Bull Run vs North Springfield

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

Bull Run and North Springfield 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 7,511 in North Springfield). Bull Run has the higher median household income ($238,500 vs $124,118 in North Springfield). Bull Run has the higher median home value ($879,000 vs $630,300 in North Springfield).

Population, income & housing

	Bull Run	North Springfield
Population	7,513	7,511
Median age	41.7 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$238,500	$124,118
Median home value	$879,000	$630,300
Median gross rent	$3,072	$2,272
Housing units	2,271	2,416
Homeownership rate	95.5%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.7%	43.5%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bull Run	North Springfield
Population	6,886 → 7,513 (+9.1%)	7,303 → 7,511 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$200,238 → $238,500 (+19.1%)	$112,898 → $124,118 (+9.9%)
Median home value	$679,500 → $879,000 (+29.4%)	$474,300 → $630,300 (+32.9%)
Median gross rent	$2,375 → $3,072 (+29.3%)	$2,008 → $2,272 (+13.1%)

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

North Springfield

Population

7,3037,511

Median household income

$112,898$124,118

Median home value

$474,300$630,300

Median gross rent

$2,008$2,272

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bull Run	North Springfield
Under 5	3.7%	9.8%
5 to 17	20.8%	14.8%
18 to 24	11.5%	8.5%
25 to 34	5.2%	14.2%
35 to 44	14.4%	13.3%
45 to 54	14.4%	10.1%
55 to 64	16.8%	18.3%
65 to 74	10.5%	8.1%
75 and over	2.7%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bull Run	North Springfield
White (non-Hispanic)	57.1%	34.3%
Black or African American	4.7%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	20.5%	37.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	21.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bull Run	North Springfield
No high school diploma	3.3%	13.8%
High school graduate	9.5%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	15.5%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	41.3%	28.2%
Graduate or professional degree	30.3%	15.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bull Run	North Springfield
Drove alone	63.3%	59.9%
Carpooled	4.1%	16.0%
Public transit	0.8%	6.1%
Walked	1.3%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.7%	16.3%
Other means	0.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bull Run	North Springfield
1-unit, detached	96.7%	89.2%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Bull Run	North Springfield
Poverty rate	4.1%	7.6%
Average household size	3.38	3.39
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1988	1958