Boissevain vs Pounding Mill

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

Boissevain and Pounding Mill 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 235 in Pounding Mill). Pounding Mill has the higher median home value ($96,400 vs $28,300 in Boissevain). Since 2019, Boissevain's population has grown faster (+59.0% vs -41.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Boissevain	Pounding Mill
Population	757	235
Median age	60.7 yrs	65.0 yrs
Median household income	$25,951	—
Median home value	$28,300	$96,400
Housing units	430	146
Homeownership rate	86.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.5%	6.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	15.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boissevain	Pounding Mill
Population	476 → 757 (+59.0%)	399 → 235 (-41.1%)
Median household income	$37,661 → $25,951 (-31.1%)	$60,417 → $31,471 (-47.9%)
Median home value	$49,700 → $28,300 (-43.1%)	$105,800 → $96,400 (-8.9%)

Boissevain

Population

476757

Median household income

$37,661$25,951

Median home value

$49,700$28,300

Pounding Mill

Population

399235

Median household income

$60,417$31,471

Median home value

$105,800$96,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boissevain	Pounding Mill
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.9%	10.6%
18 to 24	5.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	2.5%	8.1%
35 to 44	15.7%	0.0%
45 to 54	4.9%	6.0%
55 to 64	14.0%	25.1%
65 to 74	35.3%	20.9%
75 and over	4.8%	29.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boissevain	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+

	Boissevain	Pounding Mill
No high school diploma	13.0%	19.5%
High school graduate	65.8%	17.6%
Some college or associate's	14.7%	56.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boissevain	Pounding Mill
Drove alone	68.4%	86.4%
Carpooled	25.9%	13.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boissevain	Pounding Mill
1-unit, detached	62.6%	84.9%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	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	34.7%	15.1%

Poverty & households

	Boissevain	Pounding Mill
Poverty rate	21.0%	12.3%
Average household size	2.11	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	29	49
Median year structure built	1970	1975