Branchville vs Newsoms

A side-by-side comparison of Branchville and Newsoms: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Newsoms has the higher population (296 vs 154 in Branchville). Branchville has the higher median household income ($77,813 vs $52,639 in Newsoms). Newsoms has the higher median home value ($151,700 vs $146,400 in Branchville).

Population, income & housing

	Branchville	Newsoms
Population	154	296
Median age	47.5 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$77,813	$52,639
Median home value	$146,400	$151,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,042
Housing units	81	198
Homeownership rate	90.9%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.5%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	25.7%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Branchville	Newsoms
Population	114 → 154 (+35.1%)	345 → 296 (-14.2%)
Median household income	$67,222 → $77,813 (+15.8%)	$43,750 → $52,639 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$94,400 → $146,400 (+55.1%)	$140,200 → $151,700 (+8.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$938 → $1,042 (+11.1%)

Branchville

Population

114154

Median household income

$67,222$77,813

Median home value

$94,400$146,400

Newsoms

Population

345296

Median household income

$43,750$52,639

Median home value

$140,200$151,700

Median gross rent

$938$1,042

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Branchville	Newsoms
Under 5	1.3%	3.0%
5 to 17	18.2%	15.9%
18 to 24	9.7%	5.4%
25 to 34	13.6%	9.5%
35 to 44	7.1%	16.9%
45 to 54	10.4%	14.2%
55 to 64	22.7%	14.9%
65 to 74	15.6%	10.5%
75 and over	1.3%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Branchville	Newsoms
White (non-Hispanic)	27.9%	56.4%
Black or African American	69.5%	41.2%
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	2.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Branchville	Newsoms
No high school diploma	2.8%	21.0%
High school graduate	55.0%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	1.8%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Branchville	Newsoms
Drove alone	74.4%	82.5%
Carpooled	12.8%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	3.2%
Other means	7.7%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Branchville	Newsoms
1-unit, detached	88.9%	77.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	18.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.1%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Branchville	Newsoms
Poverty rate	0.0%	10.8%
Average household size	3.50	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	51	38
Median year structure built	1966	1957