Jewell Ridge vs Pounding Mill

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

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

Pounding Mill has the higher population (235 vs 48 in Jewell Ridge). Since 2019, Pounding Mill's population has grown faster (-41.1% vs -62.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Jewell Ridge	Pounding Mill
Population	48	235
Median age	39.1 yrs	65.0 yrs
Median household income	$26,250	—
Median home value	—	$96,400
Housing units	52	146
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.0%	6.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	15.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jewell Ridge	Pounding Mill
Population	129 → 48 (-62.8%)	399 → 235 (-41.1%)
Median household income	$21,488 → $26,250 (+22.2%)	$60,417 → $31,471 (-47.9%)
Median home value	$44,000 → $44,500 (+1.1%)	$105,800 → $96,400 (-8.9%)

Jewell Ridge

Population

12948

Median household income

$21,488$26,250

Median home value

$44,000$44,500

Pounding Mill

Population

399235

Median household income

$60,417$31,471

Median home value

$105,800$96,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jewell Ridge	Pounding Mill
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	22.9%	10.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.5%	8.1%
35 to 44	43.8%	0.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	6.0%
55 to 64	0.0%	25.1%
65 to 74	20.8%	20.9%
75 and over	0.0%	29.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jewell Ridge	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+

	Jewell Ridge	Pounding Mill
No high school diploma	0.0%	19.5%
High school graduate	0.0%	17.6%
Some college or associate's	73.0%	56.7%
Bachelor's degree	27.0%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jewell Ridge	Pounding Mill
Drove alone	100.0%	86.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	13.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jewell Ridge	Pounding Mill
1-unit, detached	100.0%	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	0.0%	15.1%

Poverty & households

	Jewell Ridge	Pounding Mill
Poverty rate	0.0%	12.3%
Average household size	2.18	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	—	49
Median year structure built	1951	1975