Farmville vs Hampden-Sydney

A side-by-side comparison of Farmville and Hampden-Sydney: population, income, housing, and more.

Farmville and Hampden-Sydney are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Farmville has the higher population (7,613 vs 1,942 in Hampden-Sydney). Hampden-Sydney has the higher median household income ($148,846 vs $40,282 in Farmville). Since 2019, Hampden-Sydney's population has grown faster (+12.3% vs -6.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Farmville	Hampden-Sydney
Population	7,613	1,942
Median age	26.5 yrs	20.5 yrs
Median household income	$40,282	$148,846
Median home value	$223,700	—
Median gross rent	$865	—
Housing units	3,164	337
Homeownership rate	36.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.5%	43.8%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmville	Hampden-Sydney
Population	8,117 → 7,613 (-6.2%)	1,729 → 1,942 (+12.3%)
Median household income	$35,995 → $40,282 (+11.9%)	$95,341 → $148,846 (+56.1%)
Median home value	$185,800 → $223,700 (+20.4%)	$176,200 → $151,300 (-14.1%)
Median gross rent	$767 → $865 (+12.8%)	—

Farmville

Population

8,1177,613

Median household income

$35,995$40,282

Median home value

$185,800$223,700

Median gross rent

$767$865

Hampden-Sydney

Population

1,7291,942

Median household income

$95,341$148,846

Median home value

$176,200$151,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farmville	Hampden-Sydney
Under 5	3.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	4.6%	2.6%
18 to 24	40.1%	78.0%
25 to 34	14.4%	1.2%
35 to 44	7.1%	4.2%
45 to 54	5.8%	3.1%
55 to 64	8.0%	4.6%
65 to 74	8.4%	2.9%
75 and over	8.4%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmville	Hampden-Sydney
White (non-Hispanic)	65.2%	73.7%
Black or African American	24.8%	13.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	1.5%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.4%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmville	Hampden-Sydney
No high school diploma	10.5%	1.6%
High school graduate	35.2%	11.1%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	43.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.8%	26.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmville	Hampden-Sydney
Drove alone	61.5%	55.4%
Carpooled	19.3%	4.5%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	12.3%	21.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.7%	18.4%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmville	Hampden-Sydney
1-unit, detached	49.7%	94.4%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	26.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	15.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Farmville	Hampden-Sydney
Poverty rate	22.1%	1.5%
Average household size	1.93	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	21	15
Median year structure built	1969	1976