Boswell's Corner vs Southern Gateway

A side-by-side comparison of Boswell's Corner and Southern Gateway: population, income, housing, and more.

Boswell's Corner and Southern Gateway are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Southern Gateway has the higher population (2,224 vs 1,459 in Boswell's Corner). Since 2019, Boswell's Corner's population has grown faster (-5.7% vs -36.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Boswell's Corner	Southern Gateway
Population	1,459	2,224
Median age	31.0 yrs	32.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$94,383
Median home value	—	$246,300
Median gross rent	$2,031	$1,853
Housing units	510	1,037
Homeownership rate	62.2%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boswell's Corner	Southern Gateway
Population	1,548 → 1,459 (-5.7%)	3,517 → 2,224 (-36.8%)
Median household income	$87,984 → $95,338 (+8.4%)	$63,313 → $94,383 (+49.1%)
Median home value	$83,000 → $84,600 (+1.9%)	$234,300 → $246,300 (+5.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,659 → $2,031 (+22.4%)	$1,578 → $1,853 (+17.4%)

Boswell's Corner

Population

1,5481,459

Median household income

$87,984$95,338

Median home value

$83,000$84,600

Median gross rent

$1,659$2,031

Southern Gateway

Population

3,5172,224

Median household income

$63,313$94,383

Median home value

$234,300$246,300

Median gross rent

$1,578$1,853

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boswell's Corner	Southern Gateway
Under 5	6.3%	4.2%
5 to 17	23.0%	13.5%
18 to 24	15.1%	18.0%
25 to 34	16.0%	17.7%
35 to 44	6.7%	19.1%
45 to 54	17.3%	15.6%
55 to 64	7.1%	4.4%
65 to 74	4.5%	4.8%
75 and over	4.0%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boswell's Corner	Southern Gateway
White (non-Hispanic)	21.9%	47.3%
Black or African American	15.4%	24.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.9%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	57.8%	18.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boswell's Corner	Southern Gateway
No high school diploma	45.9%	5.5%
High school graduate	27.1%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	16.0%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boswell's Corner	Southern Gateway
Drove alone	33.5%	79.5%
Carpooled	46.0%	9.6%
Public transit	2.1%	1.5%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.4%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boswell's Corner	Southern Gateway
1-unit, detached	17.5%	12.2%
1-unit, attached	31.0%	33.8%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	48.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	42.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Boswell's Corner	Southern Gateway
Poverty rate	7.7%	7.7%
Average household size	3.00	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	40	31
Median year structure built	2003	1994