Centreville vs McLean

A side-by-side comparison of Centreville and McLean: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Centreville has the higher population (71,885 vs 50,232 in McLean). McLean has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $143,704 in Centreville). McLean has the higher median home value ($1,304,900 vs $565,900 in Centreville).

Population, income & housing

	Centreville	McLean
Population	71,885	50,232
Median age	37.5 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$143,704	$250,001
Median home value	$565,900	$1,304,900
Median gross rent	$2,238	$3,376
Housing units	25,431	17,765
Homeownership rate	73.7%	86.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.5%	85.1%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centreville	McLean
Population	74,125 → 71,885 (-3.0%)	47,682 → 50,232 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$118,158 → $143,704 (+21.6%)	$207,184 → $250,001 (+20.7%)
Median home value	$437,500 → $565,900 (+29.3%)	$1,031,200 → $1,304,900 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,870 → $2,238 (+19.7%)	$3,065 → $3,376 (+10.1%)

Centreville

Population

74,12571,885

Median household income

$118,158$143,704

Median home value

$437,500$565,900

Median gross rent

$1,870$2,238

McLean

Population

47,68250,232

Median household income

$207,184$250,001

Median home value

$1,031,200$1,304,900

Median gross rent

$3,065$3,376

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centreville	McLean
Under 5	5.3%	4.2%
5 to 17	17.6%	21.9%
18 to 24	9.2%	6.4%
25 to 34	14.3%	4.9%
35 to 44	15.2%	10.6%
45 to 54	13.9%	17.9%
55 to 64	13.2%	14.9%
65 to 74	7.6%	9.0%
75 and over	3.6%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centreville	McLean
White (non-Hispanic)	40.4%	65.8%
Black or African American	7.4%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	28.3%	20.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.2%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	18.1%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centreville	McLean
No high school diploma	5.9%	2.7%
High school graduate	16.0%	4.5%
Some college or associate's	20.7%	7.7%
Bachelor's degree	32.2%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	25.3%	56.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centreville	McLean
Drove alone	68.0%	53.6%
Carpooled	8.5%	4.9%
Public transit	1.6%	3.8%
Walked	0.9%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	19.5%	35.1%
Other means	1.3%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centreville	McLean
1-unit, detached	32.5%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	47.4%	10.4%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	0.6%
20 or more units	6.0%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Centreville	McLean
Poverty rate	6.1%	2.7%
Average household size	2.89	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1991	1976