Herndon vs Tysons

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

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

Tysons has the higher population (28,022 vs 24,529 in Herndon). Herndon has the higher median household income ($141,418 vs $129,189 in Tysons). Tysons has the higher median home value ($640,500 vs $568,700 in Herndon).

Population, income & housing

	Herndon	Tysons
Population	24,529	28,022
Median age	35.7 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$141,418	$129,189
Median home value	$568,700	$640,500
Median gross rent	$2,147	$2,478
Housing units	8,095	15,152
Homeownership rate	62.7%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.3%	79.7%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Herndon	Tysons
Population	24,532 → 24,529 (-0.0%)	24,261 → 28,022 (+15.5%)
Median household income	$111,371 → $141,418 (+27.0%)	$107,388 → $129,189 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$442,700 → $568,700 (+28.5%)	$563,000 → $640,500 (+13.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,807 → $2,147 (+18.8%)	$2,004 → $2,478 (+23.7%)

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

Tysons

Population

24,26128,022

Median household income

$107,388$129,189

Median home value

$563,000$640,500

Median gross rent

$2,004$2,478

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Herndon	Tysons
Under 5	7.4%	4.2%
5 to 17	16.1%	12.0%
18 to 24	8.6%	8.5%
25 to 34	16.4%	23.3%
35 to 44	17.8%	16.1%
45 to 54	11.9%	13.9%
55 to 64	11.1%	9.1%
65 to 74	6.8%	6.6%
75 and over	3.8%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Herndon	Tysons
White (non-Hispanic)	32.9%	42.4%
Black or African American	8.0%	8.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.5%
Asian	15.0%	30.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.6%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	38.9%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Herndon	Tysons
No high school diploma	16.3%	1.8%
High school graduate	15.4%	6.3%
Some college or associate's	18.0%	12.3%
Bachelor's degree	29.4%	37.5%
Graduate or professional degree	20.9%	42.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Herndon	Tysons
Drove alone	58.1%	50.9%
Carpooled	13.0%	5.3%
Public transit	4.0%	4.8%
Walked	2.2%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.5%
Worked from home	19.4%	31.7%
Other means	2.8%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Herndon	Tysons
1-unit, detached	41.4%	9.1%
1-unit, attached	29.7%	9.8%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	16.4%
20 or more units	10.9%	62.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Herndon	Tysons
Poverty rate	9.4%	6.7%
Average household size	3.14	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1983	1995