East Highland Park vs Short Pump

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

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

Short Pump has the higher population (28,177 vs 16,071 in East Highland Park). Short Pump has the higher median household income ($132,194 vs $69,750 in East Highland Park). Short Pump has the higher median home value ($543,000 vs $210,500 in East Highland Park).

Population, income & housing

	East Highland Park	Short Pump
Population	16,071	28,177
Median age	41.1 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$69,750	$132,194
Median home value	$210,500	$543,000
Median gross rent	$1,238	$1,804
Housing units	6,955	11,681
Homeownership rate	67.0%	56.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	73.9%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Highland Park	Short Pump
Population	15,498 → 16,071 (+3.7%)	28,328 → 28,177 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$52,286 → $69,750 (+33.4%)	$107,321 → $132,194 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$150,700 → $210,500 (+39.7%)	$413,900 → $543,000 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,053 → $1,238 (+17.6%)	$1,434 → $1,804 (+25.8%)

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

Short Pump

Population

28,32828,177

Median household income

$107,321$132,194

Median home value

$413,900$543,000

Median gross rent

$1,434$1,804

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Highland Park	Short Pump
Under 5	6.0%	5.9%
5 to 17	14.9%	19.3%
18 to 24	8.4%	5.8%
25 to 34	12.6%	13.6%
35 to 44	14.5%	15.9%
45 to 54	13.0%	13.6%
55 to 64	14.2%	13.6%
65 to 74	10.7%	8.5%
75 and over	5.8%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Highland Park	Short Pump
White (non-Hispanic)	7.9%	58.1%
Black or African American	87.2%	7.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	26.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.6%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Highland Park	Short Pump
No high school diploma	7.1%	1.8%
High school graduate	34.2%	7.3%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	17.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	37.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	36.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Highland Park	Short Pump
Drove alone	73.0%	66.8%
Carpooled	11.0%	6.3%
Public transit	1.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.8%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	13.9%	24.8%
Other means	0.2%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Highland Park	Short Pump
1-unit, detached	76.7%	45.8%
1-unit, attached	9.2%	16.2%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	21.6%
20 or more units	1.8%	14.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	East Highland Park	Short Pump
Poverty rate	12.1%	4.4%
Average household size	2.40	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1977	1998