Henry Fork vs Penhook

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

Henry Fork 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 843 in Henry Fork). Penhook has the higher median household income ($99,176 vs $67,147 in Henry Fork). Since 2019, Penhook's population has grown faster (+19.0% vs -34.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Henry Fork	Penhook
Population	843	1,253
Median age	47.7 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$67,147	$99,176
Median home value	—	$476,500
Median gross rent	$576	—
Housing units	475	827
Homeownership rate	56.6%	85.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	40.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Henry Fork	Penhook
Population	1,294 → 843 (-34.9%)	1,053 → 1,253 (+19.0%)
Median household income	$35,061 → $67,147 (+91.5%)	$66,392 → $99,176 (+49.4%)
Median home value	$115,200 → $118,800 (+3.1%)	$531,300 → $476,500 (-10.3%)
Median gross rent	$633 → $576 (-9.0%)	$837 → $1,037 (+23.9%)

Henry Fork

Population

1,294843

Median household income

$35,061$67,147

Median home value

$115,200$118,800

Median gross rent

$633$576

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)

	Henry Fork	Penhook
Under 5	0.0%	9.7%
5 to 17	7.5%	8.5%
18 to 24	15.5%	14.5%
25 to 34	11.2%	6.5%
35 to 44	9.5%	9.5%
45 to 54	15.7%	11.1%
55 to 64	24.8%	20.4%
65 to 74	10.0%	14.2%
75 and over	5.9%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Henry Fork	Penhook
White (non-Hispanic)	76.7%	85.5%
Black or African American	8.2%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	15.1%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Henry Fork	Penhook
No high school diploma	13.4%	5.3%
High school graduate	50.5%	20.8%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	16.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Henry Fork	Penhook
Drove alone	87.6%	60.4%
Carpooled	12.4%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	23.9%
Other means	0.0%	7.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Henry Fork	Penhook
1-unit, detached	26.1%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.9%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	15.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	45.9%	15.6%

Poverty & households

	Henry Fork	Penhook
Poverty rate	1.1%	6.1%
Average household size	1.95	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	31	38
Median year structure built	1980	1992