Penhook vs Union Hall

A side-by-side comparison of Penhook and Union Hall: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Union Hall has the higher population (1,468 vs 1,253 in Penhook). Penhook has the higher median household income ($99,176 vs $95,556 in Union Hall). Union Hall has the higher median home value ($607,000 vs $476,500 in Penhook).

Population, income & housing

	Penhook	Union Hall
Population	1,253	1,468
Median age	48.0 yrs	57.1 yrs
Median household income	$99,176	$95,556
Median home value	$476,500	$607,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,326
Housing units	827	1,119
Homeownership rate	85.5%	92.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.3%	51.7%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Penhook	Union Hall
Population	1,053 → 1,253 (+19.0%)	1,105 → 1,468 (+32.9%)
Median household income	$66,392 → $99,176 (+49.4%)	$100,278 → $95,556 (-4.7%)
Median home value	$531,300 → $476,500 (-10.3%)	$545,000 → $607,000 (+11.4%)
Median gross rent	$837 → $1,037 (+23.9%)	$1,139 → $1,326 (+16.4%)

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

Union Hall

Population

1,1051,468

Median household income

$100,278$95,556

Median home value

$545,000$607,000

Median gross rent

$1,139$1,326

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Penhook	Union Hall
Under 5	9.7%	3.9%
5 to 17	8.5%	13.4%
18 to 24	14.5%	5.2%
25 to 34	6.5%	6.7%
35 to 44	9.5%	7.0%
45 to 54	11.1%	10.8%
55 to 64	20.4%	18.7%
65 to 74	14.2%	21.1%
75 and over	5.6%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Penhook	Union Hall
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	91.8%
Black or African American	2.2%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.6%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Penhook	Union Hall
No high school diploma	5.3%	5.1%
High school graduate	20.8%	13.9%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.8%	32.1%
Graduate or professional degree	16.5%	19.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Penhook	Union Hall
Drove alone	60.4%	73.1%
Carpooled	5.0%	1.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.9%	23.7%
Other means	7.3%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Penhook	Union Hall
1-unit, detached	68.4%	85.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	15.0%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	15.6%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Penhook	Union Hall
Poverty rate	6.1%	3.9%
Average household size	2.75	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	38	34
Median year structure built	1992	1993