Gwynn vs Mathews

A side-by-side comparison of Gwynn and Mathews: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mathews has the higher population (1,145 vs 584 in Gwynn). Gwynn has the higher median household income ($91,210 vs $53,108 in Mathews). Gwynn has the higher median home value ($408,500 vs $178,600 in Mathews).

Population, income & housing

	Gwynn	Mathews
Population	584	1,145
Median age	50.5 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$91,210	$53,108
Median home value	$408,500	$178,600
Housing units	583	516
Homeownership rate	60.9%	67.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.6%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	15.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gwynn	Mathews
Population	353 → 584 (+65.4%)	569 → 1,145 (+101.2%)
Median household income	$80,706 → $91,210 (+13.0%)	$39,500 → $53,108 (+34.5%)
Median home value	$278,800 → $408,500 (+46.5%)	$171,500 → $178,600 (+4.1%)

Gwynn

Population

353584

Median household income

$80,706$91,210

Median home value

$278,800$408,500

Mathews

Population

5691,145

Median household income

$39,500$53,108

Median home value

$171,500$178,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gwynn	Mathews
Under 5	0.0%	14.1%
5 to 17	0.0%	17.5%
18 to 24	25.0%	13.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	5.8%
35 to 44	13.7%	11.8%
45 to 54	23.1%	3.3%
55 to 64	17.5%	8.3%
65 to 74	9.9%	14.1%
75 and over	10.8%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gwynn	Mathews
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	94.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.5%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gwynn	Mathews
No high school diploma	0.0%	10.9%
High school graduate	24.2%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	34.2%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gwynn	Mathews
Drove alone	82.5%	96.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	8.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gwynn	Mathews
1-unit, detached	93.1%	81.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gwynn	Mathews
Poverty rate	0.0%	19.1%
Average household size	2.08	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	32	16
Median year structure built	1971	1966