Big Rock vs Vansant

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

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

Vansant has the higher population (367 vs 168 in Big Rock). Big Rock has the higher median household income ($46,929 vs $38,333 in Vansant). Vansant has the higher median home value ($97,400 vs $52,300 in Big Rock).

Population, income & housing

	Big Rock	Vansant
Population	168	367
Median age	58.7 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$46,929	$38,333
Median home value	$52,300	$97,400
Median gross rent	—	$696
Housing units	160	236
Homeownership rate	100.0%	53.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.7%	28.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Rock	Vansant
Population	266 → 168 (-36.8%)	241 → 367 (+52.3%)
Median household income	$25,347 → $46,929 (+85.1%)	—
Median home value	$38,200 → $52,300 (+36.9%)	$312,000 → $97,400 (-68.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$695 → $696 (+0.1%)

Big Rock

Population

266168

Median household income

$25,347$46,929

Median home value

$38,200$52,300

Vansant

Population

241367

Median home value

$312,000$97,400

Median gross rent

$695$696

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Rock	Vansant
Under 5	0.0%	7.4%
5 to 17	8.3%	15.0%
18 to 24	9.5%	2.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	28.3%
35 to 44	7.1%	2.7%
45 to 54	0.0%	6.8%
55 to 64	55.4%	9.5%
65 to 74	19.6%	0.0%
75 and over	0.0%	27.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Rock	Vansant
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	88.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	11.4%
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	Vansant
No high school diploma	49.3%	17.5%
High school graduate	19.6%	19.3%
Some college or associate's	22.5%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Rock	Vansant
Drove alone	100.0%	86.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Rock	Vansant
1-unit, detached	81.3%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.8%	10.6%

Poverty & households

	Big Rock	Vansant
Poverty rate	15.5%	13.6%
Average household size	2.15	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	—	20
Median year structure built	1984	1967