Pounding Mill vs Springville

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

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

Springville has the higher population (953 vs 235 in Pounding Mill). Pounding Mill has the higher median home value ($96,400 vs $94,600 in Springville). Since 2019, Springville's population has grown faster (-26.7% vs -41.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Pounding Mill	Springville
Population	235	953
Median age	65.0 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$44,286
Median home value	$96,400	$94,600
Median gross rent	—	$597
Housing units	146	588
Homeownership rate	100.0%	75.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.2%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	15.6%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pounding Mill	Springville
Population	399 → 235 (-41.1%)	1,301 → 953 (-26.7%)
Median household income	$60,417 → $31,471 (-47.9%)	$44,647 → $44,286 (-0.8%)
Median home value	$105,800 → $96,400 (-8.9%)	$109,900 → $94,600 (-13.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$575 → $597 (+3.8%)

Pounding Mill

Population

399235

Median household income

$60,417$31,471

Median home value

$105,800$96,400

Springville

Population

1,301953

Median household income

$44,647$44,286

Median home value

$109,900$94,600

Median gross rent

$575$597

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pounding Mill	Springville
Under 5	0.0%	4.2%
5 to 17	10.6%	11.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.5%
25 to 34	8.1%	17.6%
35 to 44	0.0%	16.6%
45 to 54	6.0%	12.1%
55 to 64	25.1%	13.9%
65 to 74	20.9%	15.6%
75 and over	29.4%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pounding Mill	Springville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	85.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	8.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pounding Mill	Springville
No high school diploma	19.5%	8.2%
High school graduate	17.6%	56.8%
Some college or associate's	56.7%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pounding Mill	Springville
Drove alone	86.4%	96.3%
Carpooled	13.6%	3.7%
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)

	Pounding Mill	Springville
1-unit, detached	84.9%	33.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.1%	64.3%

Poverty & households

	Pounding Mill	Springville
Poverty rate	12.3%	20.8%
Average household size	1.91	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	49	21
Median year structure built	1975	1988