Franconia vs Kingstowne

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

Franconia and Kingstowne 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 17,436 in Kingstowne). Franconia has the higher median household income ($152,007 vs $150,114 in Kingstowne). Kingstowne has the higher median home value ($613,300 vs $557,800 in Franconia).

Population, income & housing

	Franconia	Kingstowne
Population	18,141	17,436
Median age	40.7 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$152,007	$150,114
Median home value	$557,800	$613,300
Median gross rent	$2,469	$2,337
Housing units	7,777	7,313
Homeownership rate	77.2%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.3%	69.2%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franconia	Kingstowne
Population	19,720 → 18,141 (-8.0%)	17,517 → 17,436 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$125,031 → $152,007 (+21.6%)	$131,185 → $150,114 (+14.4%)
Median home value	$421,100 → $557,800 (+32.5%)	$486,300 → $613,300 (+26.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,066 → $2,469 (+19.5%)	$2,089 → $2,337 (+11.9%)

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

Kingstowne

Population

17,51717,436

Median household income

$131,185$150,114

Median home value

$486,300$613,300

Median gross rent

$2,089$2,337

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franconia	Kingstowne
Under 5	4.5%	6.9%
5 to 17	13.2%	19.1%
18 to 24	6.0%	4.7%
25 to 34	16.2%	12.1%
35 to 44	17.0%	16.3%
45 to 54	15.0%	13.3%
55 to 64	14.8%	14.4%
65 to 74	9.1%	8.4%
75 and over	4.2%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franconia	Kingstowne
White (non-Hispanic)	43.0%	50.3%
Black or African American	21.8%	22.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	18.5%	10.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.5%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	14.2%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franconia	Kingstowne
No high school diploma	6.2%	2.1%
High school graduate	10.9%	11.1%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	17.6%
Bachelor's degree	33.3%	31.1%
Graduate or professional degree	32.0%	38.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franconia	Kingstowne
Drove alone	53.4%	55.8%
Carpooled	3.8%	4.1%
Public transit	7.1%	7.5%
Walked	0.5%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	34.6%	29.6%
Other means	0.5%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franconia	Kingstowne
1-unit, detached	21.5%	19.0%
1-unit, attached	51.9%	49.5%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	19.8%	22.8%
20 or more units	4.1%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Franconia	Kingstowne
Poverty rate	3.0%	4.3%
Average household size	2.40	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	31	33
Median year structure built	1988	1994