Mount Jackson vs New Market

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

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

New Market has the higher population (2,159 vs 2,048 in Mount Jackson). Mount Jackson has the higher median household income ($55,521 vs $47,967 in New Market). New Market has the higher median home value ($247,400 vs $170,300 in Mount Jackson).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Jackson	New Market
Population	2,048	2,159
Median age	37.5 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$55,521	$47,967
Median home value	$170,300	$247,400
Median gross rent	$966	$745
Housing units	919	1,087
Homeownership rate	67.4%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	11.3%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Jackson	New Market
Population	2,129 → 2,048 (-3.8%)	2,180 → 2,159 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$46,833 → $55,521 (+18.6%)	$41,892 → $47,967 (+14.5%)
Median home value	$134,900 → $170,300 (+26.2%)	$233,300 → $247,400 (+6.0%)
Median gross rent	$839 → $966 (+15.1%)	$725 → $745 (+2.8%)

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

New Market

Population

2,1802,159

Median household income

$41,892$47,967

Median home value

$233,300$247,400

Median gross rent

$725$745

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Jackson	New Market
Under 5	8.1%	2.8%
5 to 17	18.0%	12.9%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.8%
25 to 34	10.2%	10.7%
35 to 44	14.1%	12.5%
45 to 54	13.0%	9.4%
55 to 64	14.8%	11.8%
65 to 74	9.1%	19.8%
75 and over	6.0%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Jackson	New Market
White (non-Hispanic)	58.4%	86.1%
Black or African American	2.6%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.4%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.4%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	36.1%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Jackson	New Market
No high school diploma	15.8%	13.2%
High school graduate	44.9%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Jackson	New Market
Drove alone	69.6%	70.1%
Carpooled	22.7%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	10.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	4.2%	6.5%
Other means	0.6%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Jackson	New Market
1-unit, detached	63.5%	39.7%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	20.6%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	14.8%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	13.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	21.0%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Mount Jackson	New Market
Poverty rate	14.0%	12.3%
Average household size	2.48	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1973	1981