Herndon vs Lorton

A side-by-side comparison of Herndon and Lorton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Herndon has the higher population (24,529 vs 21,961 in Lorton). Herndon has the higher median household income ($141,418 vs $136,719 in Lorton). Lorton has the higher median home value ($583,900 vs $568,700 in Herndon).

Population, income & housing

	Herndon	Lorton
Population	24,529	21,961
Median age	35.7 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$141,418	$136,719
Median home value	$568,700	$583,900
Median gross rent	$2,147	$2,537
Housing units	8,095	7,254
Homeownership rate	62.7%	64.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.3%	58.2%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Herndon	Lorton
Population	24,532 → 24,529 (-0.0%)	20,871 → 21,961 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$111,371 → $141,418 (+27.0%)	$106,847 → $136,719 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$442,700 → $568,700 (+28.5%)	$461,200 → $583,900 (+26.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,807 → $2,147 (+18.8%)	$1,912 → $2,537 (+32.7%)

Herndon

Population

24,53224,529

Median household income

$111,371$141,418

Median home value

$442,700$568,700

Median gross rent

$1,807$2,147

Lorton

Population

20,87121,961

Median household income

$106,847$136,719

Median home value

$461,200$583,900

Median gross rent

$1,912$2,537

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Herndon	Lorton
Under 5	7.4%	6.2%
5 to 17	16.1%	21.6%
18 to 24	8.6%	10.9%
25 to 34	16.4%	9.1%
35 to 44	17.8%	13.3%
45 to 54	11.9%	16.7%
55 to 64	11.1%	11.9%
65 to 74	6.8%	4.7%
75 and over	3.8%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Herndon	Lorton
White (non-Hispanic)	32.9%	27.9%
Black or African American	8.0%	30.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	15.0%	18.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.3%
Two or more races	4.6%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	38.9%	16.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Herndon	Lorton
No high school diploma	16.3%	6.4%
High school graduate	15.4%	15.3%
Some college or associate's	18.0%	20.0%
Bachelor's degree	29.4%	33.9%
Graduate or professional degree	20.9%	24.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Herndon	Lorton
Drove alone	58.1%	57.9%
Carpooled	13.0%	10.6%
Public transit	4.0%	5.3%
Walked	2.2%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.4%	22.3%
Other means	2.8%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Herndon	Lorton
1-unit, detached	41.4%	35.3%
1-unit, attached	29.7%	37.7%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	15.2%
20 or more units	10.9%	11.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Herndon	Lorton
Poverty rate	9.4%	9.5%
Average household size	3.14	3.24
Mean commute (minutes)	28	31
Median year structure built	1983	1997