Chantilly vs Herndon

A side-by-side comparison of Chantilly and Herndon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Herndon has the higher population (24,529 vs 23,744 in Chantilly). Chantilly has the higher median household income ($143,786 vs $141,418 in Herndon). Chantilly has the higher median home value ($633,900 vs $568,700 in Herndon).

Population, income & housing

	Chantilly	Herndon
Population	23,744	24,529
Median age	40.6 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$143,786	$141,418
Median home value	$633,900	$568,700
Median gross rent	$2,260	$2,147
Housing units	7,426	8,095
Homeownership rate	80.1%	62.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.9%	50.3%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chantilly	Herndon
Population	24,368 → 23,744 (-2.6%)	24,532 → 24,529 (-0.0%)
Median household income	$124,930 → $143,786 (+15.1%)	$111,371 → $141,418 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$501,200 → $633,900 (+26.5%)	$442,700 → $568,700 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,864 → $2,260 (+21.2%)	$1,807 → $2,147 (+18.8%)

Chantilly

Population

24,36823,744

Median household income

$124,930$143,786

Median home value

$501,200$633,900

Median gross rent

$1,864$2,260

Herndon

Population

24,53224,529

Median household income

$111,371$141,418

Median home value

$442,700$568,700

Median gross rent

$1,807$2,147

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chantilly	Herndon
Under 5	5.1%	7.4%
5 to 17	20.8%	16.1%
18 to 24	9.0%	8.6%
25 to 34	9.4%	16.4%
35 to 44	13.9%	17.8%
45 to 54	16.5%	11.9%
55 to 64	12.5%	11.1%
65 to 74	8.0%	6.8%
75 and over	5.0%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chantilly	Herndon
White (non-Hispanic)	33.1%	32.9%
Black or African American	3.5%	8.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	38.0%	15.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.6%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	21.3%	38.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chantilly	Herndon
No high school diploma	9.1%	16.3%
High school graduate	14.9%	15.4%
Some college or associate's	18.1%	18.0%
Bachelor's degree	31.3%	29.4%
Graduate or professional degree	26.6%	20.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chantilly	Herndon
Drove alone	58.8%	58.1%
Carpooled	13.2%	13.0%
Public transit	2.3%	4.0%
Walked	2.3%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.5%
Worked from home	21.0%	19.4%
Other means	1.7%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chantilly	Herndon
1-unit, detached	60.9%	41.4%
1-unit, attached	23.6%	29.7%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	16.6%
20 or more units	4.1%	10.9%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chantilly	Herndon
Poverty rate	6.1%	9.4%
Average household size	3.24	3.14
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1987	1983