Big Rock vs Breaks

A side-by-side comparison of Big Rock and Breaks: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Breaks has the higher population (220 vs 168 in Big Rock). Breaks has the higher median household income ($123,563 vs $46,929 in Big Rock). Big Rock has the higher median home value ($52,300 vs $48,900 in Breaks).

Population, income & housing

	Big Rock	Breaks
Population	168	220
Median age	58.7 yrs	58.9 yrs
Median household income	$46,929	$123,563
Median home value	$52,300	$48,900
Housing units	160	119
Homeownership rate	100.0%	90.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.7%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Rock	Breaks
Population	266 → 168 (-36.8%)	262 → 220 (-16.0%)
Median household income	$25,347 → $46,929 (+85.1%)	$59,205 → $123,563 (+108.7%)
Median home value	$38,200 → $52,300 (+36.9%)	—

Big Rock

Population

266168

Median household income

$25,347$46,929

Median home value

$38,200$52,300

Breaks

Population

262220

Median household income

$59,205$123,563

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Rock	Breaks
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.3%	14.1%
18 to 24	9.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	7.1%	0.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	6.8%
55 to 64	55.4%	53.6%
65 to 74	19.6%	20.9%
75 and over	0.0%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Rock	Breaks
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Rock	Breaks
No high school diploma	49.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	19.6%	50.8%
Some college or associate's	22.5%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Rock	Breaks
Drove alone	100.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Rock	Breaks
1-unit, detached	81.3%	41.2%
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	18.8%	58.8%

Poverty & households

	Big Rock	Breaks
Poverty rate	15.5%	0.0%
Average household size	2.15	2.08
Median year structure built	1984	1991