Long Branch vs South Run

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

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

Long Branch has the higher population (7,066 vs 6,714 in South Run). South Run has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $180,833 in Long Branch). South Run has the higher median home value ($940,900 vs $788,900 in Long Branch).

Population, income & housing

	Long Branch	South Run
Population	7,066	6,714
Median age	46.0 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$180,833	$250,001
Median home value	$788,900	$940,900
Median gross rent	$1,233	$3,501
Housing units	2,584	2,066
Homeownership rate	81.1%	98.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.7%	81.9%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Long Branch	South Run
Population	8,381 → 7,066 (-15.7%)	6,243 → 6,714 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$162,169 → $180,833 (+11.5%)	$208,272 → $250,001 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$623,300 → $788,900 (+26.6%)	$763,900 → $940,900 (+23.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,250 → $1,233 (-1.4%)	$3,501 → $3,501 (+0.0%)

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

South Run

Population

6,2436,714

Median household income

$208,272$250,001

Median home value

$763,900$940,900

Median gross rent

$3,501$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Long Branch	South Run
Under 5	2.7%	12.5%
5 to 17	20.2%	16.8%
18 to 24	6.8%	6.6%
25 to 34	8.0%	8.1%
35 to 44	11.4%	10.5%
45 to 54	13.1%	14.8%
55 to 64	15.3%	11.5%
65 to 74	13.9%	12.0%
75 and over	8.5%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Long Branch	South Run
White (non-Hispanic)	62.0%	61.4%
Black or African American	3.3%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	17.2%	19.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.5%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	14.0%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Long Branch	South Run
No high school diploma	4.2%	0.4%
High school graduate	12.7%	6.6%
Some college or associate's	16.4%	11.1%
Bachelor's degree	30.3%	34.5%
Graduate or professional degree	36.4%	47.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Long Branch	South Run
Drove alone	63.0%	65.3%
Carpooled	8.9%	2.4%
Public transit	2.1%	3.5%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.8%	28.8%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Long Branch	South Run
1-unit, detached	88.1%	98.3%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Long Branch	South Run
Poverty rate	2.0%	2.2%
Average household size	2.79	3.32
Mean commute (minutes)	28	34
Median year structure built	1970	1987