Boones Mill vs Penhook

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

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

Penhook has the higher population (1,253 vs 224 in Boones Mill). Penhook has the higher median household income ($99,176 vs $74,625 in Boones Mill). Penhook has the higher median home value ($476,500 vs $186,300 in Boones Mill).

Population, income & housing

	Boones Mill	Penhook
Population	224	1,253
Median age	51.5 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$74,625	$99,176
Median home value	$186,300	$476,500
Median gross rent	$929	—
Housing units	110	827
Homeownership rate	79.8%	85.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.0%	40.3%
Unemployment rate	12.7%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boones Mill	Penhook
Population	169 → 224 (+32.5%)	1,053 → 1,253 (+19.0%)
Median household income	$53,125 → $74,625 (+40.5%)	$66,392 → $99,176 (+49.4%)
Median home value	$157,100 → $186,300 (+18.6%)	$531,300 → $476,500 (-10.3%)
Median gross rent	$810 → $929 (+14.7%)	$837 → $1,037 (+23.9%)

Boones Mill

Population

169224

Median household income

$53,125$74,625

Median home value

$157,100$186,300

Median gross rent

$810$929

Penhook

Population

1,0531,253

Median household income

$66,392$99,176

Median home value

$531,300$476,500

Median gross rent

$837$1,037

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boones Mill	Penhook
Under 5	2.2%	9.7%
5 to 17	7.1%	8.5%
18 to 24	9.4%	14.5%
25 to 34	13.4%	6.5%
35 to 44	10.7%	9.5%
45 to 54	10.7%	11.1%
55 to 64	22.3%	20.4%
65 to 74	12.9%	14.2%
75 and over	11.2%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boones Mill	Penhook
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	85.5%
Black or African American	1.8%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.6%
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%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boones Mill	Penhook
No high school diploma	11.5%	5.3%
High school graduate	19.8%	20.8%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	15.4%	16.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boones Mill	Penhook
Drove alone	82.4%	60.4%
Carpooled	16.0%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	23.9%
Other means	0.0%	7.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boones Mill	Penhook
1-unit, detached	96.4%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	15.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	15.6%

Poverty & households

	Boones Mill	Penhook
Poverty rate	3.1%	6.1%
Average household size	2.06	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	27	38
Median year structure built	1956	1992