New Baltimore vs Opal

A side-by-side comparison of New Baltimore and Opal: population, income, housing, and more.

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

New Baltimore has the higher population (11,595 vs 784 in Opal). Opal has the higher median household income ($207,708 vs $183,696 in New Baltimore). New Baltimore has the higher median home value ($646,500 vs $582,000 in Opal).

Population, income & housing

	New Baltimore	Opal
Population	11,595	784
Median age	38.8 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$183,696	$207,708
Median home value	$646,500	$582,000
Housing units	3,727	202
Homeownership rate	93.0%	96.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.8%	42.2%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Baltimore	Opal
Population	10,440 → 11,595 (+11.1%)	690 → 784 (+13.6%)
Median household income	$135,261 → $183,696 (+35.8%)	$96,000 → $207,708 (+116.4%)
Median home value	$474,400 → $646,500 (+36.3%)	$331,900 → $582,000 (+75.4%)
Median gross rent	$2,155 → $1,964 (-8.9%)	—

New Baltimore

Population

10,44011,595

Median household income

$135,261$183,696

Median home value

$474,400$646,500

Median gross rent

$2,155$1,964

Opal

Population

690784

Median household income

$96,000$207,708

Median home value

$331,900$582,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Baltimore	Opal
Under 5	6.2%	3.6%
5 to 17	20.8%	18.6%
18 to 24	7.1%	23.3%
25 to 34	9.6%	6.9%
35 to 44	14.5%	15.1%
45 to 54	13.0%	9.9%
55 to 64	15.8%	15.8%
65 to 74	7.7%	5.2%
75 and over	5.2%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Baltimore	Opal
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	57.7%
Black or African American	4.8%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	27.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Baltimore	Opal
No high school diploma	2.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	14.5%	26.2%
Some college or associate's	20.8%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	37.8%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	24.0%	20.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Baltimore	Opal
Drove alone	69.8%	81.5%
Carpooled	3.3%	4.1%
Public transit	2.2%	2.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.3%	12.4%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Baltimore	Opal
1-unit, detached	98.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	New Baltimore	Opal
Poverty rate	1.6%	3.2%
Average household size	3.17	4.28
Mean commute (minutes)	37	40
Median year structure built	1996	2002