Bon Air vs Brandermill

A side-by-side comparison of Bon Air and Brandermill: population, income, housing, and more.

Bon Air and Brandermill are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bon Air has the higher population (17,302 vs 13,938 in Brandermill). Brandermill has the higher median household income ($107,748 vs $97,620 in Bon Air). Brandermill has the higher median home value ($349,300 vs $329,200 in Bon Air).

Population, income & housing

	Bon Air	Brandermill
Population	17,302	13,938
Median age	42.0 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$97,620	$107,748
Median home value	$329,200	$349,300
Median gross rent	$1,731	$1,695
Housing units	7,369	5,989
Homeownership rate	72.6%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.0%	45.6%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bon Air	Brandermill
Population	18,052 → 17,302 (-4.2%)	13,836 → 13,938 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$81,896 → $97,620 (+19.2%)	$101,426 → $107,748 (+6.2%)
Median home value	$241,000 → $329,200 (+36.6%)	$257,000 → $349,300 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,381 → $1,731 (+25.3%)	$1,368 → $1,695 (+23.9%)

Bon Air

Population

18,05217,302

Median household income

$81,896$97,620

Median home value

$241,000$329,200

Median gross rent

$1,381$1,731

Brandermill

Population

13,83613,938

Median household income

$101,426$107,748

Median home value

$257,000$349,300

Median gross rent

$1,368$1,695

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bon Air	Brandermill
Under 5	4.8%	6.2%
5 to 17	17.4%	13.3%
18 to 24	6.6%	7.1%
25 to 34	11.7%	12.7%
35 to 44	15.4%	12.4%
45 to 54	12.8%	14.1%
55 to 64	12.6%	14.1%
65 to 74	10.1%	9.7%
75 and over	8.6%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bon Air	Brandermill
White (non-Hispanic)	73.3%	71.5%
Black or African American	11.3%	13.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.1%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.9%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bon Air	Brandermill
No high school diploma	6.2%	2.9%
High school graduate	14.6%	17.0%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	32.6%	27.2%
Graduate or professional degree	21.4%	18.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bon Air	Brandermill
Drove alone	71.6%	71.3%
Carpooled	9.9%	7.5%
Public transit	0.7%	0.4%
Walked	0.2%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.1%	19.5%
Other means	0.6%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bon Air	Brandermill
1-unit, detached	70.9%	67.3%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	9.3%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	13.2%
20 or more units	8.5%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bon Air	Brandermill
Poverty rate	6.2%	7.7%
Average household size	2.43	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1975	1987