Capron vs Newsoms

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

Capron 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 151 in Capron). Capron has the higher median household income ($54,219 vs $52,639 in Newsoms). Capron has the higher median home value ($160,900 vs $151,700 in Newsoms).

Population, income & housing

	Capron	Newsoms
Population	151	296
Median age	46.3 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$54,219	$52,639
Median home value	$160,900	$151,700
Median gross rent	$1,650	$1,042
Housing units	70	198
Homeownership rate	74.6%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Capron	Newsoms
Population	158 → 151 (-4.4%)	345 → 296 (-14.2%)
Median household income	$46,607 → $54,219 (+16.3%)	$43,750 → $52,639 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$148,400 → $160,900 (+8.4%)	$140,200 → $151,700 (+8.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$938 → $1,042 (+11.1%)

Capron

Population

158151

Median household income

$46,607$54,219

Median home value

$148,400$160,900

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)

	Capron	Newsoms
Under 5	7.3%	3.0%
5 to 17	24.5%	15.9%
18 to 24	0.7%	5.4%
25 to 34	6.6%	9.5%
35 to 44	6.6%	16.9%
45 to 54	15.9%	14.2%
55 to 64	21.9%	14.9%
65 to 74	1.3%	10.5%
75 and over	15.2%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Capron	Newsoms
White (non-Hispanic)	86.8%	56.4%
Black or African American	8.6%	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	4.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Capron	Newsoms
No high school diploma	8.8%	21.0%
High school graduate	49.0%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Capron	Newsoms
Drove alone	70.3%	82.5%
Carpooled	18.8%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	3.2%
Other means	1.6%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Capron	Newsoms
1-unit, detached	90.0%	77.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	18.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Capron	Newsoms
Poverty rate	11.3%	10.8%
Average household size	2.40	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	32	38
Median year structure built	1938	1957