Hayfield vs Union Mill

A side-by-side comparison of Hayfield and Union Mill: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Union Mill has the higher population (4,351 vs 4,252 in Hayfield). Union Mill has the higher median household income ($245,265 vs $192,813 in Hayfield). Union Mill has the higher median home value ($942,400 vs $653,700 in Hayfield).

Population, income & housing

	Hayfield	Union Mill
Population	4,252	4,351
Median age	41.4 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$192,813	$245,265
Median home value	$653,700	$942,400
Median gross rent	$3,277	$2,581
Housing units	1,485	1,411
Homeownership rate	94.6%	93.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	73.3%	73.7%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hayfield	Union Mill
Population	4,285 → 4,252 (-0.8%)	4,362 → 4,351 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$148,125 → $192,813 (+30.2%)	$201,000 → $245,265 (+22.0%)
Median home value	$532,500 → $653,700 (+22.8%)	$812,900 → $942,400 (+15.9%)
Median gross rent	$2,826 → $3,277 (+16.0%)	$2,140 → $2,581 (+20.6%)

Hayfield

Population

4,2854,252

Median household income

$148,125$192,813

Median home value

$532,500$653,700

Median gross rent

$2,826$3,277

Union Mill

Population

4,3624,351

Median household income

$201,000$245,265

Median home value

$812,900$942,400

Median gross rent

$2,140$2,581

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hayfield	Union Mill
Under 5	7.6%	3.4%
5 to 17	18.2%	19.4%
18 to 24	7.5%	8.4%
25 to 34	10.3%	7.0%
35 to 44	9.8%	11.5%
45 to 54	16.1%	17.0%
55 to 64	11.5%	12.4%
65 to 74	11.8%	12.6%
75 and over	7.0%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hayfield	Union Mill
White (non-Hispanic)	73.2%	47.1%
Black or African American	4.7%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.0%	40.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	8.3%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hayfield	Union Mill
No high school diploma	2.7%	2.0%
High school graduate	10.5%	11.0%
Some college or associate's	13.4%	13.3%
Bachelor's degree	42.8%	40.8%
Graduate or professional degree	30.6%	32.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hayfield	Union Mill
Drove alone	56.1%	61.5%
Carpooled	5.2%	6.2%
Public transit	2.7%	1.4%
Walked	1.9%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	33.1%	27.4%
Other means	0.6%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hayfield	Union Mill
1-unit, detached	69.2%	92.3%
1-unit, attached	30.8%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hayfield	Union Mill
Poverty rate	0.7%	4.1%
Average household size	3.05	3.14
Mean commute (minutes)	29	34
Median year structure built	1978	1988