Halifax County vs Pulaski County

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

Halifax County and Pulaski County 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 33,771 in Pulaski County). Pulaski County has the higher median household income ($60,767 vs $49,244 in Halifax County). Pulaski County has the higher median home value ($182,500 vs $148,900 in Halifax County).

Population, income & housing

	Halifax County	Pulaski County
Population	33,811	33,771
Median age	46.7 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$49,244	$60,767
Median home value	$148,900	$182,500
Median gross rent	$769	$815
Housing units	17,382	17,039
Homeownership rate	70.6%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Halifax County	Pulaski County
Population	34,552 → 33,811 (-2.1%)	34,182 → 33,771 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$42,669 → $49,244 (+15.4%)	$53,866 → $60,767 (+12.8%)
Median home value	$116,100 → $148,900 (+28.3%)	$149,500 → $182,500 (+22.1%)
Median gross rent	$671 → $769 (+14.6%)	$711 → $815 (+14.6%)

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

Pulaski County

Population

34,18233,771

Median household income

$53,866$60,767

Median home value

$149,500$182,500

Median gross rent

$711$815

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Halifax County	Pulaski County
Under 5	5.2%	4.5%
5 to 17	15.1%	13.3%
18 to 24	7.2%	6.8%
25 to 34	11.3%	12.7%
35 to 44	9.6%	10.5%
45 to 54	11.7%	14.1%
55 to 64	14.8%	15.3%
65 to 74	14.3%	13.5%
75 and over	11.0%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Halifax County	Pulaski County
White (non-Hispanic)	59.5%	89.9%
Black or African American	34.7%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Halifax County	Pulaski County
No high school diploma	18.4%	9.3%
High school graduate	35.0%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Halifax County	Pulaski County
Drove alone	78.9%	83.2%
Carpooled	10.7%	7.9%
Public transit	0.2%	0.3%
Walked	0.9%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.4%	6.9%
Other means	2.8%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Halifax County	Pulaski County
1-unit, detached	72.1%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	6.3%
20 or more units	1.2%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	19.7%	13.0%

Poverty & households

	Halifax County	Pulaski County
Poverty rate	17.9%	14.6%
Average household size	2.40	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1974	1975