Dryden vs Pennington Gap

A side-by-side comparison of Dryden and Pennington Gap: population, income, housing, and more.

Dryden and Pennington Gap are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pennington Gap has the higher population (2,020 vs 545 in Dryden). Dryden has the higher median household income ($49,750 vs $22,857 in Pennington Gap). Dryden has the higher median home value ($127,000 vs $86,900 in Pennington Gap).

Population, income & housing

	Dryden	Pennington Gap
Population	545	2,020
Median age	36.9 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$49,750	$22,857
Median home value	$127,000	$86,900
Median gross rent	—	$790
Housing units	438	909
Homeownership rate	73.3%	40.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	21.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dryden	Pennington Gap
Population	1,174 → 545 (-53.6%)	2,179 → 2,020 (-7.3%)
Median household income	$45,671 → $49,750 (+8.9%)	$19,452 → $22,857 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$87,900 → $127,000 (+44.5%)	$82,600 → $86,900 (+5.2%)
Median gross rent	$627 → $583 (-7.0%)	$547 → $790 (+44.4%)

Dryden

Population

1,174545

Median household income

$45,671$49,750

Median home value

$87,900$127,000

Median gross rent

$627$583

Pennington Gap

Population

2,1792,020

Median household income

$19,452$22,857

Median home value

$82,600$86,900

Median gross rent

$547$790

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dryden	Pennington Gap
Under 5	0.0%	8.6%
5 to 17	21.7%	24.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	10.5%
25 to 34	20.9%	11.1%
35 to 44	15.8%	9.0%
45 to 54	3.1%	10.9%
55 to 64	13.9%	8.1%
65 to 74	19.4%	7.3%
75 and over	5.1%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dryden	Pennington Gap
White (non-Hispanic)	98.5%	94.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dryden	Pennington Gap
No high school diploma	10.8%	27.0%
High school graduate	20.8%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	48.9%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dryden	Pennington Gap
Drove alone	87.0%	80.7%
Carpooled	5.3%	9.9%
Public transit	7.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dryden	Pennington Gap
1-unit, detached	75.6%	76.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	21.5%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Dryden	Pennington Gap
Poverty rate	22.2%	59.5%
Average household size	2.02	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1987	1964