Gratton vs Pounding Mill

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

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

Gratton has the higher population (797 vs 235 in Pounding Mill). Gratton has the higher median home value ($111,000 vs $96,400 in Pounding Mill). Since 2019, Gratton's population has grown faster (-27.6% vs -41.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Gratton	Pounding Mill
Population	797	235
Median age	55.2 yrs	65.0 yrs
Median household income	$111,875	—
Median home value	$111,000	$96,400
Housing units	328	146
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.7%	6.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	15.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gratton	Pounding Mill
Population	1,101 → 797 (-27.6%)	399 → 235 (-41.1%)
Median household income	$60,598 → $111,875 (+84.6%)	$60,417 → $31,471 (-47.9%)
Median home value	$111,200 → $111,000 (-0.2%)	$105,800 → $96,400 (-8.9%)

Gratton

Population

1,101797

Median household income

$60,598$111,875

Median home value

$111,200$111,000

Pounding Mill

Population

399235

Median household income

$60,417$31,471

Median home value

$105,800$96,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gratton	Pounding Mill
Under 5	3.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.7%	10.6%
18 to 24	4.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	2.4%	8.1%
35 to 44	22.1%	0.0%
45 to 54	4.1%	6.0%
55 to 64	22.3%	25.1%
65 to 74	26.7%	20.9%
75 and over	1.5%	29.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gratton	Pounding Mill
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	91.9%
Black or African American	7.4%	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+

	Gratton	Pounding Mill
No high school diploma	3.5%	19.5%
High school graduate	41.0%	17.6%
Some college or associate's	46.8%	56.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gratton	Pounding Mill
Drove alone	72.1%	86.4%
Carpooled	8.8%	13.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	14.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gratton	Pounding Mill
1-unit, detached	76.2%	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	23.8%	15.1%

Poverty & households

	Gratton	Pounding Mill
Poverty rate	15.3%	12.3%
Average household size	2.96	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	18	49
Median year structure built	1982	1975