Grottoes vs Massanetta Springs

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

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

Massanetta Springs has the higher population (6,028 vs 2,926 in Grottoes). Massanetta Springs has the higher median household income ($104,911 vs $84,508 in Grottoes). Massanetta Springs has the higher median home value ($454,900 vs $267,500 in Grottoes).

Population, income & housing

	Grottoes	Massanetta Springs
Population	2,926	6,028
Median age	38.1 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$84,508	$104,911
Median home value	$267,500	$454,900
Median gross rent	$847	$1,691
Housing units	1,243	2,657
Homeownership rate	77.0%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	56.9%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grottoes	Massanetta Springs
Population	2,789 → 2,926 (+4.9%)	5,884 → 6,028 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $84,508 (+57.2%)	$91,250 → $104,911 (+15.0%)
Median home value	$165,400 → $267,500 (+61.7%)	$393,900 → $454,900 (+15.5%)
Median gross rent	$813 → $847 (+4.2%)	$1,321 → $1,691 (+28.0%)

Grottoes

Population

2,7892,926

Median household income

$53,750$84,508

Median home value

$165,400$267,500

Median gross rent

$813$847

Massanetta Springs

Population

5,8846,028

Median household income

$91,250$104,911

Median home value

$393,900$454,900

Median gross rent

$1,321$1,691

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grottoes	Massanetta Springs
Under 5	5.2%	6.5%
5 to 17	18.2%	13.8%
18 to 24	10.5%	3.2%
25 to 34	14.2%	13.2%
35 to 44	8.8%	11.6%
45 to 54	19.1%	11.3%
55 to 64	11.5%	12.6%
65 to 74	4.9%	11.5%
75 and over	7.7%	16.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grottoes	Massanetta Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	84.2%
Black or African American	2.6%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.4%
Asian	0.1%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grottoes	Massanetta Springs
No high school diploma	5.4%	1.1%
High school graduate	38.3%	21.9%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	27.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grottoes	Massanetta Springs
Drove alone	79.9%	72.4%
Carpooled	15.3%	16.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	11.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grottoes	Massanetta Springs
1-unit, detached	78.3%	61.5%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	29.4%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	0.5%
20 or more units	2.2%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Grottoes	Massanetta Springs
Poverty rate	10.6%	5.7%
Average household size	2.52	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1986	2002