Pocahontas vs Pounding Mill

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

Pocahontas 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 219 in Pocahontas). Since 2019, Pocahontas's population has grown faster (-25.3% vs -41.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Pocahontas	Pounding Mill
Population	219	235
Median age	42.8 yrs	65.0 yrs
Median household income	$41,250	—
Median home value	—	$96,400
Median gross rent	$725	—
Housing units	187	146
Homeownership rate	54.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	6.2%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	15.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pocahontas	Pounding Mill
Population	293 → 219 (-25.3%)	399 → 235 (-41.1%)
Median household income	$30,000 → $41,250 (+37.5%)	$60,417 → $31,471 (-47.9%)
Median home value	$56,700 → $76,700 (+35.3%)	$105,800 → $96,400 (-8.9%)
Median gross rent	$246 → $725 (+194.7%)	—

Pocahontas

Population

293219

Median household income

$30,000$41,250

Median home value

$56,700$76,700

Median gross rent

$246$725

Pounding Mill

Population

399235

Median household income

$60,417$31,471

Median home value

$105,800$96,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pocahontas	Pounding Mill
Under 5	10.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.0%	10.6%
18 to 24	8.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.7%	8.1%
35 to 44	10.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	24.2%	6.0%
55 to 64	5.9%	25.1%
65 to 74	6.4%	20.9%
75 and over	10.5%	29.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pocahontas	Pounding Mill
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	91.9%
Black or African American	0.5%	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	1.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pocahontas	Pounding Mill
No high school diploma	16.8%	19.5%
High school graduate	35.5%	17.6%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	56.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pocahontas	Pounding Mill
Drove alone	77.1%	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	22.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pocahontas	Pounding Mill
1-unit, detached	71.1%	84.9%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	15.1%

Poverty & households

	Pocahontas	Pounding Mill
Poverty rate	20.1%	12.3%
Average household size	2.31	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	22	49
Median year structure built	1938	1975