Opal vs Warrenton

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

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

Warrenton has the higher population (10,151 vs 784 in Opal). Opal has the higher median household income ($207,708 vs $80,441 in Warrenton). Opal has the higher median home value ($582,000 vs $423,500 in Warrenton).

Population, income & housing

	Opal	Warrenton
Population	784	10,151
Median age	31.6 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$207,708	$80,441
Median home value	$582,000	$423,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,512
Housing units	202	4,134
Homeownership rate	96.7%	61.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.2%	43.9%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Opal	Warrenton
Population	690 → 784 (+13.6%)	9,913 → 10,151 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$96,000 → $207,708 (+116.4%)	$73,402 → $80,441 (+9.6%)
Median home value	$331,900 → $582,000 (+75.4%)	$342,600 → $423,500 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,314 → $1,512 (+15.1%)

Opal

Population

690784

Median household income

$96,000$207,708

Median home value

$331,900$582,000

Warrenton

Population

9,91310,151

Median household income

$73,402$80,441

Median home value

$342,600$423,500

Median gross rent

$1,314$1,512

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Opal	Warrenton
Under 5	3.6%	7.4%
5 to 17	18.6%	13.7%
18 to 24	23.3%	9.6%
25 to 34	6.9%	14.1%
35 to 44	15.1%	11.2%
45 to 54	9.9%	13.3%
55 to 64	15.8%	14.7%
65 to 74	5.2%	7.0%
75 and over	1.5%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Opal	Warrenton
White (non-Hispanic)	57.7%	72.3%
Black or African American	7.4%	9.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	4.2%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.4%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	27.3%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Opal	Warrenton
No high school diploma	0.0%	8.3%
High school graduate	26.2%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	29.6%
Graduate or professional degree	20.6%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Opal	Warrenton
Drove alone	81.5%	71.5%
Carpooled	4.1%	12.2%
Public transit	2.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.4%	9.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Opal	Warrenton
1-unit, detached	100.0%	50.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	20.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Opal	Warrenton
Poverty rate	3.2%	8.7%
Average household size	4.28	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	40	32
Median year structure built	2002	1985