Louisa vs Mineral

A side-by-side comparison of Louisa and Mineral: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Louisa has the higher population (2,249 vs 599 in Mineral). Mineral has the higher median household income ($64,500 vs $55,202 in Louisa). Louisa has the higher median home value ($308,200 vs $226,100 in Mineral).

Population, income & housing

	Louisa	Mineral
Population	2,249	599
Median age	41.1 yrs	30.0 yrs
Median household income	$55,202	$64,500
Median home value	$308,200	$226,100
Median gross rent	$1,225	$1,199
Housing units	1,020	208
Homeownership rate	39.6%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.1%	13.9%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Louisa	Mineral
Population	1,744 → 2,249 (+29.0%)	509 → 599 (+17.7%)
Median household income	$33,226 → $55,202 (+66.1%)	$58,333 → $64,500 (+10.6%)
Median home value	$201,800 → $308,200 (+52.7%)	$177,000 → $226,100 (+27.7%)
Median gross rent	$875 → $1,225 (+40.0%)	$845 → $1,199 (+41.9%)

Louisa

Population

1,7442,249

Median household income

$33,226$55,202

Median home value

$201,800$308,200

Median gross rent

$875$1,225

Mineral

Population

509599

Median household income

$58,333$64,500

Median home value

$177,000$226,100

Median gross rent

$845$1,199

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Louisa	Mineral
Under 5	4.0%	8.3%
5 to 17	16.5%	16.4%
18 to 24	7.6%	6.7%
25 to 34	12.6%	24.2%
35 to 44	14.5%	8.2%
45 to 54	13.6%	5.2%
55 to 64	10.4%	14.7%
65 to 74	10.1%	8.3%
75 and over	10.7%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Louisa	Mineral
White (non-Hispanic)	63.5%	75.0%
Black or African American	24.8%	7.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	9.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Louisa	Mineral
No high school diploma	14.5%	14.6%
High school graduate	26.7%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Louisa	Mineral
Drove alone	79.6%	76.7%
Carpooled	8.3%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	12.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Louisa	Mineral
1-unit, detached	47.4%	98.1%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	12.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	22.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	13.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Louisa	Mineral
Poverty rate	15.1%	17.7%
Average household size	2.14	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	31	33
Median year structure built	1990	1966