Glen Allen vs Short Pump

A side-by-side comparison of Glen Allen and Short Pump: population, income, housing, and more.

Glen Allen 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 16,630 in Glen Allen). Short Pump has the higher median household income ($132,194 vs $96,085 in Glen Allen). Short Pump has the higher median home value ($543,000 vs $338,000 in Glen Allen).

Population, income & housing

	Glen Allen	Short Pump
Population	16,630	28,177
Median age	40.1 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$96,085	$132,194
Median home value	$338,000	$543,000
Median gross rent	$1,719	$1,804
Housing units	6,633	11,681
Homeownership rate	76.4%	56.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.8%	73.9%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glen Allen	Short Pump
Population	15,488 → 16,630 (+7.4%)	28,328 → 28,177 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$75,429 → $96,085 (+27.4%)	$107,321 → $132,194 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$241,500 → $338,000 (+40.0%)	$413,900 → $543,000 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,336 → $1,719 (+28.7%)	$1,434 → $1,804 (+25.8%)

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

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)

	Glen Allen	Short Pump
Under 5	4.6%	5.9%
5 to 17	17.7%	19.3%
18 to 24	9.9%	5.8%
25 to 34	10.3%	13.6%
35 to 44	14.6%	15.9%
45 to 54	14.2%	13.6%
55 to 64	13.2%	13.6%
65 to 74	11.0%	8.5%
75 and over	4.5%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glen Allen	Short Pump
White (non-Hispanic)	54.9%	58.1%
Black or African American	25.9%	7.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	10.8%	26.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.0%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glen Allen	Short Pump
No high school diploma	6.6%	1.8%
High school graduate	19.7%	7.3%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	17.0%
Bachelor's degree	27.6%	37.6%
Graduate or professional degree	16.2%	36.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glen Allen	Short Pump
Drove alone	68.7%	66.8%
Carpooled	7.4%	6.3%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	0.3%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	23.4%	24.8%
Other means	0.2%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glen Allen	Short Pump
1-unit, detached	71.6%	45.8%
1-unit, attached	9.2%	16.2%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	14.1%	21.6%
20 or more units	4.4%	14.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Glen Allen	Short Pump
Poverty rate	3.6%	4.4%
Average household size	2.55	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1992	1998