Boissevain vs Pocahontas

A side-by-side comparison of Boissevain and Pocahontas: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Boissevain has the higher population (757 vs 219 in Pocahontas). Pocahontas has the higher median household income ($41,250 vs $25,951 in Boissevain). Since 2019, Boissevain's population has grown faster (+59.0% vs -25.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Boissevain	Pocahontas
Population	757	219
Median age	60.7 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$25,951	$41,250
Median home value	$28,300	—
Median gross rent	—	$725
Housing units	430	187
Homeownership rate	86.6%	54.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.5%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boissevain	Pocahontas
Population	476 → 757 (+59.0%)	293 → 219 (-25.3%)
Median household income	$37,661 → $25,951 (-31.1%)	$30,000 → $41,250 (+37.5%)
Median home value	$49,700 → $28,300 (-43.1%)	$56,700 → $76,700 (+35.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$246 → $725 (+194.7%)

Boissevain

Population

476757

Median household income

$37,661$25,951

Median home value

$49,700$28,300

Pocahontas

Population

293219

Median household income

$30,000$41,250

Median home value

$56,700$76,700

Median gross rent

$246$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boissevain	Pocahontas
Under 5	0.0%	10.0%
5 to 17	16.9%	11.0%
18 to 24	5.9%	8.2%
25 to 34	2.5%	13.7%
35 to 44	15.7%	10.0%
45 to 54	4.9%	24.2%
55 to 64	14.0%	5.9%
65 to 74	35.3%	6.4%
75 and over	4.8%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boissevain	Pocahontas
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	98.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
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%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boissevain	Pocahontas
No high school diploma	13.0%	16.8%
High school graduate	65.8%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	14.7%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boissevain	Pocahontas
Drove alone	68.4%	77.1%
Carpooled	25.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	22.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boissevain	Pocahontas
1-unit, detached	62.6%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	10.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	34.7%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Boissevain	Pocahontas
Poverty rate	21.0%	20.1%
Average household size	2.11	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	1970	1938