Highland Springs vs Tuckahoe

A side-by-side comparison of Highland Springs and Tuckahoe: population, income, housing, and more.

Highland Springs 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 15,091 in Highland Springs). Tuckahoe has the higher median household income ($96,188 vs $56,931 in Highland Springs). Tuckahoe has the higher median home value ($442,200 vs $206,300 in Highland Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Highland Springs	Tuckahoe
Population	15,091	48,610
Median age	36.5 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$56,931	$96,188
Median home value	$206,300	$442,200
Median gross rent	$1,234	$1,479
Housing units	6,480	20,521
Homeownership rate	61.8%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	57.3%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highland Springs	Tuckahoe
Population	16,459 → 15,091 (-8.3%)	48,799 → 48,610 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$48,886 → $56,931 (+16.5%)	$79,503 → $96,188 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$145,800 → $206,300 (+41.5%)	$313,300 → $442,200 (+41.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,063 → $1,234 (+16.1%)	$1,160 → $1,479 (+27.5%)

Highland Springs

Population

16,45915,091

Median household income

$48,886$56,931

Median home value

$145,800$206,300

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,234

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)

	Highland Springs	Tuckahoe
Under 5	5.7%	6.8%
5 to 17	19.5%	16.5%
18 to 24	9.0%	8.2%
25 to 34	13.6%	12.4%
35 to 44	12.1%	13.1%
45 to 54	9.9%	12.5%
55 to 64	13.8%	11.3%
65 to 74	10.6%	9.9%
75 and over	5.9%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highland Springs	Tuckahoe
White (non-Hispanic)	20.6%	72.3%
Black or African American	72.5%	9.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	5.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.4%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highland Springs	Tuckahoe
No high school diploma	10.0%	6.7%
High school graduate	40.5%	14.7%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	33.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	23.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highland Springs	Tuckahoe
Drove alone	73.7%	69.0%
Carpooled	7.3%	6.0%
Public transit	1.0%	0.7%
Walked	3.2%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	11.9%	22.0%
Other means	2.9%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highland Springs	Tuckahoe
1-unit, detached	76.6%	63.6%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	12.2%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	7.4%
20 or more units	3.2%	8.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Highland Springs	Tuckahoe
Poverty rate	16.7%	8.1%
Average household size	2.49	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1978	1971