Short Pump vs Tuckahoe

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

Short Pump 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 28,177 in Short Pump). Short Pump has the higher median household income ($132,194 vs $96,188 in Tuckahoe). Short Pump has the higher median home value ($543,000 vs $442,200 in Tuckahoe).

Population, income & housing

	Short Pump	Tuckahoe
Population	28,177	48,610
Median age	38.5 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$132,194	$96,188
Median home value	$543,000	$442,200
Median gross rent	$1,804	$1,479
Housing units	11,681	20,521
Homeownership rate	56.4%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	73.9%	57.3%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Short Pump	Tuckahoe
Population	28,328 → 28,177 (-0.5%)	48,799 → 48,610 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$107,321 → $132,194 (+23.2%)	$79,503 → $96,188 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$413,900 → $543,000 (+31.2%)	$313,300 → $442,200 (+41.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,434 → $1,804 (+25.8%)	$1,160 → $1,479 (+27.5%)

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

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)

	Short Pump	Tuckahoe
Under 5	5.9%	6.8%
5 to 17	19.3%	16.5%
18 to 24	5.8%	8.2%
25 to 34	13.6%	12.4%
35 to 44	15.9%	13.1%
45 to 54	13.6%	12.5%
55 to 64	13.6%	11.3%
65 to 74	8.5%	9.9%
75 and over	3.8%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Short Pump	Tuckahoe
White (non-Hispanic)	58.1%	72.3%
Black or African American	7.5%	9.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	26.2%	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	4.3%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Short Pump	Tuckahoe
No high school diploma	1.8%	6.7%
High school graduate	7.3%	14.7%
Some college or associate's	17.0%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	37.6%	33.6%
Graduate or professional degree	36.3%	23.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Short Pump	Tuckahoe
Drove alone	66.8%	69.0%
Carpooled	6.3%	6.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.7%
Walked	1.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	24.8%	22.0%
Other means	0.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Short Pump	Tuckahoe
1-unit, detached	45.8%	63.6%
1-unit, attached	16.2%	12.2%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	21.6%	7.4%
20 or more units	14.6%	8.7%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Short Pump	Tuckahoe
Poverty rate	4.4%	8.1%
Average household size	2.49	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1998	1971