Mountain Road vs South Boston

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

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

South Boston has the higher population (7,896 vs 1,517 in Mountain Road). South Boston has the higher median household income ($41,102 vs $34,399 in Mountain Road). South Boston has the higher median home value ($157,300 vs $80,000 in Mountain Road).

Population, income & housing

	Mountain Road	South Boston
Population	1,517	7,896
Median age	41.1 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$34,399	$41,102
Median home value	$80,000	$157,300
Median gross rent	—	$756
Housing units	583	3,903
Homeownership rate	83.5%	49.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.4%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mountain Road	South Boston
Population	783 → 1,517 (+93.7%)	7,762 → 7,896 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$21,333 → $34,399 (+61.2%)	$42,311 → $41,102 (-2.9%)
Median home value	$86,400 → $80,000 (-7.4%)	$132,300 → $157,300 (+18.9%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $625 (+0.0%)	$671 → $756 (+12.7%)

Mountain Road

Population

7831,517

Median household income

$21,333$34,399

Median home value

$86,400$80,000

Median gross rent

$625$625

South Boston

Population

7,7627,896

Median household income

$42,311$41,102

Median home value

$132,300$157,300

Median gross rent

$671$756

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mountain Road	South Boston
Under 5	2.7%	10.1%
5 to 17	13.2%	13.4%
18 to 24	11.8%	4.4%
25 to 34	19.4%	13.5%
35 to 44	10.0%	8.1%
45 to 54	5.9%	9.9%
55 to 64	20.7%	13.5%
65 to 74	5.5%	13.1%
75 and over	10.7%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mountain Road	South Boston
White (non-Hispanic)	15.0%	40.9%
Black or African American	70.3%	55.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.6%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mountain Road	South Boston
No high school diploma	42.4%	14.8%
High school graduate	46.9%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	9.3%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	1.4%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mountain Road	South Boston
Drove alone	96.3%	82.0%
Carpooled	0.6%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	3.2%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	6.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mountain Road	South Boston
1-unit, detached	70.7%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	29.3%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Mountain Road	South Boston
Poverty rate	15.8%	26.3%
Average household size	3.98	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	19	17
Median year structure built	1976	1967