Appalachia vs Pound

A side-by-side comparison of Appalachia and Pound: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Appalachia has the higher population (1,612 vs 839 in Pound). Appalachia has the higher median household income ($38,942 vs $28,277 in Pound). Pound has the higher median home value ($97,300 vs $65,500 in Appalachia).

Population, income & housing

	Appalachia	Pound
Population	1,612	839
Median age	40.0 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$38,942	$28,277
Median home value	$65,500	$97,300
Median gross rent	$665	$619
Housing units	857	503
Homeownership rate	60.3%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	14.3%	20.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Appalachia	Pound
Population	1,444 → 1,612 (+11.6%)	878 → 839 (-4.4%)
Median household income	$27,554 → $38,942 (+41.3%)	$34,224 → $28,277 (-17.4%)
Median home value	$58,700 → $65,500 (+11.6%)	$66,300 → $97,300 (+46.8%)
Median gross rent	$370 → $665 (+79.7%)	$658 → $619 (-5.9%)

Appalachia

Population

1,4441,612

Median household income

$27,554$38,942

Median home value

$58,700$65,500

Median gross rent

$370$665

Pound

Population

878839

Median household income

$34,224$28,277

Median home value

$66,300$97,300

Median gross rent

$658$619

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Appalachia	Pound
Under 5	5.6%	3.5%
5 to 17	23.1%	19.7%
18 to 24	8.5%	7.4%
25 to 34	8.6%	5.5%
35 to 44	10.2%	10.3%
45 to 54	14.8%	14.7%
55 to 64	13.3%	10.7%
65 to 74	10.9%	18.0%
75 and over	5.0%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Appalachia	Pound
White (non-Hispanic)	82.6%	99.4%
Black or African American	6.9%	0.6%
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	7.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Appalachia	Pound
No high school diploma	13.9%	8.1%
High school graduate	29.1%	40.1%
Some college or associate's	41.4%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Appalachia	Pound
Drove alone	83.9%	67.4%
Carpooled	6.7%	22.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	10.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Appalachia	Pound
1-unit, detached	66.9%	66.2%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	6.8%
20 or more units	3.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	20.3%

Poverty & households

	Appalachia	Pound
Poverty rate	32.5%	27.1%
Average household size	2.41	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1962	1961