Huntington vs Wakefield

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

Huntington and Wakefield 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 12,024 in Wakefield). Wakefield has the higher median household income ($221,793 vs $99,580 in Huntington). Wakefield has the higher median home value ($826,100 vs $536,200 in Huntington).

Population, income & housing

	Huntington	Wakefield
Population	13,250	12,024
Median age	36.3 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$99,580	$221,793
Median home value	$536,200	$826,100
Median gross rent	$2,045	$3,501
Housing units	7,678	3,765
Homeownership rate	43.2%	92.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.6%	73.8%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Huntington	Wakefield
Population	13,334 → 13,250 (-0.6%)	11,554 → 12,024 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$95,930 → $99,580 (+3.8%)	$155,729 → $221,793 (+42.4%)
Median home value	$403,300 → $536,200 (+33.0%)	$632,600 → $826,100 (+30.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,744 → $2,045 (+17.3%)	$2,877 → $3,501 (+21.7%)

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

Wakefield

Population

11,55412,024

Median household income

$155,729$221,793

Median home value

$632,600$826,100

Median gross rent

$2,877$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Huntington	Wakefield
Under 5	5.6%	6.0%
5 to 17	7.5%	21.0%
18 to 24	8.8%	7.2%
25 to 34	24.9%	6.9%
35 to 44	16.8%	14.7%
45 to 54	14.3%	12.6%
55 to 64	9.2%	15.0%
65 to 74	7.3%	8.9%
75 and over	5.6%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Huntington	Wakefield
White (non-Hispanic)	51.2%	61.1%
Black or African American	12.7%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	10.0%	19.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.1%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	18.2%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Huntington	Wakefield
No high school diploma	6.5%	3.3%
High school graduate	9.9%	7.3%
Some college or associate's	18.9%	15.6%
Bachelor's degree	32.7%	33.2%
Graduate or professional degree	31.9%	40.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Huntington	Wakefield
Drove alone	50.2%	63.1%
Carpooled	7.3%	5.1%
Public transit	14.2%	2.9%
Walked	1.2%	0.6%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	25.1%	26.5%
Other means	1.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Huntington	Wakefield
1-unit, detached	9.6%	95.9%
1-unit, attached	20.5%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	59.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Huntington	Wakefield
Poverty rate	7.5%	2.5%
Average household size	1.89	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	33	30
Median year structure built	1978	1968