Dranesville vs Wakefield

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

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

Wakefield has the higher population (12,024 vs 11,860 in Dranesville). Wakefield has the higher median household income ($221,793 vs $210,766 in Dranesville). Wakefield has the higher median home value ($826,100 vs $713,100 in Dranesville).

Population, income & housing

	Dranesville	Wakefield
Population	11,860	12,024
Median age	41.3 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$210,766	$221,793
Median home value	$713,100	$826,100
Median gross rent	$3,105	$3,501
Housing units	3,924	3,765
Homeownership rate	94.3%	92.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.8%	73.8%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dranesville	Wakefield
Population	11,661 → 11,860 (+1.7%)	11,554 → 12,024 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$179,031 → $210,766 (+17.7%)	$155,729 → $221,793 (+42.4%)
Median home value	$576,100 → $713,100 (+23.8%)	$632,600 → $826,100 (+30.6%)
Median gross rent	$2,901 → $3,105 (+7.0%)	$2,877 → $3,501 (+21.7%)

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

Wakefield

Population

11,55412,024

Median household income

$155,729$221,793

Median home value

$632,600$826,100

Median gross rent

$2,877$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dranesville	Wakefield
Under 5	6.4%	6.0%
5 to 17	16.2%	21.0%
18 to 24	6.9%	7.2%
25 to 34	10.6%	6.9%
35 to 44	14.4%	14.7%
45 to 54	12.5%	12.6%
55 to 64	16.7%	15.0%
65 to 74	11.6%	8.9%
75 and over	4.7%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dranesville	Wakefield
White (non-Hispanic)	70.2%	61.1%
Black or African American	4.3%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	13.4%	19.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.0%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dranesville	Wakefield
No high school diploma	1.8%	3.3%
High school graduate	5.5%	7.3%
Some college or associate's	16.9%	15.6%
Bachelor's degree	41.6%	33.2%
Graduate or professional degree	34.2%	40.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dranesville	Wakefield
Drove alone	57.7%	63.1%
Carpooled	3.3%	5.1%
Public transit	0.8%	2.9%
Walked	0.4%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.4%
Worked from home	36.2%	26.5%
Other means	1.3%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dranesville	Wakefield
1-unit, detached	98.0%	95.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Dranesville	Wakefield
Poverty rate	2.7%	2.5%
Average household size	3.10	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1984	1968