Long Branch vs Mantua

A side-by-side comparison of Long Branch and Mantua: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mantua has the higher population (7,447 vs 7,066 in Long Branch). Mantua has the higher median household income ($197,677 vs $180,833 in Long Branch). Mantua has the higher median home value ($947,700 vs $788,900 in Long Branch).

Population, income & housing

	Long Branch	Mantua
Population	7,066	7,447
Median age	46.0 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$180,833	$197,677
Median home value	$788,900	$947,700
Median gross rent	$1,233	$1,955
Housing units	2,584	2,761
Homeownership rate	81.1%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.7%	75.5%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Long Branch	Mantua
Population	8,381 → 7,066 (-15.7%)	7,342 → 7,447 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$162,169 → $180,833 (+11.5%)	$172,357 → $197,677 (+14.7%)
Median home value	$623,300 → $788,900 (+26.6%)	$780,000 → $947,700 (+21.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,250 → $1,233 (-1.4%)	$1,959 → $1,955 (-0.2%)

Long Branch

Population

8,3817,066

Median household income

$162,169$180,833

Median home value

$623,300$788,900

Median gross rent

$1,250$1,233

Mantua

Population

7,3427,447

Median household income

$172,357$197,677

Median home value

$780,000$947,700

Median gross rent

$1,959$1,955

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Long Branch	Mantua
Under 5	2.7%	5.3%
5 to 17	20.2%	16.8%
18 to 24	6.8%	9.7%
25 to 34	8.0%	7.8%
35 to 44	11.4%	14.7%
45 to 54	13.1%	15.9%
55 to 64	15.3%	14.4%
65 to 74	13.9%	9.0%
75 and over	8.5%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Long Branch	Mantua
White (non-Hispanic)	62.0%	64.9%
Black or African American	3.3%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	17.2%	19.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	14.0%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Long Branch	Mantua
No high school diploma	4.2%	4.3%
High school graduate	12.7%	6.1%
Some college or associate's	16.4%	14.1%
Bachelor's degree	30.3%	29.2%
Graduate or professional degree	36.4%	46.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Long Branch	Mantua
Drove alone	63.0%	57.5%
Carpooled	8.9%	8.6%
Public transit	2.1%	4.4%
Walked	0.8%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	23.8%	24.2%
Other means	1.3%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Long Branch	Mantua
1-unit, detached	88.1%	65.8%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	15.0%
20 or more units	9.6%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Long Branch	Mantua
Poverty rate	2.0%	3.7%
Average household size	2.79	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1970	1970