Keokee vs Pennington Gap

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

Keokee 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 294 in Keokee). Since 2019, Pennington Gap's population has grown faster (-7.3% vs -26.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Keokee	Pennington Gap
Population	294	2,020
Median age	52.8 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$22,857
Median home value	—	$86,900
Median gross rent	—	$790
Housing units	126	909
Homeownership rate	71.7%	40.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.3%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	21.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Keokee	Pennington Gap
Population	398 → 294 (-26.1%)	2,179 → 2,020 (-7.3%)
Median household income	—	$19,452 → $22,857 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$41,100 → $44,000 (+7.1%)	$82,600 → $86,900 (+5.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$547 → $790 (+44.4%)

Keokee

Population

398294

Median home value

$41,100$44,000

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)

	Keokee	Pennington Gap
Under 5	9.2%	8.6%
5 to 17	13.6%	24.0%
18 to 24	5.4%	10.5%
25 to 34	6.5%	11.1%
35 to 44	6.5%	9.0%
45 to 54	17.7%	10.9%
55 to 64	38.8%	8.1%
65 to 74	2.4%	7.3%
75 and over	0.0%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Keokee	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+

	Keokee	Pennington Gap
No high school diploma	37.0%	27.0%
High school graduate	50.2%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	9.5%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Keokee	Pennington Gap
Drove alone	75.3%	80.7%
Carpooled	24.7%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	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)

	Keokee	Pennington Gap
1-unit, detached	87.3%	76.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	12.7%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Keokee	Pennington Gap
Poverty rate	7.9%	59.5%
Average household size	3.20	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	—	23
Median year structure built	1962	1964