Dranesville vs Newington Forest

A side-by-side comparison of Dranesville and Newington Forest: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Newington Forest has the higher population (12,434 vs 11,860 in Dranesville). Dranesville has the higher median household income ($210,766 vs $147,650 in Newington Forest). Dranesville has the higher median home value ($713,100 vs $586,400 in Newington Forest).

Population, income & housing

	Dranesville	Newington Forest
Population	11,860	12,434
Median age	41.3 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$210,766	$147,650
Median home value	$713,100	$586,400
Median gross rent	$3,105	$2,649
Housing units	3,924	4,382
Homeownership rate	94.3%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.8%	62.9%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dranesville	Newington Forest
Population	11,661 → 11,860 (+1.7%)	12,373 → 12,434 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$179,031 → $210,766 (+17.7%)	$137,975 → $147,650 (+7.0%)
Median home value	$576,100 → $713,100 (+23.8%)	$453,900 → $586,400 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,901 → $3,105 (+7.0%)	$2,153 → $2,649 (+23.0%)

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

Newington Forest

Population

12,37312,434

Median household income

$137,975$147,650

Median home value

$453,900$586,400

Median gross rent

$2,153$2,649

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dranesville	Newington Forest
Under 5	6.4%	6.2%
5 to 17	16.2%	17.3%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.5%
25 to 34	10.6%	14.9%
35 to 44	14.4%	14.5%
45 to 54	12.5%	14.8%
55 to 64	16.7%	12.5%
65 to 74	11.6%	9.4%
75 and over	4.7%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dranesville	Newington Forest
White (non-Hispanic)	70.2%	51.4%
Black or African American	4.3%	7.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	13.4%	15.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.0%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	18.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dranesville	Newington Forest
No high school diploma	1.8%	8.5%
High school graduate	5.5%	10.0%
Some college or associate's	16.9%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	41.6%	30.4%
Graduate or professional degree	34.2%	32.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dranesville	Newington Forest
Drove alone	57.7%	66.5%
Carpooled	3.3%	6.4%
Public transit	0.8%	4.7%
Walked	0.4%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	36.2%	20.9%
Other means	1.3%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dranesville	Newington Forest
1-unit, detached	98.0%	50.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	49.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Dranesville	Newington Forest
Poverty rate	2.7%	3.6%
Average household size	3.10	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	30	34
Median year structure built	1984	1984