Newington Forest vs Wakefield

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

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

Newington Forest has the higher population (12,434 vs 12,024 in Wakefield). Wakefield has the higher median household income ($221,793 vs $147,650 in Newington Forest). Wakefield has the higher median home value ($826,100 vs $586,400 in Newington Forest).

Population, income & housing

	Newington Forest	Wakefield
Population	12,434	12,024
Median age	39.0 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$147,650	$221,793
Median home value	$586,400	$826,100
Median gross rent	$2,649	$3,501
Housing units	4,382	3,765
Homeownership rate	89.5%	92.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.9%	73.8%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newington Forest	Wakefield
Population	12,373 → 12,434 (+0.5%)	11,554 → 12,024 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$137,975 → $147,650 (+7.0%)	$155,729 → $221,793 (+42.4%)
Median home value	$453,900 → $586,400 (+29.2%)	$632,600 → $826,100 (+30.6%)
Median gross rent	$2,153 → $2,649 (+23.0%)	$2,877 → $3,501 (+21.7%)

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

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)

	Newington Forest	Wakefield
Under 5	6.2%	6.0%
5 to 17	17.3%	21.0%
18 to 24	6.5%	7.2%
25 to 34	14.9%	6.9%
35 to 44	14.5%	14.7%
45 to 54	14.8%	12.6%
55 to 64	12.5%	15.0%
65 to 74	9.4%	8.9%
75 and over	3.9%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newington Forest	Wakefield
White (non-Hispanic)	51.4%	61.1%
Black or African American	7.7%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	15.3%	19.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.4%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	18.1%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newington Forest	Wakefield
No high school diploma	8.5%	3.3%
High school graduate	10.0%	7.3%
Some college or associate's	18.6%	15.6%
Bachelor's degree	30.4%	33.2%
Graduate or professional degree	32.5%	40.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newington Forest	Wakefield
Drove alone	66.5%	63.1%
Carpooled	6.4%	5.1%
Public transit	4.7%	2.9%
Walked	0.4%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	20.9%	26.5%
Other means	1.2%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newington Forest	Wakefield
1-unit, detached	50.0%	95.9%
1-unit, attached	49.4%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Newington Forest	Wakefield
Poverty rate	3.6%	2.5%
Average household size	2.90	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	34	30
Median year structure built	1984	1968