Martinsville city vs Poquoson city

A side-by-side comparison of Martinsville city and Poquoson city: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Martinsville city has the higher population (13,584 vs 12,556 in Poquoson city). Poquoson city has the higher median household income ($120,919 vs $42,434 in Martinsville city). Poquoson city has the higher median home value ($403,000 vs $92,500 in Martinsville city).

Population, income & housing

	Martinsville city	Poquoson city
Population	13,584	12,556
Median age	40.2 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$42,434	$120,919
Median home value	$92,500	$403,000
Median gross rent	$784	$1,634
Housing units	7,031	4,945
Homeownership rate	56.7%	85.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	40.1%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Martinsville city	Poquoson city
Population	12,852 → 13,584 (+5.7%)	12,090 → 12,556 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$34,371 → $42,434 (+23.5%)	$97,118 → $120,919 (+24.5%)
Median home value	$87,700 → $92,500 (+5.5%)	$323,100 → $403,000 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$656 → $784 (+19.5%)	$1,222 → $1,634 (+33.7%)

Martinsville city

Population

12,85213,584

Median household income

$34,371$42,434

Median home value

$87,700$92,500

Median gross rent

$656$784

Poquoson city

Population

12,09012,556

Median household income

$97,118$120,919

Median home value

$323,100$403,000

Median gross rent

$1,222$1,634

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Martinsville city	Poquoson city
Under 5	4.9%	5.0%
5 to 17	21.4%	17.8%
18 to 24	9.3%	7.1%
25 to 34	8.8%	10.0%
35 to 44	13.2%	13.4%
45 to 54	11.6%	13.2%
55 to 64	13.7%	13.7%
65 to 74	10.5%	10.6%
75 and over	6.6%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Martinsville city	Poquoson city
White (non-Hispanic)	41.7%	88.8%
Black or African American	44.2%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.1%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Martinsville city	Poquoson city
No high school diploma	13.9%	2.8%
High school graduate	31.2%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	21.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	18.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Martinsville city	Poquoson city
Drove alone	78.2%	82.3%
Carpooled	11.8%	4.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	6.6%	11.8%
Other means	2.8%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Martinsville city	Poquoson city
1-unit, detached	73.2%	89.2%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	2.0%
20 or more units	6.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Martinsville city	Poquoson city
Poverty rate	21.8%	5.8%
Average household size	2.34	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	20	26
Median year structure built	1959	1977