Fort Hunt vs Idylwood

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Hunt and Idylwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Idylwood has the higher population (17,469 vs 16,519 in Fort Hunt). Fort Hunt has the higher median household income ($210,471 vs $118,443 in Idylwood). Fort Hunt has the higher median home value ($890,400 vs $708,400 in Idylwood).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Hunt	Idylwood
Population	16,519	17,469
Median age	45.5 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$210,471	$118,443
Median home value	$890,400	$708,400
Median gross rent	$3,501	$2,022
Housing units	6,096	7,346
Homeownership rate	94.0%	54.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	78.8%	61.9%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Hunt	Idylwood
Population	16,973 → 16,519 (-2.7%)	18,273 → 17,469 (-4.4%)
Median household income	$188,142 → $210,471 (+11.9%)	$113,481 → $118,443 (+4.4%)
Median home value	$702,200 → $890,400 (+26.8%)	$571,900 → $708,400 (+23.9%)
Median gross rent	$3,096 → $3,501 (+13.1%)	$1,796 → $2,022 (+12.6%)

Fort Hunt

Population

16,97316,519

Median household income

$188,142$210,471

Median home value

$702,200$890,400

Median gross rent

$3,096$3,501

Idylwood

Population

18,27317,469

Median household income

$113,481$118,443

Median home value

$571,900$708,400

Median gross rent

$1,796$2,022

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Hunt	Idylwood
Under 5	6.3%	5.2%
5 to 17	19.7%	19.0%
18 to 24	5.2%	7.9%
25 to 34	5.1%	13.3%
35 to 44	13.2%	18.6%
45 to 54	16.0%	14.8%
55 to 64	13.1%	9.0%
65 to 74	13.0%	6.5%
75 and over	8.4%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Hunt	Idylwood
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	46.2%
Black or African American	1.9%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	3.9%	19.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	2.8%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	20.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Hunt	Idylwood
No high school diploma	1.8%	10.8%
High school graduate	7.1%	11.7%
Some college or associate's	12.3%	15.6%
Bachelor's degree	36.7%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	42.1%	34.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Hunt	Idylwood
Drove alone	60.6%	59.9%
Carpooled	5.3%	7.1%
Public transit	2.5%	7.3%
Walked	0.7%	1.3%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	28.3%	22.0%
Other means	1.5%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Hunt	Idylwood
1-unit, detached	97.8%	27.8%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	16.8%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	32.7%
20 or more units	0.2%	21.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fort Hunt	Idylwood
Poverty rate	1.9%	5.7%
Average household size	2.75	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	32	25
Median year structure built	1963	1976