Ewing vs Pennington Gap

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

Ewing 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 441 in Ewing). Ewing has the higher median household income ($72,591 vs $22,857 in Pennington Gap). Since 2019, Ewing's population has grown faster (+122.7% vs -7.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Ewing	Pennington Gap
Population	441	2,020
Median age	52.7 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$72,591	$22,857
Median home value	—	$86,900
Median gross rent	—	$790
Housing units	244	909
Homeownership rate	84.3%	40.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.6%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	21.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ewing	Pennington Gap
Population	198 → 441 (+122.7%)	2,179 → 2,020 (-7.3%)
Median household income	$53,482 → $72,591 (+35.7%)	$19,452 → $22,857 (+17.5%)
Median home value	—	$82,600 → $86,900 (+5.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$547 → $790 (+44.4%)

Ewing

Population

198441

Median household income

$53,482$72,591

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)

	Ewing	Pennington Gap
Under 5	0.0%	8.6%
5 to 17	22.0%	24.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	10.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	11.1%
35 to 44	10.9%	9.0%
45 to 54	19.3%	10.9%
55 to 64	22.2%	8.1%
65 to 74	25.6%	7.3%
75 and over	0.0%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ewing	Pennington Gap
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ewing	Pennington Gap
No high school diploma	24.1%	27.0%
High school graduate	14.2%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.8%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ewing	Pennington Gap
Drove alone	81.2%	80.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	7.4%
Other means	8.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ewing	Pennington Gap
1-unit, detached	78.3%	76.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	9.4%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Ewing	Pennington Gap
Poverty rate	6.6%	59.5%
Average household size	2.31	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	14	23
Median year structure built	1976	1964