Ashburn vs Brambleton

A side-by-side comparison of Ashburn and Brambleton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ashburn has the higher population (45,551 vs 23,999 in Brambleton). Brambleton has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $152,094 in Ashburn). Brambleton has the higher median home value ($833,000 vs $659,000 in Ashburn).

Population, income & housing

	Ashburn	Brambleton
Population	45,551	23,999
Median age	41.3 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$152,094	$250,001
Median home value	$659,000	$833,000
Median gross rent	$2,397	$2,592
Housing units	17,737	7,698
Homeownership rate	68.5%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.9%	78.7%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashburn	Brambleton
Population	49,848 → 45,551 (-8.6%)	21,358 → 23,999 (+12.4%)
Median household income	$132,331 → $152,094 (+14.9%)	$181,905 → $250,001 (+37.4%)
Median home value	$493,400 → $659,000 (+33.6%)	$600,700 → $833,000 (+38.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,897 → $2,397 (+26.4%)	$2,292 → $2,592 (+13.1%)

Ashburn

Population

49,84845,551

Median household income

$132,331$152,094

Median home value

$493,400$659,000

Median gross rent

$1,897$2,397

Brambleton

Population

21,35823,999

Median household income

$181,905$250,001

Median home value

$600,700$833,000

Median gross rent

$2,292$2,592

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashburn	Brambleton
Under 5	5.1%	6.4%
5 to 17	17.8%	26.3%
18 to 24	8.1%	4.6%
25 to 34	10.5%	8.7%
35 to 44	14.0%	20.7%
45 to 54	15.1%	20.6%
55 to 64	12.4%	7.4%
65 to 74	7.4%	3.6%
75 and over	9.6%	1.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashburn	Brambleton
White (non-Hispanic)	55.9%	42.6%
Black or African American	8.0%	9.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	21.5%	38.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.9%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashburn	Brambleton
No high school diploma	4.5%	3.1%
High school graduate	10.3%	6.8%
Some college or associate's	19.3%	11.5%
Bachelor's degree	36.4%	39.3%
Graduate or professional degree	29.5%	39.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashburn	Brambleton
Drove alone	63.6%	50.6%
Carpooled	6.2%	4.9%
Public transit	2.2%	1.8%
Walked	0.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	25.8%	41.1%
Other means	1.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashburn	Brambleton
1-unit, detached	37.3%	43.0%
1-unit, attached	31.3%	43.1%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	12.4%	5.8%
20 or more units	17.8%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ashburn	Brambleton
Poverty rate	3.6%	2.7%
Average household size	2.66	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	29	36
Median year structure built	1999	2010