Huntington vs Newington Forest

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

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

Huntington has the higher population (13,250 vs 12,434 in Newington Forest). Newington Forest has the higher median household income ($147,650 vs $99,580 in Huntington). Newington Forest has the higher median home value ($586,400 vs $536,200 in Huntington).

Population, income & housing

	Huntington	Newington Forest
Population	13,250	12,434
Median age	36.3 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$99,580	$147,650
Median home value	$536,200	$586,400
Median gross rent	$2,045	$2,649
Housing units	7,678	4,382
Homeownership rate	43.2%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.6%	62.9%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Huntington	Newington Forest
Population	13,334 → 13,250 (-0.6%)	12,373 → 12,434 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$95,930 → $99,580 (+3.8%)	$137,975 → $147,650 (+7.0%)
Median home value	$403,300 → $536,200 (+33.0%)	$453,900 → $586,400 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,744 → $2,045 (+17.3%)	$2,153 → $2,649 (+23.0%)

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 Forest

Population

12,37312,434

Median household income

$137,975$147,650

Median home value

$453,900$586,400

Median gross rent

$2,153$2,649

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Huntington	Newington Forest
Under 5	5.6%	6.2%
5 to 17	7.5%	17.3%
18 to 24	8.8%	6.5%
25 to 34	24.9%	14.9%
35 to 44	16.8%	14.5%
45 to 54	14.3%	14.8%
55 to 64	9.2%	12.5%
65 to 74	7.3%	9.4%
75 and over	5.6%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Huntington	Newington Forest
White (non-Hispanic)	51.2%	51.4%
Black or African American	12.7%	7.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	10.0%	15.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	1.8%	0.6%
Two or more races	6.1%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	18.2%	18.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Huntington	Newington Forest
No high school diploma	6.5%	8.5%
High school graduate	9.9%	10.0%
Some college or associate's	18.9%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	32.7%	30.4%
Graduate or professional degree	31.9%	32.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Huntington	Newington Forest
Drove alone	50.2%	66.5%
Carpooled	7.3%	6.4%
Public transit	14.2%	4.7%
Walked	1.2%	0.4%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.1%	20.9%
Other means	1.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Huntington	Newington Forest
1-unit, detached	9.6%	50.0%
1-unit, attached	20.5%	49.4%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	0.5%
20 or more units	59.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Huntington	Newington Forest
Poverty rate	7.5%	3.6%
Average household size	1.89	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	33	34
Median year structure built	1978	1984