Oakton vs Reston

A side-by-side comparison of Oakton and Reston: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Reston has the higher population (63,542 vs 36,776 in Oakton). Oakton has the higher median household income ($163,662 vs $139,515 in Reston). Oakton has the higher median home value ($776,700 vs $616,000 in Reston).

Population, income & housing

	Oakton	Reston
Population	36,776	63,542
Median age	40.0 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$163,662	$139,515
Median home value	$776,700	$616,000
Median gross rent	$2,333	$2,170
Housing units	14,328	30,274
Homeownership rate	67.5%	60.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.7%	70.8%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakton	Reston
Population	36,997 → 36,776 (-0.6%)	61,147 → 63,542 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$132,256 → $163,662 (+23.7%)	$120,396 → $139,515 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$631,700 → $776,700 (+23.0%)	$499,200 → $616,000 (+23.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,923 → $2,333 (+21.3%)	$1,859 → $2,170 (+16.7%)

Oakton

Population

36,99736,776

Median household income

$132,256$163,662

Median home value

$631,700$776,700

Median gross rent

$1,923$2,333

Reston

Population

61,14763,542

Median household income

$120,396$139,515

Median home value

$499,200$616,000

Median gross rent

$1,859$2,170

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oakton	Reston
Under 5	4.6%	5.2%
5 to 17	18.0%	13.1%
18 to 24	8.4%	7.6%
25 to 34	12.2%	17.4%
35 to 44	15.1%	13.5%
45 to 54	15.3%	13.2%
55 to 64	11.1%	13.7%
65 to 74	8.9%	9.1%
75 and over	6.5%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakton	Reston
White (non-Hispanic)	53.5%	58.3%
Black or African American	6.7%	8.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	22.7%	11.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.9%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.0%	15.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakton	Reston
No high school diploma	3.1%	4.6%
High school graduate	8.2%	8.9%
Some college or associate's	14.0%	15.7%
Bachelor's degree	34.7%	36.5%
Graduate or professional degree	40.0%	34.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakton	Reston
Drove alone	51.1%	53.0%
Carpooled	7.1%	6.4%
Public transit	8.1%	6.3%
Walked	1.5%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.6%
Worked from home	30.7%	30.2%
Other means	1.3%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakton	Reston
1-unit, detached	34.7%	20.3%
1-unit, attached	28.2%	30.5%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	18.4%	20.5%
20 or more units	16.2%	25.9%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Oakton	Reston
Poverty rate	4.1%	5.4%
Average household size	2.62	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1983	1983