Falls Mills vs Pocahontas

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

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

Pocahontas has the higher population (219 vs 97 in Falls Mills). Since 2019, Falls Mills's population has grown faster (-21.8% vs -25.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Falls Mills	Pocahontas
Population	97	219
Median age	45.2 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$41,250
Median home value	$67,100	—
Median gross rent	—	$725
Housing units	58	187
Homeownership rate	100.0%	54.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Falls Mills	Pocahontas
Population	124 → 97 (-21.8%)	293 → 219 (-25.3%)
Median household income	—	$30,000 → $41,250 (+37.5%)
Median home value	$90,500 → $67,100 (-25.9%)	$56,700 → $76,700 (+35.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$246 → $725 (+194.7%)

Falls Mills

Population

12497

Median home value

$90,500$67,100

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)

	Falls Mills	Pocahontas
Under 5	0.0%	10.0%
5 to 17	11.3%	11.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.2%
25 to 34	35.1%	13.7%
35 to 44	0.0%	10.0%
45 to 54	19.6%	24.2%
55 to 64	14.4%	5.9%
65 to 74	19.6%	6.4%
75 and over	0.0%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Falls Mills	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+

	Falls Mills	Pocahontas
No high school diploma	38.4%	16.8%
High school graduate	38.4%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Falls Mills	Pocahontas
Drove alone	73.5%	77.1%
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%	22.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Falls Mills	Pocahontas
1-unit, detached	75.9%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	24.1%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Falls Mills	Pocahontas
Poverty rate	19.6%	20.1%
Average household size	1.67	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	—	22
Median year structure built	1952	1938