Penhook vs Westlake Corner

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

Penhook 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 1,253 in Penhook). Penhook has the higher median household income ($99,176 vs $74,078 in Westlake Corner). Penhook has the higher median home value ($476,500 vs $456,300 in Westlake Corner).

Population, income & housing

	Penhook	Westlake Corner
Population	1,253	1,824
Median age	48.0 yrs	60.2 yrs
Median household income	$99,176	$74,078
Median home value	$476,500	$456,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,338
Housing units	827	882
Homeownership rate	85.5%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.3%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Penhook	Westlake Corner
Population	1,053 → 1,253 (+19.0%)	980 → 1,824 (+86.1%)
Median household income	$66,392 → $99,176 (+49.4%)	$68,603 → $74,078 (+8.0%)
Median home value	$531,300 → $476,500 (-10.3%)	$495,900 → $456,300 (-8.0%)
Median gross rent	$837 → $1,037 (+23.9%)	$900 → $1,338 (+48.7%)

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

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)

	Penhook	Westlake Corner
Under 5	9.7%	1.6%
5 to 17	8.5%	8.1%
18 to 24	14.5%	4.6%
25 to 34	6.5%	4.0%
35 to 44	9.5%	6.2%
45 to 54	11.1%	6.9%
55 to 64	20.4%	34.4%
65 to 74	14.2%	18.4%
75 and over	5.6%	15.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Penhook	Westlake Corner
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	97.4%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.6%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Penhook	Westlake Corner
No high school diploma	5.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	20.8%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	23.8%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	16.5%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Penhook	Westlake Corner
Drove alone	60.4%	79.4%
Carpooled	5.0%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.9%	15.0%
Other means	7.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Penhook	Westlake Corner
1-unit, detached	68.4%	76.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	17.7%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	15.0%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	15.6%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Penhook	Westlake Corner
Poverty rate	6.1%	6.5%
Average household size	2.75	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	38	25
Median year structure built	1992	1995