Groveton vs Huntington

A side-by-side comparison of Groveton and Huntington: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Groveton has the higher population (13,563 vs 13,250 in Huntington). Groveton has the higher median household income ($109,665 vs $99,580 in Huntington). Groveton has the higher median home value ($568,900 vs $536,200 in Huntington).

Population, income & housing

	Groveton	Huntington
Population	13,563	13,250
Median age	38.7 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$109,665	$99,580
Median home value	$568,900	$536,200
Median gross rent	$1,829	$2,045
Housing units	5,811	7,678
Homeownership rate	55.9%	43.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.2%	64.6%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Groveton	Huntington
Population	16,516 → 13,563 (-17.9%)	13,334 → 13,250 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$95,259 → $109,665 (+15.1%)	$95,930 → $99,580 (+3.8%)
Median home value	$443,600 → $568,900 (+28.2%)	$403,300 → $536,200 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,610 → $1,829 (+13.6%)	$1,744 → $2,045 (+17.3%)

Groveton

Population

16,51613,563

Median household income

$95,259$109,665

Median home value

$443,600$568,900

Median gross rent

$1,610$1,829

Huntington

Population

13,33413,250

Median household income

$95,930$99,580

Median home value

$403,300$536,200

Median gross rent

$1,744$2,045

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Groveton	Huntington
Under 5	5.9%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.5%	7.5%
18 to 24	8.1%	8.8%
25 to 34	13.6%	24.9%
35 to 44	17.9%	16.8%
45 to 54	12.0%	14.3%
55 to 64	12.8%	9.2%
65 to 74	8.1%	7.3%
75 and over	6.1%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Groveton	Huntington
White (non-Hispanic)	37.8%	51.2%
Black or African American	18.6%	12.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	9.6%	10.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.8%
Two or more races	2.7%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	30.6%	18.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Groveton	Huntington
No high school diploma	12.5%	6.5%
High school graduate	17.9%	9.9%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	32.7%
Graduate or professional degree	21.1%	31.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Groveton	Huntington
Drove alone	57.7%	50.2%
Carpooled	9.8%	7.3%
Public transit	7.6%	14.2%
Walked	0.3%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	1.0%
Worked from home	22.2%	25.1%
Other means	2.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Groveton	Huntington
1-unit, detached	33.0%	9.6%
1-unit, attached	24.2%	20.5%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	26.2%	9.1%
20 or more units	12.0%	59.8%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Groveton	Huntington
Poverty rate	13.5%	7.5%
Average household size	2.49	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	33	33
Median year structure built	1975	1978