Ferrum vs Westlake Corner

A side-by-side comparison of Ferrum and Westlake Corner: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Westlake Corner has the higher population (1,824 vs 1,622 in Ferrum). Westlake Corner has the higher median household income ($74,078 vs $31,750 in Ferrum). Westlake Corner has the higher median home value ($456,300 vs $202,500 in Ferrum).

Population, income & housing

	Ferrum	Westlake Corner
Population	1,622	1,824
Median age	21.5 yrs	60.2 yrs
Median household income	$31,750	$74,078
Median home value	$202,500	$456,300
Median gross rent	$662	$1,338
Housing units	436	882
Homeownership rate	64.9%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.1%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ferrum	Westlake Corner
Population	2,310 → 1,622 (-29.8%)	980 → 1,824 (+86.1%)
Median household income	$48,234 → $31,750 (-34.2%)	$68,603 → $74,078 (+8.0%)
Median home value	$130,400 → $202,500 (+55.3%)	$495,900 → $456,300 (-8.0%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $662 (-2.8%)	$900 → $1,338 (+48.7%)

Ferrum

Population

2,3101,622

Median household income

$48,234$31,750

Median home value

$130,400$202,500

Median gross rent

$681$662

Westlake Corner

Population

9801,824

Median household income

$68,603$74,078

Median home value

$495,900$456,300

Median gross rent

$900$1,338

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ferrum	Westlake Corner
Under 5	3.9%	1.6%
5 to 17	6.9%	8.1%
18 to 24	57.5%	4.6%
25 to 34	6.6%	4.0%
35 to 44	3.6%	6.2%
45 to 54	3.7%	6.9%
55 to 64	10.9%	34.4%
65 to 74	5.2%	18.4%
75 and over	1.5%	15.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ferrum	Westlake Corner
White (non-Hispanic)	66.2%	97.4%
Black or African American	25.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ferrum	Westlake Corner
No high school diploma	22.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	21.2%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ferrum	Westlake Corner
Drove alone	47.8%	79.4%
Carpooled	8.8%	5.6%
Public transit	2.0%	0.0%
Walked	21.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.8%	15.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ferrum	Westlake Corner
1-unit, detached	66.3%	76.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	17.7%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	16.3%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Ferrum	Westlake Corner
Poverty rate	35.1%	6.5%
Average household size	2.16	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1984	1995