)	69.5%	54.6%
Black or African American	9.4%	12.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	13.1%	9.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	10.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	12.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pantops	Piney Mountain
No high school diploma	2.9%	3.0%
High school graduate	8.7%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	14.9%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	35.9%	32.1%
Graduate or professional degree	37.7%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pantops	Piney Mountain
Drove alone	70.5%	80.8%
Carpooled	2.6%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	3.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.9%	16.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pantops	Piney Mountain
1-unit, detached	24.8%	41.4%
1-unit, attached	23.6%	50.6%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	24.6%	2.4%
20 or more units	21.8%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pantops	Piney Mountain
Poverty rate	1.6%	3.5%
Average household size	1.95	3.23
Mean commute (minutes)	18	21
Median year structure built	2006	1997