Big Stone Gap vs Pound

A side-by-side comparison of Big Stone Gap and Pound: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Big Stone Gap has the higher population (5,193 vs 839 in Pound). Big Stone Gap has the higher median household income ($51,059 vs $28,277 in Pound). Big Stone Gap has the higher median home value ($169,900 vs $97,300 in Pound).

Population, income & housing

	Big Stone Gap	Pound
Population	5,193	839
Median age	41.1 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$51,059	$28,277
Median home value	$169,900	$97,300
Median gross rent	$823	$619
Housing units	1,963	503
Homeownership rate	62.0%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	20.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Stone Gap	Pound
Population	5,257 → 5,193 (-1.2%)	878 → 839 (-4.4%)
Median household income	$46,979 → $51,059 (+8.7%)	$34,224 → $28,277 (-17.4%)
Median home value	$126,100 → $169,900 (+34.7%)	$66,300 → $97,300 (+46.8%)
Median gross rent	$690 → $823 (+19.3%)	$658 → $619 (-5.9%)

Big Stone Gap

Population

5,2575,193

Median household income

$46,979$51,059

Median home value

$126,100$169,900

Median gross rent

$690$823

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)

	Big Stone Gap	Pound
Under 5	3.6%	3.5%
5 to 17	16.0%	19.7%
18 to 24	6.5%	7.4%
25 to 34	15.8%	5.5%
35 to 44	15.2%	10.3%
45 to 54	11.5%	14.7%
55 to 64	10.9%	10.7%
65 to 74	14.4%	18.0%
75 and over	6.2%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Stone Gap	Pound
White (non-Hispanic)	74.4%	99.4%
Black or African American	19.4%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Stone Gap	Pound
No high school diploma	19.1%	8.1%
High school graduate	22.3%	40.1%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Stone Gap	Pound
Drove alone	76.7%	67.4%
Carpooled	7.6%	22.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	10.0%
Other means	1.5%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Stone Gap	Pound
1-unit, detached	77.0%	66.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	6.8%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.6%	20.3%

Poverty & households

	Big Stone Gap	Pound
Poverty rate	23.3%	27.1%
Average household size	2.22	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1972	1961