Falls Mills vs Jewell Ridge

A side-by-side comparison of Falls Mills and Jewell Ridge: population, income, housing, and more.

Falls Mills and Jewell Ridge are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Falls Mills has the higher population (97 vs 48 in Jewell Ridge). Since 2019, Falls Mills's population has grown faster (-21.8% vs -62.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Falls Mills	Jewell Ridge
Population	97	48
Median age	45.2 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$26,250
Median home value	$67,100	—
Housing units	58	52
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	27.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Falls Mills	Jewell Ridge
Population	124 → 97 (-21.8%)	129 → 48 (-62.8%)
Median household income	—	$21,488 → $26,250 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$90,500 → $67,100 (-25.9%)	$44,000 → $44,500 (+1.1%)

Falls Mills

Population

12497

Median home value

$90,500$67,100

Jewell Ridge

Population

12948

Median household income

$21,488$26,250

Median home value

$44,000$44,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Falls Mills	Jewell Ridge
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.3%	22.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	35.1%	12.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	43.8%
45 to 54	19.6%	0.0%
55 to 64	14.4%	0.0%
65 to 74	19.6%	20.8%
75 and over	0.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Falls Mills	Jewell Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Falls Mills	Jewell Ridge
No high school diploma	38.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	38.4%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	27.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Falls Mills	Jewell Ridge
Drove alone	73.5%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Falls Mills	Jewell Ridge
1-unit, detached	75.9%	100.0%
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	24.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Falls Mills	Jewell Ridge
Poverty rate	19.6%	0.0%
Average household size	1.67	2.18
Median year structure built	1952	1951