Breaks vs Vansant

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

Breaks 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 220 in Breaks). Breaks has the higher median household income ($123,563 vs $38,333 in Vansant). Vansant has the higher median home value ($97,400 vs $48,900 in Breaks).

Population, income & housing

	Breaks	Vansant
Population	220	367
Median age	58.9 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$123,563	$38,333
Median home value	$48,900	$97,400
Median gross rent	—	$696
Housing units	119	236
Homeownership rate	90.6%	53.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	28.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Breaks	Vansant
Population	262 → 220 (-16.0%)	241 → 367 (+52.3%)
Median household income	$59,205 → $123,563 (+108.7%)	—
Median home value	—	$312,000 → $97,400 (-68.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$695 → $696 (+0.1%)

Breaks

Population

262220

Median household income

$59,205$123,563

Vansant

Population

241367

Median home value

$312,000$97,400

Median gross rent

$695$696

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Breaks	Vansant
Under 5	0.0%	7.4%
5 to 17	14.1%	15.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	28.3%
35 to 44	0.0%	2.7%
45 to 54	6.8%	6.8%
55 to 64	53.6%	9.5%
65 to 74	20.9%	0.0%
75 and over	4.5%	27.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Breaks	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+

	Breaks	Vansant
No high school diploma	0.0%	17.5%
High school graduate	50.8%	19.3%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Breaks	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)

	Breaks	Vansant
1-unit, detached	41.2%	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	58.8%	10.6%

Poverty & households

	Breaks	Vansant
Poverty rate	0.0%	13.6%
Average household size	2.08	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	—	20
Median year structure built	1991	1967