Groveton vs Newington

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

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

Newington has the higher population (13,824 vs 13,563 in Groveton). Newington has the higher median household income ($146,681 vs $109,665 in Groveton). Groveton has the higher median home value ($568,900 vs $560,900 in Newington).

Population, income & housing

	Groveton	Newington
Population	13,563	13,824
Median age	38.7 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$109,665	$146,681
Median home value	$568,900	$560,900
Median gross rent	$1,829	$2,662
Housing units	5,811	4,770
Homeownership rate	55.9%	88.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.2%	59.7%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Groveton	Newington
Population	16,516 → 13,563 (-17.9%)	13,196 → 13,824 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$95,259 → $109,665 (+15.1%)	$135,843 → $146,681 (+8.0%)
Median home value	$443,600 → $568,900 (+28.2%)	$455,800 → $560,900 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,610 → $1,829 (+13.6%)	$2,221 → $2,662 (+19.9%)

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

Newington

Population

13,19613,824

Median household income

$135,843$146,681

Median home value

$455,800$560,900

Median gross rent

$2,221$2,662

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Groveton	Newington
Under 5	5.9%	5.4%
5 to 17	15.5%	16.2%
18 to 24	8.1%	8.3%
25 to 34	13.6%	14.6%
35 to 44	17.9%	14.3%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.1%
55 to 64	12.8%	14.5%
65 to 74	8.1%	9.3%
75 and over	6.1%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Groveton	Newington
White (non-Hispanic)	37.8%	44.1%
Black or African American	18.6%	16.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	9.6%	14.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	30.6%	19.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Groveton	Newington
No high school diploma	12.5%	6.0%
High school graduate	17.9%	11.6%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	31.6%
Graduate or professional degree	21.1%	28.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Groveton	Newington
Drove alone	57.7%	60.4%
Carpooled	9.8%	6.7%
Public transit	7.6%	4.1%
Walked	0.3%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.2%	26.0%
Other means	2.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Groveton	Newington
1-unit, detached	33.0%	39.5%
1-unit, attached	24.2%	58.4%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	0.1%
5 to 19 units	26.2%	1.8%
20 or more units	12.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Groveton	Newington
Poverty rate	13.5%	2.4%
Average household size	2.49	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	33	30
Median year structure built	1975	1981