Ashburn vs South Riding

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

Ashburn and South Riding 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 34,200 in South Riding). South Riding has the higher median household income ($190,701 vs $152,094 in Ashburn). South Riding has the higher median home value ($689,400 vs $659,000 in Ashburn).

Population, income & housing

	Ashburn	South Riding
Population	45,551	34,200
Median age	41.3 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$152,094	$190,701
Median home value	$659,000	$689,400
Median gross rent	$2,397	$2,853
Housing units	17,737	10,452
Homeownership rate	68.5%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.9%	66.5%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashburn	South Riding
Population	49,848 → 45,551 (-8.6%)	31,515 → 34,200 (+8.5%)
Median household income	$132,331 → $152,094 (+14.9%)	$158,996 → $190,701 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$493,400 → $659,000 (+33.6%)	$528,400 → $689,400 (+30.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,897 → $2,397 (+26.4%)	$2,256 → $2,853 (+26.5%)

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

South Riding

Population

31,51534,200

Median household income

$158,996$190,701

Median home value

$528,400$689,400

Median gross rent

$2,256$2,853

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashburn	South Riding
Under 5	5.1%	5.7%
5 to 17	17.8%	22.9%
18 to 24	8.1%	6.3%
25 to 34	10.5%	10.3%
35 to 44	14.0%	20.2%
45 to 54	15.1%	19.0%
55 to 64	12.4%	9.5%
65 to 74	7.4%	4.1%
75 and over	9.6%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashburn	South Riding
White (non-Hispanic)	55.9%	37.1%
Black or African American	8.0%	9.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	21.5%	35.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	1.1%
Two or more races	4.9%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashburn	South Riding
No high school diploma	4.5%	5.9%
High school graduate	10.3%	11.3%
Some college or associate's	19.3%	16.4%
Bachelor's degree	36.4%	33.4%
Graduate or professional degree	29.5%	33.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashburn	South Riding
Drove alone	63.6%	61.4%
Carpooled	6.2%	7.2%
Public transit	2.2%	1.5%
Walked	0.7%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	25.8%	27.3%
Other means	1.3%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashburn	South Riding
1-unit, detached	37.3%	46.7%
1-unit, attached	31.3%	45.8%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	12.4%	4.3%
20 or more units	17.8%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Ashburn	South Riding
Poverty rate	3.6%	4.0%
Average household size	2.66	3.28
Mean commute (minutes)	29	34
Median year structure built	1999	2006