Barboursville vs Gordonsville

A side-by-side comparison of Barboursville and Gordonsville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gordonsville has the higher population (1,527 vs 747 in Barboursville). Gordonsville has the higher median household income ($70,179 vs $53,264 in Barboursville). Since 2019, Barboursville's population has grown faster (-2.7% vs -13.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Barboursville	Gordonsville
Population	747	1,527
Median age	33.5 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$53,264	$70,179
Median home value	—	$267,200
Median gross rent	—	$949
Housing units	287	881
Homeownership rate	9.8%	54.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	20.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barboursville	Gordonsville
Population	768 → 747 (-2.7%)	1,758 → 1,527 (-13.1%)
Median household income	$43,294 → $53,264 (+23.0%)	$47,656 → $70,179 (+47.3%)
Median home value	—	$192,300 → $267,200 (+38.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$941 → $949 (+0.9%)

Barboursville

Population

768747

Median household income

$43,294$53,264

Gordonsville

Population

1,7581,527

Median household income

$47,656$70,179

Median home value

$192,300$267,200

Median gross rent

$941$949

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barboursville	Gordonsville
Under 5	1.3%	6.3%
5 to 17	30.9%	14.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.1%
25 to 34	29.9%	17.5%
35 to 44	24.8%	17.2%
45 to 54	0.0%	7.0%
55 to 64	0.0%	14.1%
65 to 74	11.4%	14.2%
75 and over	1.7%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barboursville	Gordonsville
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	77.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	14.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	7.1%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barboursville	Gordonsville
No high school diploma	11.5%	9.7%
High school graduate	75.1%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barboursville	Gordonsville
Drove alone	42.6%	76.8%
Carpooled	57.4%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barboursville	Gordonsville
1-unit, detached	83.6%	75.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	16.4%	14.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Barboursville	Gordonsville
Poverty rate	65.1%	17.7%
Average household size	2.60	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	—	31
Median year structure built	1973	1979