Dumbarton vs Montrose

A side-by-side comparison of Dumbarton and Montrose: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Montrose has the higher population (8,624 vs 8,407 in Dumbarton). Dumbarton has the higher median household income ($59,085 vs $45,063 in Montrose). Dumbarton has the higher median home value ($274,700 vs $170,000 in Montrose).

Population, income & housing

	Dumbarton	Montrose
Population	8,407	8,624
Median age	36.8 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$59,085	$45,063
Median home value	$274,700	$170,000
Median gross rent	$1,402	$1,260
Housing units	4,426	3,892
Homeownership rate	29.7%	38.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.1%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dumbarton	Montrose
Population	8,714 → 8,407 (-3.5%)	7,541 → 8,624 (+14.4%)
Median household income	$44,336 → $59,085 (+33.3%)	$36,379 → $45,063 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$186,400 → $274,700 (+47.4%)	$116,000 → $170,000 (+46.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,144 → $1,402 (+22.6%)	$1,024 → $1,260 (+23.0%)

Dumbarton

Population

8,7148,407

Median household income

$44,336$59,085

Median home value

$186,400$274,700

Median gross rent

$1,144$1,402

Montrose

Population

7,5418,624

Median household income

$36,379$45,063

Median home value

$116,000$170,000

Median gross rent

$1,024$1,260

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dumbarton	Montrose
Under 5	2.9%	5.5%
5 to 17	11.1%	16.1%
18 to 24	11.5%	9.9%
25 to 34	22.6%	10.4%
35 to 44	10.9%	17.7%
45 to 54	9.2%	12.0%
55 to 64	14.3%	11.0%
65 to 74	9.9%	9.0%
75 and over	7.6%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dumbarton	Montrose
White (non-Hispanic)	49.0%	21.2%
Black or African American	20.2%	69.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.4%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.9%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	20.0%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dumbarton	Montrose
No high school diploma	15.2%	16.2%
High school graduate	29.1%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dumbarton	Montrose
Drove alone	63.9%	84.6%
Carpooled	10.9%	5.1%
Public transit	1.6%	0.6%
Walked	1.8%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.8%	5.3%
Other means	4.1%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dumbarton	Montrose
1-unit, detached	24.9%	59.0%
1-unit, attached	16.5%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	37.5%	23.3%
20 or more units	12.8%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Dumbarton	Montrose
Poverty rate	13.1%	25.5%
Average household size	2.05	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1974	1974