Centreville vs Oakton

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

Centreville and Oakton 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 36,776 in Oakton). Oakton has the higher median household income ($163,662 vs $143,704 in Centreville). Oakton has the higher median home value ($776,700 vs $565,900 in Centreville).

Population, income & housing

	Centreville	Oakton
Population	71,885	36,776
Median age	37.5 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$143,704	$163,662
Median home value	$565,900	$776,700
Median gross rent	$2,238	$2,333
Housing units	25,431	14,328
Homeownership rate	73.7%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.5%	74.7%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centreville	Oakton
Population	74,125 → 71,885 (-3.0%)	36,997 → 36,776 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$118,158 → $143,704 (+21.6%)	$132,256 → $163,662 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$437,500 → $565,900 (+29.3%)	$631,700 → $776,700 (+23.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,870 → $2,238 (+19.7%)	$1,923 → $2,333 (+21.3%)

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

Oakton

Population

36,99736,776

Median household income

$132,256$163,662

Median home value

$631,700$776,700

Median gross rent

$1,923$2,333

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centreville	Oakton
Under 5	5.3%	4.6%
5 to 17	17.6%	18.0%
18 to 24	9.2%	8.4%
25 to 34	14.3%	12.2%
35 to 44	15.2%	15.1%
45 to 54	13.9%	15.3%
55 to 64	13.2%	11.1%
65 to 74	7.6%	8.9%
75 and over	3.6%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centreville	Oakton
White (non-Hispanic)	40.4%	53.5%
Black or African American	7.4%	6.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	28.3%	22.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.9%
Two or more races	5.2%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	18.1%	11.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centreville	Oakton
No high school diploma	5.9%	3.1%
High school graduate	16.0%	8.2%
Some college or associate's	20.7%	14.0%
Bachelor's degree	32.2%	34.7%
Graduate or professional degree	25.3%	40.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centreville	Oakton
Drove alone	68.0%	51.1%
Carpooled	8.5%	7.1%
Public transit	1.6%	8.1%
Walked	0.9%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	19.5%	30.7%
Other means	1.3%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centreville	Oakton
1-unit, detached	32.5%	34.7%
1-unit, attached	47.4%	28.2%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	18.4%
20 or more units	6.0%	16.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Centreville	Oakton
Poverty rate	6.1%	4.1%
Average household size	2.89	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1991	1983