Lorton vs Woodlawn

A side-by-side comparison of Lorton and Woodlawn: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lorton has the higher population (21,961 vs 21,828 in Woodlawn). Lorton has the higher median household income ($136,719 vs $87,897 in Woodlawn). Lorton has the higher median home value ($583,900 vs $309,200 in Woodlawn).

Population, income & housing

	Lorton	Woodlawn
Population	21,961	21,828
Median age	36.9 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$136,719	$87,897
Median home value	$583,900	$309,200
Median gross rent	$2,537	$1,789
Housing units	7,254	8,077
Homeownership rate	64.2%	57.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.2%	31.8%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lorton	Woodlawn
Population	20,871 → 21,961 (+5.2%)	24,351 → 21,828 (-10.4%)
Median household income	$106,847 → $136,719 (+28.0%)	$75,622 → $87,897 (+16.2%)
Median home value	$461,200 → $583,900 (+26.6%)	$301,100 → $309,200 (+2.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,912 → $2,537 (+32.7%)	$1,632 → $1,789 (+9.6%)

Lorton

Population

20,87121,961

Median household income

$106,847$136,719

Median home value

$461,200$583,900

Median gross rent

$1,912$2,537

Woodlawn

Population

24,35121,828

Median household income

$75,622$87,897

Median home value

$301,100$309,200

Median gross rent

$1,632$1,789

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lorton	Woodlawn
Under 5	6.2%	5.6%
5 to 17	21.6%	19.6%
18 to 24	10.9%	8.0%
25 to 34	9.1%	14.8%
35 to 44	13.3%	12.8%
45 to 54	16.7%	14.2%
55 to 64	11.9%	12.7%
65 to 74	4.7%	8.8%
75 and over	5.6%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lorton	Woodlawn
White (non-Hispanic)	27.9%	14.6%
Black or African American	30.1%	30.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	18.7%	6.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.7%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	16.3%	46.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lorton	Woodlawn
No high school diploma	6.4%	19.5%
High school graduate	15.3%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	20.0%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	33.9%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	24.3%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lorton	Woodlawn
Drove alone	57.9%	62.4%
Carpooled	10.6%	14.1%
Public transit	5.3%	9.8%
Walked	2.5%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.3%	11.0%
Other means	1.4%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lorton	Woodlawn
1-unit, detached	35.3%	18.6%
1-unit, attached	37.7%	38.8%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	15.2%	32.9%
20 or more units	11.2%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Lorton	Woodlawn
Poverty rate	9.5%	7.5%
Average household size	3.24	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	31	33
Median year structure built	1997	1975