Brunswick County vs Nottoway County

A side-by-side comparison of Brunswick County and Nottoway County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brunswick County has the higher population (15,868 vs 15,597 in Nottoway County). Nottoway County has the higher median household income ($62,161 vs $52,978 in Brunswick County). Nottoway County has the higher median home value ($179,800 vs $132,700 in Brunswick County).

Population, income & housing

	Brunswick County	Nottoway County
Population	15,868	15,597
Median age	44.4 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$52,978	$62,161
Median home value	$132,700	$179,800
Median gross rent	$864	$1,009
Housing units	7,935	6,683
Homeownership rate	72.5%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brunswick County	Nottoway County
Population	16,520 → 15,868 (-3.9%)	15,433 → 15,597 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$44,434 → $52,978 (+19.2%)	$45,535 → $62,161 (+36.5%)
Median home value	$112,200 → $132,700 (+18.3%)	$151,400 → $179,800 (+18.8%)
Median gross rent	$668 → $864 (+29.3%)	$770 → $1,009 (+31.0%)

Brunswick County

Population

16,52015,868

Median household income

$44,434$52,978

Median home value

$112,200$132,700

Median gross rent

$668$864

Nottoway County

Population

15,43315,597

Median household income

$45,535$62,161

Median home value

$151,400$179,800

Median gross rent

$770$1,009

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brunswick County	Nottoway County
Under 5	4.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	11.5%	14.1%
18 to 24	8.6%	8.2%
25 to 34	14.5%	14.7%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.9%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.3%
55 to 64	15.0%	14.2%
65 to 74	13.0%	11.0%
75 and over	8.9%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brunswick County	Nottoway County
White (non-Hispanic)	41.0%	54.1%
Black or African American	53.2%	37.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brunswick County	Nottoway County
No high school diploma	20.6%	14.2%
High school graduate	36.7%	39.9%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brunswick County	Nottoway County
Drove alone	81.0%	80.9%
Carpooled	7.9%	5.5%
Public transit	0.6%	0.9%
Walked	1.5%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	6.7%
Other means	3.6%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brunswick County	Nottoway County
1-unit, detached	66.7%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	27.2%	10.4%

Poverty & households

	Brunswick County	Nottoway County
Poverty rate	15.3%	18.9%
Average household size	2.14	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1981	1972