Annandale vs Oakton

A side-by-side comparison of Annandale and Oakton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Annandale has the higher population (41,982 vs 36,776 in Oakton). Oakton has the higher median household income ($163,662 vs $112,872 in Annandale). Oakton has the higher median home value ($776,700 vs $650,100 in Annandale).

Population, income & housing

	Annandale	Oakton
Population	41,982	36,776
Median age	40.8 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$112,872	$163,662
Median home value	$650,100	$776,700
Median gross rent	$1,932	$2,333
Housing units	14,509	14,328
Homeownership rate	64.4%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.9%	74.7%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Annandale	Oakton
Population	43,295 → 41,982 (-3.0%)	36,997 → 36,776 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$96,533 → $112,872 (+16.9%)	$132,256 → $163,662 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$489,100 → $650,100 (+32.9%)	$631,700 → $776,700 (+23.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,695 → $1,932 (+14.0%)	$1,923 → $2,333 (+21.3%)

Annandale

Population

43,29541,982

Median household income

$96,533$112,872

Median home value

$489,100$650,100

Median gross rent

$1,695$1,932

Oakton

Population

36,99736,776

Median household income

$132,256$163,662

Median home value

$631,700$776,700

Median gross rent

$1,923$2,333

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Annandale	Oakton
Under 5	6.1%	4.6%
5 to 17	15.6%	18.0%
18 to 24	7.6%	8.4%
25 to 34	13.8%	12.2%
35 to 44	14.0%	15.1%
45 to 54	12.5%	15.3%
55 to 64	13.7%	11.1%
65 to 74	9.9%	8.9%
75 and over	6.8%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Annandale	Oakton
White (non-Hispanic)	30.9%	53.5%
Black or African American	8.9%	6.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	21.4%	22.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.2%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	34.3%	11.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Annandale	Oakton
No high school diploma	15.8%	3.1%
High school graduate	19.9%	8.2%
Some college or associate's	19.4%	14.0%
Bachelor's degree	26.8%	34.7%
Graduate or professional degree	18.1%	40.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Annandale	Oakton
Drove alone	60.3%	51.1%
Carpooled	13.6%	7.1%
Public transit	4.9%	8.1%
Walked	2.5%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	16.4%	30.7%
Other means	2.2%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Annandale	Oakton
1-unit, detached	47.5%	34.7%
1-unit, attached	17.2%	28.2%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	22.3%	18.4%
20 or more units	9.4%	16.2%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Annandale	Oakton
Poverty rate	10.5%	4.1%
Average household size	2.96	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1968	1983