Cascades vs Countryside

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

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

Cascades has the higher population (12,489 vs 9,521 in Countryside). Cascades has the higher median household income ($166,023 vs $143,229 in Countryside). Cascades has the higher median home value ($617,100 vs $567,600 in Countryside).

Population, income & housing

	Cascades	Countryside
Population	12,489	9,521
Median age	38.7 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$166,023	$143,229
Median home value	$617,100	$567,600
Median gross rent	$2,552	$2,313
Housing units	4,733	3,514
Homeownership rate	70.0%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.2%	61.8%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cascades	Countryside
Population	11,389 → 12,489 (+9.7%)	9,701 → 9,521 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$151,111 → $166,023 (+9.9%)	$126,786 → $143,229 (+13.0%)
Median home value	$486,000 → $617,100 (+27.0%)	$428,300 → $567,600 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,944 → $2,552 (+31.3%)	$1,889 → $2,313 (+22.4%)

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

Countryside

Population

9,7019,521

Median household income

$126,786$143,229

Median home value

$428,300$567,600

Median gross rent

$1,889$2,313

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cascades	Countryside
Under 5	9.2%	5.2%
5 to 17	14.1%	19.7%
18 to 24	8.0%	7.9%
25 to 34	12.8%	14.3%
35 to 44	14.1%	14.3%
45 to 54	14.0%	15.6%
55 to 64	13.6%	10.4%
65 to 74	7.3%	9.1%
75 and over	6.9%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cascades	Countryside
White (non-Hispanic)	53.9%	64.7%
Black or African American	5.2%	9.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	18.5%	9.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	4.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.4%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	12.4%	13.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cascades	Countryside
No high school diploma	2.1%	4.3%
High school graduate	10.2%	11.8%
Some college or associate's	19.5%	22.1%
Bachelor's degree	37.5%	39.9%
Graduate or professional degree	30.7%	21.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cascades	Countryside
Drove alone	63.2%	66.8%
Carpooled	5.1%	4.5%
Public transit	2.1%	2.1%
Walked	1.6%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.6%	24.6%
Other means	1.2%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cascades	Countryside
1-unit, detached	33.8%	47.8%
1-unit, attached	37.9%	29.4%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	12.8%	16.1%
20 or more units	10.6%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Cascades	Countryside
Poverty rate	2.8%	4.9%
Average household size	2.72	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1995	1987