Broadlands vs Cascades

A side-by-side comparison of Broadlands and Cascades: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Broadlands has the higher population (14,673 vs 12,489 in Cascades). Broadlands has the higher median household income ($235,491 vs $166,023 in Cascades). Broadlands has the higher median home value ($859,400 vs $617,100 in Cascades).

Population, income & housing

	Broadlands	Cascades
Population	14,673	12,489
Median age	37.1 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$235,491	$166,023
Median home value	$859,400	$617,100
Median gross rent	$2,549	$2,552
Housing units	4,419	4,733
Homeownership rate	82.1%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	78.7%	68.2%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Broadlands	Cascades
Population	13,576 → 14,673 (+8.1%)	11,389 → 12,489 (+9.7%)
Median household income	$184,475 → $235,491 (+27.7%)	$151,111 → $166,023 (+9.9%)
Median home value	$618,400 → $859,400 (+39.0%)	$486,000 → $617,100 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,975 → $2,549 (+29.1%)	$1,944 → $2,552 (+31.3%)

Broadlands

Population

13,57614,673

Median household income

$184,475$235,491

Median home value

$618,400$859,400

Median gross rent

$1,975$2,549

Cascades

Population

11,38912,489

Median household income

$151,111$166,023

Median home value

$486,000$617,100

Median gross rent

$1,944$2,552

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Broadlands	Cascades
Under 5	4.1%	9.2%
5 to 17	27.1%	14.1%
18 to 24	9.2%	8.0%
25 to 34	7.2%	12.8%
35 to 44	15.9%	14.1%
45 to 54	21.5%	14.0%
55 to 64	8.5%	13.6%
65 to 74	3.7%	7.3%
75 and over	2.8%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Broadlands	Cascades
White (non-Hispanic)	54.6%	53.9%
Black or African American	3.8%	5.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	27.5%	18.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	4.4%
Two or more races	5.4%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	12.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Broadlands	Cascades
No high school diploma	1.6%	2.1%
High school graduate	7.3%	10.2%
Some college or associate's	12.4%	19.5%
Bachelor's degree	42.9%	37.5%
Graduate or professional degree	35.8%	30.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Broadlands	Cascades
Drove alone	55.9%	63.2%
Carpooled	5.5%	5.1%
Public transit	1.7%	2.1%
Walked	0.9%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	34.1%	26.6%
Other means	1.9%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Broadlands	Cascades
1-unit, detached	62.4%	33.8%
1-unit, attached	22.9%	37.9%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	12.8%
20 or more units	3.1%	10.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Broadlands	Cascades
Poverty rate	1.1%	2.8%
Average household size	3.37	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	2003	1995