Dahlgren vs Dahlgren Center

A side-by-side comparison of Dahlgren and Dahlgren Center: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dahlgren has the higher population (3,417 vs 658 in Dahlgren Center). Dahlgren has the higher median household income ($106,071 vs $99,375 in Dahlgren Center). Since 2019, Dahlgren's population has grown faster (+10.5% vs +4.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Dahlgren	Dahlgren Center
Population	3,417	658
Median age	34.3 yrs	24.6 yrs
Median household income	$106,071	$99,375
Median home value	$383,400	—
Median gross rent	$1,291	$1,940
Housing units	1,335	222
Homeownership rate	61.0%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.1%	50.2%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dahlgren	Dahlgren Center
Population	3,093 → 3,417 (+10.5%)	628 → 658 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$81,215 → $106,071 (+30.6%)	$58,500 → $99,375 (+69.9%)
Median home value	$266,000 → $383,400 (+44.1%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,140 → $1,291 (+13.2%)	$1,768 → $1,940 (+9.7%)

Dahlgren

Population

3,0933,417

Median household income

$81,215$106,071

Median home value

$266,000$383,400

Median gross rent

$1,140$1,291

Dahlgren Center

Population

628658

Median household income

$58,500$99,375

Median gross rent

$1,768$1,940

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dahlgren	Dahlgren Center
Under 5	4.7%	10.5%
5 to 17	18.6%	13.1%
18 to 24	10.7%	27.7%
25 to 34	18.1%	23.6%
35 to 44	13.7%	11.7%
45 to 54	7.9%	5.0%
55 to 64	13.0%	8.2%
65 to 74	7.2%	0.3%
75 and over	6.1%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dahlgren	Dahlgren Center
White (non-Hispanic)	57.9%	58.2%
Black or African American	23.4%	12.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	7.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.9%	12.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dahlgren	Dahlgren Center
No high school diploma	6.1%	1.2%
High school graduate	32.2%	11.5%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.8%	38.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dahlgren	Dahlgren Center
Drove alone	76.2%	57.2%
Carpooled	6.9%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	20.2%
Bicycle	0.8%	1.6%
Worked from home	15.4%	13.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dahlgren	Dahlgren Center
1-unit, detached	79.2%	35.1%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	51.8%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dahlgren	Dahlgren Center
Poverty rate	4.4%	1.3%
Average household size	2.72	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	25	12
Median year structure built	1989	1988