Centreville vs Reston

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

Centreville and Reston 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 63,542 in Reston). Centreville has the higher median household income ($143,704 vs $139,515 in Reston). Reston has the higher median home value ($616,000 vs $565,900 in Centreville).

Population, income & housing

	Centreville	Reston
Population	71,885	63,542
Median age	37.5 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$143,704	$139,515
Median home value	$565,900	$616,000
Median gross rent	$2,238	$2,170
Housing units	25,431	30,274
Homeownership rate	73.7%	60.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.5%	70.8%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centreville	Reston
Population	74,125 → 71,885 (-3.0%)	61,147 → 63,542 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$118,158 → $143,704 (+21.6%)	$120,396 → $139,515 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$437,500 → $565,900 (+29.3%)	$499,200 → $616,000 (+23.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,870 → $2,238 (+19.7%)	$1,859 → $2,170 (+16.7%)

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

Reston

Population

61,14763,542

Median household income

$120,396$139,515

Median home value

$499,200$616,000

Median gross rent

$1,859$2,170

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centreville	Reston
Under 5	5.3%	5.2%
5 to 17	17.6%	13.1%
18 to 24	9.2%	7.6%
25 to 34	14.3%	17.4%
35 to 44	15.2%	13.5%
45 to 54	13.9%	13.2%
55 to 64	13.2%	13.7%
65 to 74	7.6%	9.1%
75 and over	3.6%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centreville	Reston
White (non-Hispanic)	40.4%	58.3%
Black or African American	7.4%	8.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	28.3%	11.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.7%
Two or more races	5.2%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	18.1%	15.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centreville	Reston
No high school diploma	5.9%	4.6%
High school graduate	16.0%	8.9%
Some college or associate's	20.7%	15.7%
Bachelor's degree	32.2%	36.5%
Graduate or professional degree	25.3%	34.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centreville	Reston
Drove alone	68.0%	53.0%
Carpooled	8.5%	6.4%
Public transit	1.6%	6.3%
Walked	0.9%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.6%
Worked from home	19.5%	30.2%
Other means	1.3%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centreville	Reston
1-unit, detached	32.5%	20.3%
1-unit, attached	47.4%	30.5%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	20.5%
20 or more units	6.0%	25.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Centreville	Reston
Poverty rate	6.1%	5.4%
Average household size	2.89	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1991	1983