Halifax County vs Petersburg city

A side-by-side comparison of Halifax County and Petersburg city: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Halifax County has the higher population (33,811 vs 33,365 in Petersburg city). Petersburg city has the higher median household income ($50,741 vs $49,244 in Halifax County). Petersburg city has the higher median home value ($157,900 vs $148,900 in Halifax County).

Population, income & housing

	Halifax County	Petersburg city
Population	33,811	33,365
Median age	46.7 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$49,244	$50,741
Median home value	$148,900	$157,900
Median gross rent	$769	$1,132
Housing units	17,382	18,026
Homeownership rate	70.6%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	11.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Halifax County	Petersburg city
Population	34,552 → 33,811 (-2.1%)	31,362 → 33,365 (+6.4%)
Median household income	$42,669 → $49,244 (+15.4%)	$38,679 → $50,741 (+31.2%)
Median home value	$116,100 → $148,900 (+28.3%)	$108,100 → $157,900 (+46.1%)
Median gross rent	$671 → $769 (+14.6%)	$947 → $1,132 (+19.5%)

Halifax County

Population

34,55233,811

Median household income

$42,669$49,244

Median home value

$116,100$148,900

Median gross rent

$671$769

Petersburg city

Population

31,36233,365

Median household income

$38,679$50,741

Median home value

$108,100$157,900

Median gross rent

$947$1,132

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Halifax County	Petersburg city
Under 5	5.2%	7.8%
5 to 17	15.1%	15.1%
18 to 24	7.2%	8.4%
25 to 34	11.3%	16.9%
35 to 44	9.6%	11.0%
45 to 54	11.7%	10.4%
55 to 64	14.8%	13.4%
65 to 74	14.3%	10.4%
75 and over	11.0%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Halifax County	Petersburg city
White (non-Hispanic)	59.5%	14.7%
Black or African American	34.7%	74.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Halifax County	Petersburg city
No high school diploma	18.4%	13.0%
High school graduate	35.0%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Halifax County	Petersburg city
Drove alone	78.9%	74.4%
Carpooled	10.7%	9.3%
Public transit	0.2%	3.6%
Walked	0.9%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	7.5%
Other means	2.8%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Halifax County	Petersburg city
1-unit, detached	72.1%	53.1%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	16.4%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	10.4%
20 or more units	1.2%	15.1%
Mobile home & other	19.7%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Halifax County	Petersburg city
Poverty rate	17.9%	21.1%
Average household size	2.40	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1974	1969