Halifax vs Mountain Road

A side-by-side comparison of Halifax and Mountain Road: population, income, housing, and more.

Halifax and Mountain Road are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mountain Road has the higher population (1,517 vs 1,348 in Halifax). Halifax has the higher median household income ($56,111 vs $34,399 in Mountain Road). Halifax has the higher median home value ($210,900 vs $80,000 in Mountain Road).

Population, income & housing

	Halifax	Mountain Road
Population	1,348	1,517
Median age	56.1 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$56,111	$34,399
Median home value	$210,900	$80,000
Median gross rent	$692	—
Housing units	660	583
Homeownership rate	72.5%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.5%	1.4%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Halifax	Mountain Road
Population	1,299 → 1,348 (+3.8%)	783 → 1,517 (+93.7%)
Median household income	$49,688 → $56,111 (+12.9%)	$21,333 → $34,399 (+61.2%)
Median home value	$157,600 → $210,900 (+33.8%)	$86,400 → $80,000 (-7.4%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $692 (+2.5%)	$625 → $625 (+0.0%)

Halifax

Population

1,2991,348

Median household income

$49,688$56,111

Median home value

$157,600$210,900

Median gross rent

$675$692

Mountain Road

Population

7831,517

Median household income

$21,333$34,399

Median home value

$86,400$80,000

Median gross rent

$625$625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Halifax	Mountain Road
Under 5	3.4%	2.7%
5 to 17	6.5%	13.2%
18 to 24	9.7%	11.8%
25 to 34	13.0%	19.4%
35 to 44	5.8%	10.0%
45 to 54	10.4%	5.9%
55 to 64	20.5%	20.7%
65 to 74	13.1%	5.5%
75 and over	17.6%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Halifax	Mountain Road
White (non-Hispanic)	67.1%	15.0%
Black or African American	28.3%	70.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Halifax	Mountain Road
No high school diploma	10.2%	42.4%
High school graduate	39.2%	46.9%
Some college or associate's	17.1%	9.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	1.4%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Halifax	Mountain Road
Drove alone	70.9%	96.3%
Carpooled	5.1%	0.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.8%	3.2%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Halifax	Mountain Road
1-unit, detached	79.1%	70.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	29.3%

Poverty & households

	Halifax	Mountain Road
Poverty rate	13.8%	15.8%
Average household size	2.19	3.98
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1961	1976