Abbs Valley vs Pounding Mill

A side-by-side comparison of Abbs Valley and Pounding Mill: population, income, housing, and more.

Abbs Valley and Pounding Mill are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pounding Mill has the higher population (235 vs 129 in Abbs Valley). Abbs Valley has the higher median home value ($269,100 vs $96,400 in Pounding Mill). Since 2019, Abbs Valley's population has grown faster (-25.9% vs -41.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Abbs Valley	Pounding Mill
Population	129	235
Median age	66.4 yrs	65.0 yrs
Median home value	$269,100	$96,400
Housing units	147	146
Homeownership rate	90.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	6.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	15.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Abbs Valley	Pounding Mill
Population	174 → 129 (-25.9%)	399 → 235 (-41.1%)
Median household income	—	$60,417 → $31,471 (-47.9%)
Median home value	$59,200 → $269,100 (+354.6%)	$105,800 → $96,400 (-8.9%)

Abbs Valley

Population

174129

Median home value

$59,200$269,100

Pounding Mill

Population

399235

Median household income

$60,417$31,471

Median home value

$105,800$96,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Abbs Valley	Pounding Mill
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	10.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	8.1%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	17.8%	6.0%
55 to 64	25.6%	25.1%
65 to 74	45.0%	20.9%
75 and over	11.6%	29.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Abbs Valley	Pounding Mill
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	91.9%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Abbs Valley	Pounding Mill
No high school diploma	14.7%	19.5%
High school graduate	26.4%	17.6%
Some college or associate's	58.9%	56.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Abbs Valley	Pounding Mill
Drove alone	69.7%	86.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	13.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	30.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Abbs Valley	Pounding Mill
1-unit, detached	94.6%	84.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	15.1%

Poverty & households

	Abbs Valley	Pounding Mill
Poverty rate	2.3%	12.3%
Average household size	1.61	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	—	49
Median year structure built	1958	1975