Dranesville vs Lake Barcroft

A side-by-side comparison of Dranesville and Lake Barcroft: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dranesville has the higher population (11,860 vs 10,678 in Lake Barcroft). Dranesville has the higher median household income ($210,766 vs $143,796 in Lake Barcroft). Lake Barcroft has the higher median home value ($848,200 vs $713,100 in Dranesville).

Population, income & housing

	Dranesville	Lake Barcroft
Population	11,860	10,678
Median age	41.3 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$210,766	$143,796
Median home value	$713,100	$848,200
Median gross rent	$3,105	$1,914
Housing units	3,924	3,958
Homeownership rate	94.3%	69.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.8%	64.0%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dranesville	Lake Barcroft
Population	11,661 → 11,860 (+1.7%)	9,823 → 10,678 (+8.7%)
Median household income	$179,031 → $210,766 (+17.7%)	$119,682 → $143,796 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$576,100 → $713,100 (+23.8%)	$671,400 → $848,200 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,901 → $3,105 (+7.0%)	$1,621 → $1,914 (+18.1%)

Dranesville

Population

11,66111,860

Median household income

$179,031$210,766

Median home value

$576,100$713,100

Median gross rent

$2,901$3,105

Lake Barcroft

Population

9,82310,678

Median household income

$119,682$143,796

Median home value

$671,400$848,200

Median gross rent

$1,621$1,914

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dranesville	Lake Barcroft
Under 5	6.4%	5.2%
5 to 17	16.2%	15.6%
18 to 24	6.9%	8.3%
25 to 34	10.6%	9.3%
35 to 44	14.4%	13.9%
45 to 54	12.5%	14.5%
55 to 64	16.7%	12.7%
65 to 74	11.6%	12.4%
75 and over	4.7%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dranesville	Lake Barcroft
White (non-Hispanic)	70.2%	57.3%
Black or African American	4.3%	8.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	13.4%	14.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	15.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dranesville	Lake Barcroft
No high school diploma	1.8%	8.9%
High school graduate	5.5%	10.7%
Some college or associate's	16.9%	16.4%
Bachelor's degree	41.6%	30.6%
Graduate or professional degree	34.2%	33.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dranesville	Lake Barcroft
Drove alone	57.7%	58.4%
Carpooled	3.3%	6.8%
Public transit	0.8%	4.6%
Walked	0.4%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	36.2%	26.6%
Other means	1.3%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dranesville	Lake Barcroft
1-unit, detached	98.0%	64.1%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.2%
20 or more units	1.2%	21.1%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dranesville	Lake Barcroft
Poverty rate	2.7%	5.0%
Average household size	3.10	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1984	1960