Mineral, VA population, income and ZIP codes

Mineral town is a very small community in Virginia, with 599 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #442 of 688 ranked by population — larger than 35% of them. The median age here is 30 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Mineral town earn a median of $64,500 a year, 17.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 22% below the $82,986 median for the 383 Virginia cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 17.7% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Mineral town is valued at $226,100, 25.5% below the national figure and 22% below the $291,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,199 a month, 14.7% below the national figure, or roughly $14,388 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 22.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 71.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

A median age of 30 means a large student or early-career population; income medians in places like this understate household resources, since many residents are supported from outside the address. With 599 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Mineral town against its county rather than against national figures.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.