Atkins vs Seven Mile Ford

A side-by-side comparison of Atkins and Seven Mile Ford: population, income, housing, and more.

Atkins and Seven Mile Ford are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Atkins has the higher population (1,026 vs 528 in Seven Mile Ford). Atkins has the higher median household income ($46,432 vs $27,716 in Seven Mile Ford). Seven Mile Ford has the higher median home value ($152,700 vs $77,700 in Atkins).

Population, income & housing

	Atkins	Seven Mile Ford
Population	1,026	528
Median age	48.4 yrs	50.8 yrs
Median household income	$46,432	$27,716
Median home value	$77,700	$152,700
Median gross rent	—	$626
Housing units	561	291
Homeownership rate	70.4%	47.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	0.9%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atkins	Seven Mile Ford
Population	750 → 1,026 (+36.8%)	606 → 528 (-12.9%)
Median household income	$19,917 → $46,432 (+133.1%)	$26,250 → $27,716 (+5.6%)
Median home value	$66,300 → $77,700 (+17.2%)	$122,300 → $152,700 (+24.9%)
Median gross rent	$722 → $704 (-2.5%)	$460 → $626 (+36.1%)

Atkins

Population

7501,026

Median household income

$19,917$46,432

Median home value

$66,300$77,700

Median gross rent

$722$704

Seven Mile Ford

Population

606528

Median household income

$26,250$27,716

Median home value

$122,300$152,700

Median gross rent

$460$626

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atkins	Seven Mile Ford
Under 5	1.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.8%	16.5%
18 to 24	11.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.4%	11.4%
35 to 44	8.8%	8.1%
45 to 54	19.8%	20.8%
55 to 64	8.0%	20.5%
65 to 74	22.1%	8.0%
75 and over	6.1%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atkins	Seven Mile Ford
White (non-Hispanic)	81.0%	97.2%
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	1.4%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	17.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atkins	Seven Mile Ford
No high school diploma	11.8%	11.8%
High school graduate	43.4%	56.5%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atkins	Seven Mile Ford
Drove alone	82.8%	68.4%
Carpooled	11.8%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	22.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atkins	Seven Mile Ford
1-unit, detached	63.1%	48.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	17.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.3%
Mobile home & other	36.9%	17.2%

Poverty & households

	Atkins	Seven Mile Ford
Poverty rate	9.0%	22.7%
Average household size	2.08	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	14	14
Median year structure built	1976	1974