Bull Run vs Long Branch

A side-by-side comparison of Bull Run and Long Branch: population, income, housing, and more.

Bull Run and Long Branch are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bull Run has the higher population (7,513 vs 7,066 in Long Branch). Bull Run has the higher median household income ($238,500 vs $180,833 in Long Branch). Bull Run has the higher median home value ($879,000 vs $788,900 in Long Branch).

Population, income & housing

	Bull Run	Long Branch
Population	7,513	7,066
Median age	41.7 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$238,500	$180,833
Median home value	$879,000	$788,900
Median gross rent	$3,072	$1,233
Housing units	2,271	2,584
Homeownership rate	95.5%	81.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.7%	66.7%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bull Run	Long Branch
Population	6,886 → 7,513 (+9.1%)	8,381 → 7,066 (-15.7%)
Median household income	$200,238 → $238,500 (+19.1%)	$162,169 → $180,833 (+11.5%)
Median home value	$679,500 → $879,000 (+29.4%)	$623,300 → $788,900 (+26.6%)
Median gross rent	$2,375 → $3,072 (+29.3%)	$1,250 → $1,233 (-1.4%)

Bull Run

Population

6,8867,513

Median household income

$200,238$238,500

Median home value

$679,500$879,000

Median gross rent

$2,375$3,072

Long Branch

Population

8,3817,066

Median household income

$162,169$180,833

Median home value

$623,300$788,900

Median gross rent

$1,250$1,233

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bull Run	Long Branch
Under 5	3.7%	2.7%
5 to 17	20.8%	20.2%
18 to 24	11.5%	6.8%
25 to 34	5.2%	8.0%
35 to 44	14.4%	11.4%
45 to 54	14.4%	13.1%
55 to 64	16.8%	15.3%
65 to 74	10.5%	13.9%
75 and over	2.7%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bull Run	Long Branch
White (non-Hispanic)	57.1%	62.0%
Black or African American	4.7%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	20.5%	17.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	14.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bull Run	Long Branch
No high school diploma	3.3%	4.2%
High school graduate	9.5%	12.7%
Some college or associate's	15.5%	16.4%
Bachelor's degree	41.3%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	30.3%	36.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bull Run	Long Branch
Drove alone	63.3%	63.0%
Carpooled	4.1%	8.9%
Public transit	0.8%	2.1%
Walked	1.3%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.7%	23.8%
Other means	0.8%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bull Run	Long Branch
1-unit, detached	96.7%	88.1%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bull Run	Long Branch
Poverty rate	4.1%	2.0%
Average household size	3.38	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1988	1970