North Shore vs Penhook

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

North Shore and Penhook 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 1,253 in Penhook). North Shore has the higher median household income ($107,235 vs $99,176 in Penhook). North Shore has the higher median home value ($480,700 vs $476,500 in Penhook).

Population, income & housing

	North Shore	Penhook
Population	3,708	1,253
Median age	61.0 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$107,235	$99,176
Median home value	$480,700	$476,500
Median gross rent	$1,170	—
Housing units	3,057	827
Homeownership rate	96.9%	85.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.5%	40.3%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Shore	Penhook
Population	3,249 → 3,708 (+14.1%)	1,053 → 1,253 (+19.0%)
Median household income	$86,771 → $107,235 (+23.6%)	$66,392 → $99,176 (+49.4%)
Median home value	$427,400 → $480,700 (+12.5%)	$531,300 → $476,500 (-10.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,000 → $1,170 (+17.0%)	$837 → $1,037 (+23.9%)

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

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)

	North Shore	Penhook
Under 5	2.2%	9.7%
5 to 17	9.1%	8.5%
18 to 24	1.8%	14.5%
25 to 34	4.0%	6.5%
35 to 44	7.6%	9.5%
45 to 54	12.6%	11.1%
55 to 64	19.2%	20.4%
65 to 74	25.9%	14.2%
75 and over	17.6%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Shore	Penhook
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	85.5%
Black or African American	1.3%	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	1.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Shore	Penhook
No high school diploma	5.6%	5.3%
High school graduate	22.7%	20.8%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	19.0%	16.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Shore	Penhook
Drove alone	72.1%	60.4%
Carpooled	2.1%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.9%	23.9%
Other means	0.0%	7.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Shore	Penhook
1-unit, detached	71.4%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	15.0%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.8%	15.6%

Poverty & households

	North Shore	Penhook
Poverty rate	7.9%	6.1%
Average household size	2.20	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	32	38
Median year structure built	1992	1992