Big Rock vs Grundy

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

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

Grundy has the higher population (782 vs 168 in Big Rock). Big Rock has the higher median household income ($46,929 vs $42,417 in Grundy). Grundy has the higher median home value ($187,000 vs $52,300 in Big Rock).

Population, income & housing

	Big Rock	Grundy
Population	168	782
Median age	58.7 yrs	54.5 yrs
Median household income	$46,929	$42,417
Median home value	$52,300	$187,000
Median gross rent	—	$740
Housing units	160	503
Homeownership rate	100.0%	84.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.7%	39.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Rock	Grundy
Population	266 → 168 (-36.8%)	902 → 782 (-13.3%)
Median household income	$25,347 → $46,929 (+85.1%)	$41,902 → $42,417 (+1.2%)
Median home value	$38,200 → $52,300 (+36.9%)	$152,800 → $187,000 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$791 → $740 (-6.4%)

Big Rock

Population

266168

Median household income

$25,347$46,929

Median home value

$38,200$52,300

Grundy

Population

902782

Median household income

$41,902$42,417

Median home value

$152,800$187,000

Median gross rent

$791$740

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Rock	Grundy
Under 5	0.0%	4.5%
5 to 17	8.3%	14.2%
18 to 24	9.5%	9.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	8.6%
35 to 44	7.1%	4.1%
45 to 54	0.0%	10.1%
55 to 64	55.4%	15.3%
65 to 74	19.6%	10.1%
75 and over	0.0%	24.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Rock	Grundy
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	87.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	7.8%
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%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Rock	Grundy
No high school diploma	49.3%	6.9%
High school graduate	19.6%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	22.5%	19.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	25.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Rock	Grundy
Drove alone	100.0%	76.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Rock	Grundy
1-unit, detached	81.3%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	18.8%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Big Rock	Grundy
Poverty rate	15.5%	22.6%
Average household size	2.15	1.79
Mean commute (minutes)	—	16
Median year structure built	1984	1968