Free Union vs North Garden

A side-by-side comparison of Free Union and North Garden: population, income, housing, and more.

Free Union and North Garden are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

North Garden has the higher population (405 vs 185 in Free Union). Free Union has the higher median home value ($1,265,600 vs $560,500 in North Garden). Since 2019, North Garden's population has grown faster (+21.6% vs -29.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Free Union	North Garden
Population	185	405
Median age	62.6 yrs	51.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$129,583
Median home value	$1,265,600	$560,500
Housing units	105	168
Homeownership rate	100.0%	77.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	100.0%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Free Union	North Garden
Population	261 → 185 (-29.1%)	333 → 405 (+21.6%)
Median household income	$51,161 → $87,581 (+71.2%)	$145,240 → $129,583 (-10.8%)
Median home value	$1,236,800 → $1,265,600 (+2.3%)	$339,700 → $560,500 (+65.0%)

Free Union

Population

261185

Median household income

$51,161$87,581

Median home value

$1,236,800$1,265,600

North Garden

Population

333405

Median household income

$145,240$129,583

Median home value

$339,700$560,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Free Union	North Garden
Under 5	0.0%	3.2%
5 to 17	15.7%	17.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	5.9%
35 to 44	0.0%	9.4%
45 to 54	0.0%	10.4%
55 to 64	45.9%	30.1%
65 to 74	38.4%	10.4%
75 and over	0.0%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Free Union	North Garden
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	88.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Free Union	North Garden
No high school diploma	0.0%	16.4%
High school graduate	0.0%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	30.8%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	69.2%	19.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Free Union	North Garden
Drove alone	100.0%	77.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	23.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Free Union	North Garden
1-unit, detached	100.0%	78.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	13.1%

Poverty & households

	Free Union	North Garden
Poverty rate	0.0%	6.1%
Average household size	1.76	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	—	33
Median year structure built	2001	1995