Petersburg city vs Pulaski County

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

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

Pulaski County has the higher population (33,771 vs 33,365 in Petersburg city). Pulaski County has the higher median household income ($60,767 vs $50,741 in Petersburg city). Pulaski County has the higher median home value ($182,500 vs $157,900 in Petersburg city).

Population, income & housing

	Petersburg city	Pulaski County
Population	33,365	33,771
Median age	35.8 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,741	$60,767
Median home value	$157,900	$182,500
Median gross rent	$1,132	$815
Housing units	18,026	17,039
Homeownership rate	38.3%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	11.4%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Petersburg city	Pulaski County
Population	31,362 → 33,365 (+6.4%)	34,182 → 33,771 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$38,679 → $50,741 (+31.2%)	$53,866 → $60,767 (+12.8%)
Median home value	$108,100 → $157,900 (+46.1%)	$149,500 → $182,500 (+22.1%)
Median gross rent	$947 → $1,132 (+19.5%)	$711 → $815 (+14.6%)

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

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)

	Petersburg city	Pulaski County
Under 5	7.8%	4.5%
5 to 17	15.1%	13.3%
18 to 24	8.4%	6.8%
25 to 34	16.9%	12.7%
35 to 44	11.0%	10.5%
45 to 54	10.4%	14.1%
55 to 64	13.4%	15.3%
65 to 74	10.4%	13.5%
75 and over	6.6%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Petersburg city	Pulaski County
White (non-Hispanic)	14.7%	89.9%
Black or African American	74.6%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.3%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Petersburg city	Pulaski County
No high school diploma	13.0%	9.3%
High school graduate	34.9%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Petersburg city	Pulaski County
Drove alone	74.4%	83.2%
Carpooled	9.3%	7.9%
Public transit	3.6%	0.3%
Walked	1.1%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.5%	6.9%
Other means	4.1%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Petersburg city	Pulaski County
1-unit, detached	53.1%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	16.4%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	6.3%
20 or more units	15.1%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	13.0%

Poverty & households

	Petersburg city	Pulaski County
Poverty rate	21.1%	14.6%
Average household size	2.21	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1969	1975