Drakes Branch vs Phenix

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

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

Drakes Branch has the higher population (475 vs 395 in Phenix). Phenix has the higher median household income ($50,000 vs $19,620 in Drakes Branch). Drakes Branch has the higher median home value ($119,100 vs $103,400 in Phenix).

Population, income & housing

	Drakes Branch	Phenix
Population	475	395
Median age	50.5 yrs	51.3 yrs
Median household income	$19,620	$50,000
Median home value	$119,100	$103,400
Median gross rent	$498	$758
Housing units	318	131
Homeownership rate	58.7%	87.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Drakes Branch	Phenix
Population	607 → 475 (-21.7%)	284 → 395 (+39.1%)
Median household income	$23,203 → $19,620 (-15.4%)	$67,708 → $50,000 (-26.2%)
Median home value	$88,300 → $119,100 (+34.9%)	$67,000 → $103,400 (+54.3%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $498 (-19.4%)	$843 → $758 (-10.1%)

Drakes Branch

Population

607475

Median household income

$23,203$19,620

Median home value

$88,300$119,100

Median gross rent

$618$498

Phenix

Population

284395

Median household income

$67,708$50,000

Median home value

$67,000$103,400

Median gross rent

$843$758

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Drakes Branch	Phenix
Under 5	4.0%	4.1%
5 to 17	7.6%	19.7%
18 to 24	23.4%	4.1%
25 to 34	7.4%	6.3%
35 to 44	2.3%	11.6%
45 to 54	14.5%	7.1%
55 to 64	11.4%	12.2%
65 to 74	13.5%	27.8%
75 and over	16.0%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Drakes Branch	Phenix
White (non-Hispanic)	52.0%	68.4%
Black or African American	44.2%	26.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Drakes Branch	Phenix
No high school diploma	23.3%	37.5%
High school graduate	36.2%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	16.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.9%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Drakes Branch	Phenix
Drove alone	94.7%	80.6%
Carpooled	1.8%	16.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	3.5%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Drakes Branch	Phenix
1-unit, detached	83.6%	87.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.4%	13.0%

Poverty & households

	Drakes Branch	Phenix
Poverty rate	28.8%	27.6%
Average household size	2.02	3.24
Mean commute (minutes)	30	45
Median year structure built	1967	1961