Jewell Ridge vs Pocahontas

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

Jewell Ridge 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 48 in Jewell Ridge). Pocahontas has the higher median household income ($41,250 vs $26,250 in Jewell Ridge). Since 2019, Pocahontas's population has grown faster (-25.3% vs -62.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Jewell Ridge	Pocahontas
Population	48	219
Median age	39.1 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$26,250	$41,250
Median gross rent	—	$725
Housing units	52	187
Homeownership rate	100.0%	54.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.0%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jewell Ridge	Pocahontas
Population	129 → 48 (-62.8%)	293 → 219 (-25.3%)
Median household income	$21,488 → $26,250 (+22.2%)	$30,000 → $41,250 (+37.5%)
Median home value	$44,000 → $44,500 (+1.1%)	$56,700 → $76,700 (+35.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$246 → $725 (+194.7%)

Jewell Ridge

Population

12948

Median household income

$21,488$26,250

Median home value

$44,000$44,500

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)

	Jewell Ridge	Pocahontas
Under 5	0.0%	10.0%
5 to 17	22.9%	11.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.2%
25 to 34	12.5%	13.7%
35 to 44	43.8%	10.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	24.2%
55 to 64	0.0%	5.9%
65 to 74	20.8%	6.4%
75 and over	0.0%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jewell Ridge	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+

	Jewell Ridge	Pocahontas
No high school diploma	0.0%	16.8%
High school graduate	0.0%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	73.0%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	27.0%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jewell Ridge	Pocahontas
Drove alone	100.0%	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	0.0%	22.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jewell Ridge	Pocahontas
1-unit, detached	100.0%	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	0.0%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Jewell Ridge	Pocahontas
Poverty rate	0.0%	20.1%
Average household size	2.18	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	—	22
Median year structure built	1951	1938