Ferrum vs North Shore

A side-by-side comparison of Ferrum and North Shore: population, income, housing, and more.

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

North Shore has the higher population (3,708 vs 1,622 in Ferrum). North Shore has the higher median household income ($107,235 vs $31,750 in Ferrum). North Shore has the higher median home value ($480,700 vs $202,500 in Ferrum).

Population, income & housing

	Ferrum	North Shore
Population	1,622	3,708
Median age	21.5 yrs	61.0 yrs
Median household income	$31,750	$107,235
Median home value	$202,500	$480,700
Median gross rent	$662	$1,170
Housing units	436	3,057
Homeownership rate	64.9%	96.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.1%	42.5%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ferrum	North Shore
Population	2,310 → 1,622 (-29.8%)	3,249 → 3,708 (+14.1%)
Median household income	$48,234 → $31,750 (-34.2%)	$86,771 → $107,235 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$130,400 → $202,500 (+55.3%)	$427,400 → $480,700 (+12.5%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $662 (-2.8%)	$1,000 → $1,170 (+17.0%)

Ferrum

Population

2,3101,622

Median household income

$48,234$31,750

Median home value

$130,400$202,500

Median gross rent

$681$662

North Shore

Population

3,2493,708

Median household income

$86,771$107,235

Median home value

$427,400$480,700

Median gross rent

$1,000$1,170

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ferrum	North Shore
Under 5	3.9%	2.2%
5 to 17	6.9%	9.1%
18 to 24	57.5%	1.8%
25 to 34	6.6%	4.0%
35 to 44	3.6%	7.6%
45 to 54	3.7%	12.6%
55 to 64	10.9%	19.2%
65 to 74	5.2%	25.9%
75 and over	1.5%	17.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ferrum	North Shore
White (non-Hispanic)	66.2%	94.0%
Black or African American	25.4%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ferrum	North Shore
No high school diploma	22.6%	5.6%
High school graduate	21.2%	22.7%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	19.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ferrum	North Shore
Drove alone	47.8%	72.1%
Carpooled	8.8%	2.1%
Public transit	2.0%	0.0%
Walked	21.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.8%	25.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ferrum	North Shore
1-unit, detached	66.3%	71.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	10.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	16.3%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Ferrum	North Shore
Poverty rate	35.1%	7.9%
Average household size	2.16	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	25	32
Median year structure built	1984	1992