Dranesville vs Mount Vernon

A side-by-side comparison of Dranesville and Mount Vernon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mount Vernon has the higher population (13,120 vs 11,860 in Dranesville). Dranesville has the higher median household income ($210,766 vs $156,875 in Mount Vernon). Mount Vernon has the higher median home value ($779,800 vs $713,100 in Dranesville).

Population, income & housing

	Dranesville	Mount Vernon
Population	11,860	13,120
Median age	41.3 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$210,766	$156,875
Median home value	$713,100	$779,800
Median gross rent	$3,105	$1,643
Housing units	3,924	5,005
Homeownership rate	94.3%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.8%	63.8%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dranesville	Mount Vernon
Population	11,661 → 11,860 (+1.7%)	13,113 → 13,120 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$179,031 → $210,766 (+17.7%)	$146,250 → $156,875 (+7.3%)
Median home value	$576,100 → $713,100 (+23.8%)	$627,900 → $779,800 (+24.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,901 → $3,105 (+7.0%)	$1,472 → $1,643 (+11.6%)

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

Mount Vernon

Population

13,11313,120

Median household income

$146,250$156,875

Median home value

$627,900$779,800

Median gross rent

$1,472$1,643

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dranesville	Mount Vernon
Under 5	6.4%	6.8%
5 to 17	16.2%	18.9%
18 to 24	6.9%	4.1%
25 to 34	10.6%	8.8%
35 to 44	14.4%	12.1%
45 to 54	12.5%	16.3%
55 to 64	16.7%	14.3%
65 to 74	11.6%	11.0%
75 and over	4.7%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dranesville	Mount Vernon
White (non-Hispanic)	70.2%	52.5%
Black or African American	4.3%	16.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	13.4%	7.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	18.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dranesville	Mount Vernon
No high school diploma	1.8%	4.0%
High school graduate	5.5%	13.7%
Some college or associate's	16.9%	18.5%
Bachelor's degree	41.6%	31.3%
Graduate or professional degree	34.2%	32.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dranesville	Mount Vernon
Drove alone	57.7%	56.4%
Carpooled	3.3%	10.4%
Public transit	0.8%	2.8%
Walked	0.4%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	36.2%	25.9%
Other means	1.3%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dranesville	Mount Vernon
1-unit, detached	98.0%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.9%
20 or more units	1.2%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Dranesville	Mount Vernon
Poverty rate	2.7%	7.5%
Average household size	3.10	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	30	31
Median year structure built	1984	1967