Chantilly vs West Springfield

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

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

Chantilly has the higher population (23,744 vs 22,905 in West Springfield). West Springfield has the higher median household income ($157,800 vs $143,786 in Chantilly). Chantilly has the higher median home value ($633,900 vs $612,200 in West Springfield).

Population, income & housing

	Chantilly	West Springfield
Population	23,744	22,905
Median age	40.6 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$143,786	$157,800
Median home value	$633,900	$612,200
Median gross rent	$2,260	$2,426
Housing units	7,426	7,900
Homeownership rate	80.1%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.9%	62.8%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chantilly	West Springfield
Population	24,368 → 23,744 (-2.6%)	24,223 → 22,905 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$124,930 → $143,786 (+15.1%)	$129,936 → $157,800 (+21.4%)
Median home value	$501,200 → $633,900 (+26.5%)	$472,000 → $612,200 (+29.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,864 → $2,260 (+21.2%)	$2,131 → $2,426 (+13.8%)

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

West Springfield

Population

24,22322,905

Median household income

$129,936$157,800

Median home value

$472,000$612,200

Median gross rent

$2,131$2,426

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chantilly	West Springfield
Under 5	5.1%	4.8%
5 to 17	20.8%	21.5%
18 to 24	9.0%	6.0%
25 to 34	9.4%	11.5%
35 to 44	13.9%	14.1%
45 to 54	16.5%	13.8%
55 to 64	12.5%	12.0%
65 to 74	8.0%	10.4%
75 and over	5.0%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chantilly	West Springfield
White (non-Hispanic)	33.1%	47.0%
Black or African American	3.5%	11.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	38.0%	17.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.6%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	21.3%	18.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chantilly	West Springfield
No high school diploma	9.1%	5.5%
High school graduate	14.9%	13.1%
Some college or associate's	18.1%	18.7%
Bachelor's degree	31.3%	33.6%
Graduate or professional degree	26.6%	29.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chantilly	West Springfield
Drove alone	58.8%	57.3%
Carpooled	13.2%	9.1%
Public transit	2.3%	10.2%
Walked	2.3%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.1%
Worked from home	21.0%	21.2%
Other means	1.7%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chantilly	West Springfield
1-unit, detached	60.9%	45.6%
1-unit, attached	23.6%	37.7%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	11.7%
20 or more units	4.1%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Chantilly	West Springfield
Poverty rate	6.1%	3.7%
Average household size	3.24	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	29	35
Median year structure built	1987	1973