Columbia Furnace vs Toms Brook

A side-by-side comparison of Columbia Furnace and Toms Brook: population, income, housing, and more.

Columbia Furnace and Toms Brook are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Toms Brook has the higher population (371 vs 266 in Columbia Furnace). Toms Brook has the higher median household income ($57,188 vs $39,191 in Columbia Furnace). Columbia Furnace has the higher median home value ($230,000 vs $207,400 in Toms Brook).

Population, income & housing

	Columbia Furnace	Toms Brook
Population	266	371
Median age	45.9 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$39,191	$57,188
Median home value	$230,000	$207,400
Median gross rent	$670	$835
Housing units	153	180
Homeownership rate	42.6%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.8%	7.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Columbia Furnace	Toms Brook
Population	—	409 → 371 (-9.3%)
Median household income	—	$55,833 → $57,188 (+2.4%)
Median home value	—	$154,500 → $207,400 (+34.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$700 → $835 (+19.3%)

Columbia Furnace

Toms Brook

Population

409371

Median household income

$55,833$57,188

Median home value

$154,500$207,400

Median gross rent

$700$835

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Columbia Furnace	Toms Brook
Under 5	7.1%	5.9%
5 to 17	14.7%	14.0%
18 to 24	5.6%	8.6%
25 to 34	9.4%	20.5%
35 to 44	9.4%	5.9%
45 to 54	24.1%	18.3%
55 to 64	15.8%	11.1%
65 to 74	13.9%	11.6%
75 and over	0.0%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Columbia Furnace	Toms Brook
White (non-Hispanic)	65.0%	94.3%
Black or African American	10.2%	2.4%
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	7.1%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	17.7%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Columbia Furnace	Toms Brook
No high school diploma	23.3%	11.7%
High school graduate	40.4%	57.0%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Columbia Furnace	Toms Brook
Drove alone	63.9%	87.0%
Carpooled	6.7%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	23.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.7%
Other means	5.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Columbia Furnace	Toms Brook
1-unit, detached	75.2%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	13.3%
2 to 4 units	18.3%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	10.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Columbia Furnace	Toms Brook
Poverty rate	9.4%	8.9%
Average household size	1.89	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	34	26
Median year structure built	1971	1938