Duffield vs Nickelsville

A side-by-side comparison of Duffield and Nickelsville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Nickelsville has the higher population (397 vs 65 in Duffield). Duffield has the higher median household income ($55,417 vs $37,857 in Nickelsville). Nickelsville has the higher median home value ($187,500 vs $110,000 in Duffield).

Population, income & housing

	Duffield	Nickelsville
Population	65	397
Median age	53.1 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$55,417	$37,857
Median home value	$110,000	$187,500
Median gross rent	$694	$733
Housing units	35	228
Homeownership rate	69.0%	64.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.4%	10.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	16.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Duffield	Nickelsville
Population	81 → 65 (-19.8%)	366 → 397 (+8.5%)
Median household income	$40,625 → $55,417 (+36.4%)	$32,321 → $37,857 (+17.1%)
Median home value	$110,000 → $110,000 (+0.0%)	$107,800 → $187,500 (+73.9%)
Median gross rent	$584 → $694 (+18.8%)	$525 → $733 (+39.6%)

Duffield

Population

8165

Median household income

$40,625$55,417

Median home value

$110,000$110,000

Median gross rent

$584$694

Nickelsville

Population

366397

Median household income

$32,321$37,857

Median home value

$107,800$187,500

Median gross rent

$525$733

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Duffield	Nickelsville
Under 5	3.1%	5.5%
5 to 17	9.2%	11.1%
18 to 24	4.6%	12.1%
25 to 34	9.2%	5.0%
35 to 44	7.7%	11.6%
45 to 54	21.5%	8.1%
55 to 64	12.3%	20.4%
65 to 74	6.2%	9.3%
75 and over	26.2%	16.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Duffield	Nickelsville
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	91.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	9.2%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Duffield	Nickelsville
No high school diploma	16.7%	23.0%
High school graduate	27.8%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	48.1%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Duffield	Nickelsville
Drove alone	93.1%	79.3%
Carpooled	3.4%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Duffield	Nickelsville
1-unit, detached	71.4%	61.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.6%	32.9%

Poverty & households

	Duffield	Nickelsville
Poverty rate	1.5%	17.9%
Average household size	2.24	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	23	40
Median year structure built	1981	1978