Jonesville vs Pennington Gap

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

Jonesville 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 1,290 in Jonesville). Pennington Gap has the higher median household income ($22,857 vs $17,716 in Jonesville). Jonesville has the higher median home value ($122,500 vs $86,900 in Pennington Gap).

Population, income & housing

	Jonesville	Pennington Gap
Population	1,290	2,020
Median age	46.2 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$17,716	$22,857
Median home value	$122,500	$86,900
Median gross rent	$515	$790
Housing units	686	909
Homeownership rate	30.2%	40.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.2%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	26.4%	21.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jonesville	Pennington Gap
Population	1,100 → 1,290 (+17.3%)	2,179 → 2,020 (-7.3%)
Median household income	$19,276 → $17,716 (-8.1%)	$19,452 → $22,857 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$103,100 → $122,500 (+18.8%)	$82,600 → $86,900 (+5.2%)
Median gross rent	$389 → $515 (+32.4%)	$547 → $790 (+44.4%)

Jonesville

Population

1,1001,290

Median household income

$19,276$17,716

Median home value

$103,100$122,500

Median gross rent

$389$515

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)

	Jonesville	Pennington Gap
Under 5	5.1%	8.6%
5 to 17	9.6%	24.0%
18 to 24	13.1%	10.5%
25 to 34	6.2%	11.1%
35 to 44	13.4%	9.0%
45 to 54	13.3%	10.9%
55 to 64	8.3%	8.1%
65 to 74	15.0%	7.3%
75 and over	16.0%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jonesville	Pennington Gap
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	94.7%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	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	0.2%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jonesville	Pennington Gap
No high school diploma	14.0%	27.0%
High school graduate	45.4%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jonesville	Pennington Gap
Drove alone	71.6%	80.7%
Carpooled	20.9%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jonesville	Pennington Gap
1-unit, detached	51.2%	76.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	24.1%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	15.9%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	8.2%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Jonesville	Pennington Gap
Poverty rate	54.0%	59.5%
Average household size	2.21	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1979	1964