Huntington vs Newington

A side-by-side comparison of Huntington and Newington: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Newington has the higher population (13,824 vs 13,250 in Huntington). Newington has the higher median household income ($146,681 vs $99,580 in Huntington). Newington has the higher median home value ($560,900 vs $536,200 in Huntington).

Population, income & housing

	Huntington	Newington
Population	13,250	13,824
Median age	36.3 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$99,580	$146,681
Median home value	$536,200	$560,900
Median gross rent	$2,045	$2,662
Housing units	7,678	4,770
Homeownership rate	43.2%	88.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.6%	59.7%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Huntington	Newington
Population	13,334 → 13,250 (-0.6%)	13,196 → 13,824 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$95,930 → $99,580 (+3.8%)	$135,843 → $146,681 (+8.0%)
Median home value	$403,300 → $536,200 (+33.0%)	$455,800 → $560,900 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,744 → $2,045 (+17.3%)	$2,221 → $2,662 (+19.9%)

Huntington

Population

13,33413,250

Median household income

$95,930$99,580

Median home value

$403,300$536,200

Median gross rent

$1,744$2,045

Newington

Population

13,19613,824

Median household income

$135,843$146,681

Median home value

$455,800$560,900

Median gross rent

$2,221$2,662

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Huntington	Newington
Under 5	5.6%	5.4%
5 to 17	7.5%	16.2%
18 to 24	8.8%	8.3%
25 to 34	24.9%	14.6%
35 to 44	16.8%	14.3%
45 to 54	14.3%	12.1%
55 to 64	9.2%	14.5%
65 to 74	7.3%	9.3%
75 and over	5.6%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Huntington	Newington
White (non-Hispanic)	51.2%	44.1%
Black or African American	12.7%	16.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	10.0%	14.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	1.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	18.2%	19.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Huntington	Newington
No high school diploma	6.5%	6.0%
High school graduate	9.9%	11.6%
Some college or associate's	18.9%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	32.7%	31.6%
Graduate or professional degree	31.9%	28.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Huntington	Newington
Drove alone	50.2%	60.4%
Carpooled	7.3%	6.7%
Public transit	14.2%	4.1%
Walked	1.2%	1.5%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.1%	26.0%
Other means	1.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Huntington	Newington
1-unit, detached	9.6%	39.5%
1-unit, attached	20.5%	58.4%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	0.1%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	1.8%
20 or more units	59.8%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Huntington	Newington
Poverty rate	7.5%	2.4%
Average household size	1.89	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	33	30
Median year structure built	1978	1981