Basye vs Mount Jackson

A side-by-side comparison of Basye and Mount Jackson: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mount Jackson has the higher population (2,048 vs 1,416 in Basye). Basye has the higher median household income ($69,881 vs $55,521 in Mount Jackson). Basye has the higher median home value ($272,500 vs $170,300 in Mount Jackson).

Population, income & housing

	Basye	Mount Jackson
Population	1,416	2,048
Median age	47.7 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$69,881	$55,521
Median home value	$272,500	$170,300
Median gross rent	—	$966
Housing units	1,523	919
Homeownership rate	83.9%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.0%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	11.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Basye	Mount Jackson
Population	953 → 1,416 (+48.6%)	2,129 → 2,048 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$75,547 → $69,881 (-7.5%)	$46,833 → $55,521 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$206,700 → $272,500 (+31.8%)	$134,900 → $170,300 (+26.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$839 → $966 (+15.1%)

Basye

Population

9531,416

Median household income

$75,547$69,881

Median home value

$206,700$272,500

Mount Jackson

Population

2,1292,048

Median household income

$46,833$55,521

Median home value

$134,900$170,300

Median gross rent

$839$966

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Basye	Mount Jackson
Under 5	11.7%	8.1%
5 to 17	2.7%	18.0%
18 to 24	8.1%	6.7%
25 to 34	12.4%	10.2%
35 to 44	7.6%	14.1%
45 to 54	16.3%	13.0%
55 to 64	14.8%	14.8%
65 to 74	16.8%	9.1%
75 and over	9.7%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Basye	Mount Jackson
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	58.4%
Black or African American	1.0%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	36.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Basye	Mount Jackson
No high school diploma	1.4%	15.8%
High school graduate	37.1%	44.9%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Basye	Mount Jackson
Drove alone	57.2%	69.6%
Carpooled	32.2%	22.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Basye	Mount Jackson
1-unit, detached	74.3%	63.5%
1-unit, attached	13.1%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	6.7%
20 or more units	5.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	21.0%

Poverty & households

	Basye	Mount Jackson
Poverty rate	9.1%	14.0%
Average household size	2.53	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1986	1973