Elkton vs Grottoes

A side-by-side comparison of Elkton and Grottoes: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Elkton has the higher population (2,973 vs 2,926 in Grottoes). Grottoes has the higher median household income ($84,508 vs $61,385 in Elkton). Grottoes has the higher median home value ($267,500 vs $232,300 in Elkton).

Population, income & housing

	Elkton	Grottoes
Population	2,973	2,926
Median age	39.0 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$61,385	$84,508
Median home value	$232,300	$267,500
Median gross rent	$745	$847
Housing units	1,297	1,243
Homeownership rate	61.8%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elkton	Grottoes
Population	2,846 → 2,973 (+4.5%)	2,789 → 2,926 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$54,605 → $61,385 (+12.4%)	$53,750 → $84,508 (+57.2%)
Median home value	$183,400 → $232,300 (+26.7%)	$165,400 → $267,500 (+61.7%)
Median gross rent	$811 → $745 (-8.1%)	$813 → $847 (+4.2%)

Elkton

Population

2,8462,973

Median household income

$54,605$61,385

Median home value

$183,400$232,300

Median gross rent

$811$745

Grottoes

Population

2,7892,926

Median household income

$53,750$84,508

Median home value

$165,400$267,500

Median gross rent

$813$847

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elkton	Grottoes
Under 5	3.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	18.2%	18.2%
18 to 24	10.7%	10.5%
25 to 34	10.7%	14.2%
35 to 44	11.7%	8.8%
45 to 54	13.3%	19.1%
55 to 64	15.6%	11.5%
65 to 74	5.6%	4.9%
75 and over	10.4%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elkton	Grottoes
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	88.0%
Black or African American	0.6%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.4%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elkton	Grottoes
No high school diploma	9.5%	5.4%
High school graduate	41.1%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elkton	Grottoes
Drove alone	78.2%	79.9%
Carpooled	10.4%	15.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elkton	Grottoes
1-unit, detached	71.2%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	16.7%	4.1%
20 or more units	3.2%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Elkton	Grottoes
Poverty rate	7.6%	10.6%
Average household size	2.40	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1978	1986