Patrick County vs Southampton County

A side-by-side comparison of Patrick County and Southampton County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Southampton County has the higher population (17,988 vs 17,606 in Patrick County). Southampton County has the higher median household income ($68,465 vs $50,938 in Patrick County). Southampton County has the higher median home value ($208,800 vs $146,500 in Patrick County).

Population, income & housing

	Patrick County	Southampton County
Population	17,606	17,988
Median age	51.0 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,938	$68,465
Median home value	$146,500	$208,800
Median gross rent	$721	$930
Housing units	10,006	7,774
Homeownership rate	77.2%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Patrick County	Southampton County
Population	17,748 → 17,606 (-0.8%)	17,880 → 17,988 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$43,073 → $50,938 (+18.3%)	$61,348 → $68,465 (+11.6%)
Median home value	$120,000 → $146,500 (+22.1%)	$178,500 → $208,800 (+17.0%)
Median gross rent	$573 → $721 (+25.8%)	$829 → $930 (+12.2%)

Patrick County

Population

17,74817,606

Median household income

$43,073$50,938

Median home value

$120,000$146,500

Median gross rent

$573$721

Southampton County

Population

17,88017,988

Median household income

$61,348$68,465

Median home value

$178,500$208,800

Median gross rent

$829$930

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Patrick County	Southampton County
Under 5	4.3%	4.6%
5 to 17	13.1%	14.6%
18 to 24	4.7%	6.9%
25 to 34	9.2%	9.7%
35 to 44	9.9%	11.3%
45 to 54	14.8%	14.9%
55 to 64	17.2%	16.6%
65 to 74	14.8%	12.8%
75 and over	12.1%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Patrick County	Southampton County
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	60.4%
Black or African American	5.4%	29.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	0.2%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.6%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Patrick County	Southampton County
No high school diploma	15.6%	13.3%
High school graduate	36.0%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Patrick County	Southampton County
Drove alone	76.1%	78.3%
Carpooled	9.4%	12.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.3%
Walked	2.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	5.0%
Other means	1.3%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Patrick County	Southampton County
1-unit, detached	70.6%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	25.7%	16.6%

Poverty & households

	Patrick County	Southampton County
Poverty rate	10.8%	8.7%
Average household size	2.20	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	32	34
Median year structure built	1981	1980