Franconia vs Idylwood

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

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

Franconia has the higher population (18,141 vs 17,469 in Idylwood). Franconia has the higher median household income ($152,007 vs $118,443 in Idylwood). Idylwood has the higher median home value ($708,400 vs $557,800 in Franconia).

Population, income & housing

	Franconia	Idylwood
Population	18,141	17,469
Median age	40.7 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$152,007	$118,443
Median home value	$557,800	$708,400
Median gross rent	$2,469	$2,022
Housing units	7,777	7,346
Homeownership rate	77.2%	54.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.3%	61.9%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franconia	Idylwood
Population	19,720 → 18,141 (-8.0%)	18,273 → 17,469 (-4.4%)
Median household income	$125,031 → $152,007 (+21.6%)	$113,481 → $118,443 (+4.4%)
Median home value	$421,100 → $557,800 (+32.5%)	$571,900 → $708,400 (+23.9%)
Median gross rent	$2,066 → $2,469 (+19.5%)	$1,796 → $2,022 (+12.6%)

Franconia

Population

19,72018,141

Median household income

$125,031$152,007

Median home value

$421,100$557,800

Median gross rent

$2,066$2,469

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)

	Franconia	Idylwood
Under 5	4.5%	5.2%
5 to 17	13.2%	19.0%
18 to 24	6.0%	7.9%
25 to 34	16.2%	13.3%
35 to 44	17.0%	18.6%
45 to 54	15.0%	14.8%
55 to 64	14.8%	9.0%
65 to 74	9.1%	6.5%
75 and over	4.2%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franconia	Idylwood
White (non-Hispanic)	43.0%	46.2%
Black or African American	21.8%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	18.5%	19.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	2.8%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	14.2%	20.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franconia	Idylwood
No high school diploma	6.2%	10.8%
High school graduate	10.9%	11.7%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	15.6%
Bachelor's degree	33.3%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	32.0%	34.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franconia	Idylwood
Drove alone	53.4%	59.9%
Carpooled	3.8%	7.1%
Public transit	7.1%	7.3%
Walked	0.5%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	34.6%	22.0%
Other means	0.5%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franconia	Idylwood
1-unit, detached	21.5%	27.8%
1-unit, attached	51.9%	16.8%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	19.8%	32.7%
20 or more units	4.1%	21.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Franconia	Idylwood
Poverty rate	3.0%	5.7%
Average household size	2.40	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	31	25
Median year structure built	1988	1976