East Highland Park vs Glen Allen

A side-by-side comparison of East Highland Park and Glen Allen: population, income, housing, and more.

East Highland Park and Glen Allen are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Glen Allen has the higher population (16,630 vs 16,071 in East Highland Park). Glen Allen has the higher median household income ($96,085 vs $69,750 in East Highland Park). Glen Allen has the higher median home value ($338,000 vs $210,500 in East Highland Park).

Population, income & housing

	East Highland Park	Glen Allen
Population	16,071	16,630
Median age	41.1 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$69,750	$96,085
Median home value	$210,500	$338,000
Median gross rent	$1,238	$1,719
Housing units	6,955	6,633
Homeownership rate	67.0%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	43.8%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Highland Park	Glen Allen
Population	15,498 → 16,071 (+3.7%)	15,488 → 16,630 (+7.4%)
Median household income	$52,286 → $69,750 (+33.4%)	$75,429 → $96,085 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$150,700 → $210,500 (+39.7%)	$241,500 → $338,000 (+40.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,053 → $1,238 (+17.6%)	$1,336 → $1,719 (+28.7%)

East Highland Park

Population

15,49816,071

Median household income

$52,286$69,750

Median home value

$150,700$210,500

Median gross rent

$1,053$1,238

Glen Allen

Population

15,48816,630

Median household income

$75,429$96,085

Median home value

$241,500$338,000

Median gross rent

$1,336$1,719

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Highland Park	Glen Allen
Under 5	6.0%	4.6%
5 to 17	14.9%	17.7%
18 to 24	8.4%	9.9%
25 to 34	12.6%	10.3%
35 to 44	14.5%	14.6%
45 to 54	13.0%	14.2%
55 to 64	14.2%	13.2%
65 to 74	10.7%	11.0%
75 and over	5.8%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Highland Park	Glen Allen
White (non-Hispanic)	7.9%	54.9%
Black or African American	87.2%	25.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	10.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Highland Park	Glen Allen
No high school diploma	7.1%	6.6%
High school graduate	34.2%	19.7%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	16.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Highland Park	Glen Allen
Drove alone	73.0%	68.7%
Carpooled	11.0%	7.4%
Public transit	1.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.8%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	23.4%
Other means	0.2%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Highland Park	Glen Allen
1-unit, detached	76.7%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	9.2%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	14.1%
20 or more units	1.8%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	East Highland Park	Glen Allen
Poverty rate	12.1%	3.6%
Average household size	2.40	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1977	1992