Herndon vs West Springfield

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

Herndon and West Springfield 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 22,905 in West Springfield). West Springfield has the higher median household income ($157,800 vs $141,418 in Herndon). West Springfield has the higher median home value ($612,200 vs $568,700 in Herndon).

Population, income & housing

	Herndon	West Springfield
Population	24,529	22,905
Median age	35.7 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$141,418	$157,800
Median home value	$568,700	$612,200
Median gross rent	$2,147	$2,426
Housing units	8,095	7,900
Homeownership rate	62.7%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.3%	62.8%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Herndon	West Springfield
Population	24,532 → 24,529 (-0.0%)	24,223 → 22,905 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$111,371 → $141,418 (+27.0%)	$129,936 → $157,800 (+21.4%)
Median home value	$442,700 → $568,700 (+28.5%)	$472,000 → $612,200 (+29.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,807 → $2,147 (+18.8%)	$2,131 → $2,426 (+13.8%)

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

West Springfield

Population

24,22322,905

Median household income

$129,936$157,800

Median home value

$472,000$612,200

Median gross rent

$2,131$2,426

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Herndon	West Springfield
Under 5	7.4%	4.8%
5 to 17	16.1%	21.5%
18 to 24	8.6%	6.0%
25 to 34	16.4%	11.5%
35 to 44	17.8%	14.1%
45 to 54	11.9%	13.8%
55 to 64	11.1%	12.0%
65 to 74	6.8%	10.4%
75 and over	3.8%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Herndon	West Springfield
White (non-Hispanic)	32.9%	47.0%
Black or African American	8.0%	11.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	15.0%	17.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.6%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	38.9%	18.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Herndon	West Springfield
No high school diploma	16.3%	5.5%
High school graduate	15.4%	13.1%
Some college or associate's	18.0%	18.7%
Bachelor's degree	29.4%	33.6%
Graduate or professional degree	20.9%	29.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Herndon	West Springfield
Drove alone	58.1%	57.3%
Carpooled	13.0%	9.1%
Public transit	4.0%	10.2%
Walked	2.2%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.1%
Worked from home	19.4%	21.2%
Other means	2.8%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Herndon	West Springfield
1-unit, detached	41.4%	45.6%
1-unit, attached	29.7%	37.7%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	11.7%
20 or more units	10.9%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Herndon	West Springfield
Poverty rate	9.4%	3.7%
Average household size	3.14	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	28	35
Median year structure built	1983	1973