Drakes Branch vs Keysville

A side-by-side comparison of Drakes Branch and Keysville: population, income, housing, and more.

Drakes Branch and Keysville are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Keysville has the higher population (736 vs 475 in Drakes Branch). Keysville has the higher median household income ($20,417 vs $19,620 in Drakes Branch). Keysville has the higher median home value ($150,000 vs $119,100 in Drakes Branch).

Population, income & housing

	Drakes Branch	Keysville
Population	475	736
Median age	50.5 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$19,620	$20,417
Median home value	$119,100	$150,000
Median gross rent	$498	$681
Housing units	318	400
Homeownership rate	58.7%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Drakes Branch	Keysville
Population	607 → 475 (-21.7%)	965 → 736 (-23.7%)
Median household income	$23,203 → $19,620 (-15.4%)	$31,000 → $20,417 (-34.1%)
Median home value	$88,300 → $119,100 (+34.9%)	$91,400 → $150,000 (+64.1%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $498 (-19.4%)	$588 → $681 (+15.8%)

Drakes Branch

Population

607475

Median household income

$23,203$19,620

Median home value

$88,300$119,100

Median gross rent

$618$498

Keysville

Population

965736

Median household income

$31,000$20,417

Median home value

$91,400$150,000

Median gross rent

$588$681

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Drakes Branch	Keysville
Under 5	4.0%	3.0%
5 to 17	7.6%	18.8%
18 to 24	23.4%	9.9%
25 to 34	7.4%	16.8%
35 to 44	2.3%	4.6%
45 to 54	14.5%	15.4%
55 to 64	11.4%	12.6%
65 to 74	13.5%	9.5%
75 and over	16.0%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Drakes Branch	Keysville
White (non-Hispanic)	52.0%	63.5%
Black or African American	44.2%	29.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Drakes Branch	Keysville
No high school diploma	23.3%	18.1%
High school graduate	36.2%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	4.9%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Drakes Branch	Keysville
Drove alone	94.7%	76.8%
Carpooled	1.8%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	1.0%
Other means	0.6%	7.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Drakes Branch	Keysville
1-unit, detached	83.6%	57.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	22.5%
20 or more units	6.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	9.4%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Drakes Branch	Keysville
Poverty rate	28.8%	35.7%
Average household size	2.02	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1967	1967