Boones Mill vs Henry Fork

A side-by-side comparison of Boones Mill and Henry Fork: population, income, housing, and more.

Boones Mill and Henry Fork are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Henry Fork has the higher population (843 vs 224 in Boones Mill). Boones Mill has the higher median household income ($74,625 vs $67,147 in Henry Fork). Since 2019, Boones Mill's population has grown faster (+32.5% vs -34.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Boones Mill	Henry Fork
Population	224	843
Median age	51.5 yrs	47.7 yrs
Median household income	$74,625	$67,147
Median home value	$186,300	—
Median gross rent	$929	$576
Housing units	110	475
Homeownership rate	79.8%	56.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	12.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boones Mill	Henry Fork
Population	169 → 224 (+32.5%)	1,294 → 843 (-34.9%)
Median household income	$53,125 → $74,625 (+40.5%)	$35,061 → $67,147 (+91.5%)
Median home value	$157,100 → $186,300 (+18.6%)	$115,200 → $118,800 (+3.1%)
Median gross rent	$810 → $929 (+14.7%)	$633 → $576 (-9.0%)

Boones Mill

Population

169224

Median household income

$53,125$74,625

Median home value

$157,100$186,300

Median gross rent

$810$929

Henry Fork

Population

1,294843

Median household income

$35,061$67,147

Median home value

$115,200$118,800

Median gross rent

$633$576

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boones Mill	Henry Fork
Under 5	2.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	7.1%	7.5%
18 to 24	9.4%	15.5%
25 to 34	13.4%	11.2%
35 to 44	10.7%	9.5%
45 to 54	10.7%	15.7%
55 to 64	22.3%	24.8%
65 to 74	12.9%	10.0%
75 and over	11.2%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boones Mill	Henry Fork
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	76.7%
Black or African American	1.8%	8.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	15.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boones Mill	Henry Fork
No high school diploma	11.5%	13.4%
High school graduate	19.8%	50.5%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boones Mill	Henry Fork
Drove alone	82.4%	87.6%
Carpooled	16.0%	12.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boones Mill	Henry Fork
1-unit, detached	96.4%	26.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	17.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	45.9%

Poverty & households

	Boones Mill	Henry Fork
Poverty rate	3.1%	1.1%
Average household size	2.06	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	27	31
Median year structure built	1956	1980