A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Bloxom$1,120/mo

Typical home $197K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.55% · or rent about $1,114/mo · Housing →

Brodnax$1,010/mo

Typical home $150K (Zillow) · tax rate est. 1.8% · or rent about $1,223/mo · Housing →

The difference: $110 a month, about $1,300 a year, between Bloxom and Brodnax.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

BloxomBrodnax

Snow a year8″3″

January low30°F 27°F

July high86°F 88°F

Growing season (days)225d 200d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)87th 56th

Outdoors & history

BloxomBrodnax

Archive photos10 3

Community

BloxomBrodnax

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

154 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BloxomVA BrodnaxVA

Bloxom ↔ Brodnax154 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Virginia average

BloxomBrodnax

People

Population 571Highest 414Lowest

Median age 28.4±8.9Lowest 27% below VA 34.5±8.1Highest 12% below VA

Brodnax and Bloxom are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 37%±14Highest VA: 21.7% 14.3%±4.7Lowest VA: 21.7%

Age 65+ 8.9%±3.4Highest VA: 16.7% 7%±6.8Lowest VA: 16.7%

Bloxom and Brodnax are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 10.9%Highest VA: 42.2% 8.2%Lowest VA: 42.2%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.1%±2.9Lowest VA: 6.9% 8.7%±12.5Highest VA: 6.9%

Brodnax and Bloxom are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $66,875±$17kLowest 28% below VA $82,396±$65kHighest 12% below VA

Brodnax and Bloxom are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $133,300±$44kHighest 65% below VA $127,500±$56kLowest 67% below VA

Bloxom and Brodnax are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,114±$627Lowest 29% below VA $1,223±$654Highest 23% below VA

Brodnax and Bloxom are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $731 74% below VA —

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 34.8%±51Highest VA: 48.5% 13.5%±17Lowest VA: 48.5%

Bloxom and Brodnax are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 7.7%Highest VA: 9.9% 2.4%Lowest VA: 9.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 59%Highest VA: 67.3% 46.4%Lowest VA: 67.3%

Typical home builtmedian year 1960Lowest 24 yrs older than VA 1969Highest 15 yrs older than VA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 22 minHighest 21% below VA 20 minLowest 29% below VA

Work from home 6.2%±6.9Highest VA: 18.3% 4.3%±4.7Lowest VA: 18.3%

Bloxom and Brodnax are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 0%Lowest 2.3%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 58.3 miHighest 30.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.03Lowest 0.44Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Accomac (5%)South Hill (11%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in BrodnaxFew work in Bloxom

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 0.3%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 0.8 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 1.1 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 72.5Highest 41.0Lowest

Virginia average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Bloxom vs Brodnax

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs about the same each month

What daily life feels like in each

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