Appomattox County vs Giles County

A side-by-side comparison of Appomattox County and Giles County: population, income, housing, and more.

Appomattox County and Giles County are counties in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Giles County has the higher population (16,610 vs 16,424 in Appomattox County). Giles County has the higher median household income ($64,819 vs $62,337 in Appomattox County). Appomattox County has the higher median home value ($189,200 vs $143,500 in Giles County).

Population, income & housing

	Appomattox County	Giles County
Population	16,424	16,610
Median age	43.3 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$62,337	$64,819
Median home value	$189,200	$143,500
Median gross rent	$883	$780
Housing units	7,380	8,316
Homeownership rate	77.6%	78.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Appomattox County	Giles County
Population	15,707 → 16,424 (+4.6%)	16,772 → 16,610 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$58,696 → $62,337 (+6.2%)	$54,520 → $64,819 (+18.9%)
Median home value	$158,800 → $189,200 (+19.1%)	$123,200 → $143,500 (+16.5%)
Median gross rent	$691 → $883 (+27.8%)	$700 → $780 (+11.4%)

Appomattox County

Population

15,70716,424

Median household income

$58,696$62,337

Median home value

$158,800$189,200

Median gross rent

$691$883

Giles County

Population

16,77216,610

Median household income

$54,520$64,819

Median home value

$123,200$143,500

Median gross rent

$700$780

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Appomattox County	Giles County
Under 5	6.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	15.8%	15.0%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.1%
25 to 34	11.4%	11.3%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.0%
45 to 54	12.9%	13.9%
55 to 64	14.0%	14.8%
65 to 74	12.3%	12.7%
75 and over	8.4%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Appomattox County	Giles County
White (non-Hispanic)	76.1%	94.3%
Black or African American	17.0%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Appomattox County	Giles County
No high school diploma	8.0%	8.8%
High school graduate	40.4%	43.8%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Appomattox County	Giles County
Drove alone	85.1%	84.0%
Carpooled	5.0%	9.8%
Public transit	0.4%	1.1%
Walked	0.7%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Appomattox County	Giles County
1-unit, detached	80.1%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.4%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	13.7%	18.9%

Poverty & households

	Appomattox County	Giles County
Poverty rate	12.3%	8.9%
Average household size	2.49	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1981	1971