Bon Air vs Meadowbrook

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

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

Meadowbrook has the higher population (20,383 vs 17,302 in Bon Air). Bon Air has the higher median household income ($97,620 vs $79,750 in Meadowbrook). Bon Air has the higher median home value ($329,200 vs $262,600 in Meadowbrook).

Population, income & housing

	Bon Air	Meadowbrook
Population	17,302	20,383
Median age	42.0 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$97,620	$79,750
Median home value	$329,200	$262,600
Median gross rent	$1,731	$1,461
Housing units	7,369	7,590
Homeownership rate	72.6%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.0%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bon Air	Meadowbrook
Population	18,052 → 17,302 (-4.2%)	19,811 → 20,383 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$81,896 → $97,620 (+19.2%)	$64,106 → $79,750 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$241,000 → $329,200 (+36.6%)	$191,500 → $262,600 (+37.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,381 → $1,731 (+25.3%)	$1,143 → $1,461 (+27.8%)

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

Meadowbrook

Population

19,81120,383

Median household income

$64,106$79,750

Median home value

$191,500$262,600

Median gross rent

$1,143$1,461

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bon Air	Meadowbrook
Under 5	4.8%	8.9%
5 to 17	17.4%	16.7%
18 to 24	6.6%	8.4%
25 to 34	11.7%	14.9%
35 to 44	15.4%	13.7%
45 to 54	12.8%	10.9%
55 to 64	12.6%	9.5%
65 to 74	10.1%	11.6%
75 and over	8.6%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bon Air	Meadowbrook
White (non-Hispanic)	73.3%	24.7%
Black or African American	11.3%	38.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.1%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.9%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	29.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bon Air	Meadowbrook
No high school diploma	6.2%	15.7%
High school graduate	14.6%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	32.6%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	21.4%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bon Air	Meadowbrook
Drove alone	71.6%	69.5%
Carpooled	9.9%	15.6%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.1%	12.7%
Other means	0.6%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bon Air	Meadowbrook
1-unit, detached	70.9%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	10.1%
20 or more units	8.5%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Bon Air	Meadowbrook
Poverty rate	6.2%	12.9%
Average household size	2.43	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1975	1979