Bailey's Crossroads vs Herndon

A side-by-side comparison of Bailey's Crossroads and Herndon: population, income, housing, and more.

Bailey's Crossroads and Herndon are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bailey's Crossroads has the higher population (25,458 vs 24,529 in Herndon). Herndon has the higher median household income ($141,418 vs $84,241 in Bailey's Crossroads). Herndon has the higher median home value ($568,700 vs $398,200 in Bailey's Crossroads).

Population, income & housing

	Bailey's Crossroads	Herndon
Population	25,458	24,529
Median age	34.6 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$84,241	$141,418
Median home value	$398,200	$568,700
Median gross rent	$1,958	$2,147
Housing units	10,012	8,095
Homeownership rate	46.3%	62.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.4%	50.3%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bailey's Crossroads	Herndon
Population	24,180 → 25,458 (+5.3%)	24,532 → 24,529 (-0.0%)
Median household income	$66,995 → $84,241 (+25.7%)	$111,371 → $141,418 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$357,900 → $398,200 (+11.3%)	$442,700 → $568,700 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,648 → $1,958 (+18.8%)	$1,807 → $2,147 (+18.8%)

Bailey's Crossroads

Population

24,18025,458

Median household income

$66,995$84,241

Median home value

$357,900$398,200

Median gross rent

$1,648$1,958

Herndon

Population

24,53224,529

Median household income

$111,371$141,418

Median home value

$442,700$568,700

Median gross rent

$1,807$2,147

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bailey's Crossroads	Herndon
Under 5	8.6%	7.4%
5 to 17	15.9%	16.1%
18 to 24	7.3%	8.6%
25 to 34	18.8%	16.4%
35 to 44	13.7%	17.8%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.9%
55 to 64	10.1%	11.1%
65 to 74	6.8%	6.8%
75 and over	6.7%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bailey's Crossroads	Herndon
White (non-Hispanic)	29.2%	32.9%
Black or African American	17.7%	8.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	12.3%	15.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.6%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	33.9%	38.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bailey's Crossroads	Herndon
No high school diploma	18.4%	16.3%
High school graduate	16.7%	15.4%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	18.0%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	29.4%
Graduate or professional degree	20.3%	20.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bailey's Crossroads	Herndon
Drove alone	55.7%	58.1%
Carpooled	12.6%	13.0%
Public transit	8.5%	4.0%
Walked	3.3%	2.2%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.5%
Worked from home	14.9%	19.4%
Other means	3.6%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bailey's Crossroads	Herndon
1-unit, detached	12.1%	41.4%
1-unit, attached	9.7%	29.7%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	25.0%	16.6%
20 or more units	47.6%	10.9%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bailey's Crossroads	Herndon
Poverty rate	21.7%	9.4%
Average household size	2.66	3.14
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1976	1983