Glen Allen vs Tuckahoe

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

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

Tuckahoe has the higher population (48,610 vs 16,630 in Glen Allen). Tuckahoe has the higher median household income ($96,188 vs $96,085 in Glen Allen). Tuckahoe has the higher median home value ($442,200 vs $338,000 in Glen Allen).

Population, income & housing

	Glen Allen	Tuckahoe
Population	16,630	48,610
Median age	40.1 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$96,085	$96,188
Median home value	$338,000	$442,200
Median gross rent	$1,719	$1,479
Housing units	6,633	20,521
Homeownership rate	76.4%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.8%	57.3%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glen Allen	Tuckahoe
Population	15,488 → 16,630 (+7.4%)	48,799 → 48,610 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$75,429 → $96,085 (+27.4%)	$79,503 → $96,188 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$241,500 → $338,000 (+40.0%)	$313,300 → $442,200 (+41.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,336 → $1,719 (+28.7%)	$1,160 → $1,479 (+27.5%)

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

Tuckahoe

Population

48,79948,610

Median household income

$79,503$96,188

Median home value

$313,300$442,200

Median gross rent

$1,160$1,479

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glen Allen	Tuckahoe
Under 5	4.6%	6.8%
5 to 17	17.7%	16.5%
18 to 24	9.9%	8.2%
25 to 34	10.3%	12.4%
35 to 44	14.6%	13.1%
45 to 54	14.2%	12.5%
55 to 64	13.2%	11.3%
65 to 74	11.0%	9.9%
75 and over	4.5%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glen Allen	Tuckahoe
White (non-Hispanic)	54.9%	72.3%
Black or African American	25.9%	9.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.8%	5.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	5.0%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glen Allen	Tuckahoe
No high school diploma	6.6%	6.7%
High school graduate	19.7%	14.7%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	27.6%	33.6%
Graduate or professional degree	16.2%	23.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glen Allen	Tuckahoe
Drove alone	68.7%	69.0%
Carpooled	7.4%	6.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.7%
Walked	0.3%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	23.4%	22.0%
Other means	0.2%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glen Allen	Tuckahoe
1-unit, detached	71.6%	63.6%
1-unit, attached	9.2%	12.2%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	14.1%	7.4%
20 or more units	4.4%	8.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Glen Allen	Tuckahoe
Poverty rate	3.6%	8.1%
Average household size	2.55	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1992	1971