Keysville vs Phenix

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

Keysville and Phenix 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 395 in Phenix). Phenix has the higher median household income ($50,000 vs $20,417 in Keysville). Keysville has the higher median home value ($150,000 vs $103,400 in Phenix).

Population, income & housing

	Keysville	Phenix
Population	736	395
Median age	39.8 yrs	51.3 yrs
Median household income	$20,417	$50,000
Median home value	$150,000	$103,400
Median gross rent	$681	$758
Housing units	400	131
Homeownership rate	30.5%	87.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Keysville	Phenix
Population	965 → 736 (-23.7%)	284 → 395 (+39.1%)
Median household income	$31,000 → $20,417 (-34.1%)	$67,708 → $50,000 (-26.2%)
Median home value	$91,400 → $150,000 (+64.1%)	$67,000 → $103,400 (+54.3%)
Median gross rent	$588 → $681 (+15.8%)	$843 → $758 (-10.1%)

Keysville

Population

965736

Median household income

$31,000$20,417

Median home value

$91,400$150,000

Median gross rent

$588$681

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)

	Keysville	Phenix
Under 5	3.0%	4.1%
5 to 17	18.8%	19.7%
18 to 24	9.9%	4.1%
25 to 34	16.8%	6.3%
35 to 44	4.6%	11.6%
45 to 54	15.4%	7.1%
55 to 64	12.6%	12.2%
65 to 74	9.5%	27.8%
75 and over	9.4%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Keysville	Phenix
White (non-Hispanic)	63.5%	68.4%
Black or African American	29.5%	26.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Keysville	Phenix
No high school diploma	18.1%	37.5%
High school graduate	32.4%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	16.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Keysville	Phenix
Drove alone	76.8%	80.6%
Carpooled	8.8%	16.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	3.5%
Other means	7.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Keysville	Phenix
1-unit, detached	57.5%	87.0%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	22.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	13.0%

Poverty & households

	Keysville	Phenix
Poverty rate	35.7%	27.6%
Average household size	2.09	3.24
Mean commute (minutes)	30	45
Median year structure built	1967	1961