Broadlands vs Lowes Island

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

Broadlands and Lowes Island 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 11,199 in Lowes Island). Broadlands has the higher median household income ($235,491 vs $220,238 in Lowes Island). Broadlands has the higher median home value ($859,400 vs $777,700 in Lowes Island).

Population, income & housing

	Broadlands	Lowes Island
Population	14,673	11,199
Median age	37.1 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$235,491	$220,238
Median home value	$859,400	$777,700
Median gross rent	$2,549	$2,897
Housing units	4,419	3,933
Homeownership rate	82.1%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	78.7%	73.7%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Broadlands	Lowes Island
Population	13,576 → 14,673 (+8.1%)	10,860 → 11,199 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$184,475 → $235,491 (+27.7%)	$176,830 → $220,238 (+24.5%)
Median home value	$618,400 → $859,400 (+39.0%)	$596,500 → $777,700 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,975 → $2,549 (+29.1%)	$2,351 → $2,897 (+23.2%)

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

Lowes Island

Population

10,86011,199

Median household income

$176,830$220,238

Median home value

$596,500$777,700

Median gross rent

$2,351$2,897

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Broadlands	Lowes Island
Under 5	4.1%	6.1%
5 to 17	27.1%	20.6%
18 to 24	9.2%	7.8%
25 to 34	7.2%	9.3%
35 to 44	15.9%	16.0%
45 to 54	21.5%	13.6%
55 to 64	8.5%	14.7%
65 to 74	3.7%	7.8%
75 and over	2.8%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Broadlands	Lowes Island
White (non-Hispanic)	54.6%	64.6%
Black or African American	3.8%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	27.5%	16.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.4%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Broadlands	Lowes Island
No high school diploma	1.6%	2.9%
High school graduate	7.3%	9.8%
Some college or associate's	12.4%	13.7%
Bachelor's degree	42.9%	42.5%
Graduate or professional degree	35.8%	31.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Broadlands	Lowes Island
Drove alone	55.9%	60.0%
Carpooled	5.5%	5.1%
Public transit	1.7%	3.4%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.1%	30.4%
Other means	1.9%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Broadlands	Lowes Island
1-unit, detached	62.4%	60.1%
1-unit, attached	22.9%	36.0%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	2.0%
20 or more units	3.1%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Broadlands	Lowes Island
Poverty rate	1.1%	0.7%
Average household size	3.37	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	27	33
Median year structure built	2003	1996