Bon Air vs Midlothian

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

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

Midlothian has the higher population (18,702 vs 17,302 in Bon Air). Midlothian has the higher median household income ($105,927 vs $97,620 in Bon Air). Midlothian has the higher median home value ($381,600 vs $329,200 in Bon Air).

Population, income & housing

	Bon Air	Midlothian
Population	17,302	18,702
Median age	42.0 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$97,620	$105,927
Median home value	$329,200	$381,600
Median gross rent	$1,731	$1,764
Housing units	7,369	7,625
Homeownership rate	72.6%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.0%	58.7%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bon Air	Midlothian
Population	18,052 → 17,302 (-4.2%)	18,054 → 18,702 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$81,896 → $97,620 (+19.2%)	$94,984 → $105,927 (+11.5%)
Median home value	$241,000 → $329,200 (+36.6%)	$333,100 → $381,600 (+14.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,381 → $1,731 (+25.3%)	$1,466 → $1,764 (+20.3%)

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

Midlothian

Population

18,05418,702

Median household income

$94,984$105,927

Median home value

$333,100$381,600

Median gross rent

$1,466$1,764

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bon Air	Midlothian
Under 5	4.8%	6.2%
5 to 17	17.4%	19.9%
18 to 24	6.6%	6.7%
25 to 34	11.7%	8.2%
35 to 44	15.4%	14.4%
45 to 54	12.8%	13.1%
55 to 64	12.6%	11.6%
65 to 74	10.1%	11.7%
75 and over	8.6%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bon Air	Midlothian
White (non-Hispanic)	73.3%	70.9%
Black or African American	11.3%	12.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.1%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.9%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bon Air	Midlothian
No high school diploma	6.2%	2.6%
High school graduate	14.6%	13.0%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	32.6%	36.4%
Graduate or professional degree	21.4%	22.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bon Air	Midlothian
Drove alone	71.6%	77.6%
Carpooled	9.9%	2.2%
Public transit	0.7%	0.1%
Walked	0.2%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.1%	19.4%
Other means	0.6%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bon Air	Midlothian
1-unit, detached	70.9%	65.2%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	17.4%
20 or more units	8.5%	10.1%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Bon Air	Midlothian
Poverty rate	6.2%	3.1%
Average household size	2.43	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1975	2001