Bailey's Crossroads vs West Springfield

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

Bailey's Crossroads and West Springfield 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 22,905 in West Springfield). West Springfield has the higher median household income ($157,800 vs $84,241 in Bailey's Crossroads). West Springfield has the higher median home value ($612,200 vs $398,200 in Bailey's Crossroads).

Population, income & housing

	Bailey's Crossroads	West Springfield
Population	25,458	22,905
Median age	34.6 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$84,241	$157,800
Median home value	$398,200	$612,200
Median gross rent	$1,958	$2,426
Housing units	10,012	7,900
Homeownership rate	46.3%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.4%	62.8%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bailey's Crossroads	West Springfield
Population	24,180 → 25,458 (+5.3%)	24,223 → 22,905 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$66,995 → $84,241 (+25.7%)	$129,936 → $157,800 (+21.4%)
Median home value	$357,900 → $398,200 (+11.3%)	$472,000 → $612,200 (+29.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,648 → $1,958 (+18.8%)	$2,131 → $2,426 (+13.8%)

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

West Springfield

Population

24,22322,905

Median household income

$129,936$157,800

Median home value

$472,000$612,200

Median gross rent

$2,131$2,426

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bailey's Crossroads	West Springfield
Under 5	8.6%	4.8%
5 to 17	15.9%	21.5%
18 to 24	7.3%	6.0%
25 to 34	18.8%	11.5%
35 to 44	13.7%	14.1%
45 to 54	12.1%	13.8%
55 to 64	10.1%	12.0%
65 to 74	6.8%	10.4%
75 and over	6.7%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bailey's Crossroads	West Springfield
White (non-Hispanic)	29.2%	47.0%
Black or African American	17.7%	11.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	12.3%	17.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.6%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	33.9%	18.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bailey's Crossroads	West Springfield
No high school diploma	18.4%	5.5%
High school graduate	16.7%	13.1%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	18.7%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	33.6%
Graduate or professional degree	20.3%	29.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bailey's Crossroads	West Springfield
Drove alone	55.7%	57.3%
Carpooled	12.6%	9.1%
Public transit	8.5%	10.2%
Walked	3.3%	0.7%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	14.9%	21.2%
Other means	3.6%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bailey's Crossroads	West Springfield
1-unit, detached	12.1%	45.6%
1-unit, attached	9.7%	37.7%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	25.0%	11.7%
20 or more units	47.6%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Bailey's Crossroads	West Springfield
Poverty rate	21.7%	3.7%
Average household size	2.66	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	27	35
Median year structure built	1976	1973