Cascades vs Lowes Island

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

Cascades and Lowes Island 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 11,199 in Lowes Island). Lowes Island has the higher median household income ($220,238 vs $166,023 in Cascades). Lowes Island has the higher median home value ($777,700 vs $617,100 in Cascades).

Population, income & housing

	Cascades	Lowes Island
Population	12,489	11,199
Median age	38.7 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$166,023	$220,238
Median home value	$617,100	$777,700
Median gross rent	$2,552	$2,897
Housing units	4,733	3,933
Homeownership rate	70.0%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.2%	73.7%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cascades	Lowes Island
Population	11,389 → 12,489 (+9.7%)	10,860 → 11,199 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$151,111 → $166,023 (+9.9%)	$176,830 → $220,238 (+24.5%)
Median home value	$486,000 → $617,100 (+27.0%)	$596,500 → $777,700 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,944 → $2,552 (+31.3%)	$2,351 → $2,897 (+23.2%)

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

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)

	Cascades	Lowes Island
Under 5	9.2%	6.1%
5 to 17	14.1%	20.6%
18 to 24	8.0%	7.8%
25 to 34	12.8%	9.3%
35 to 44	14.1%	16.0%
45 to 54	14.0%	13.6%
55 to 64	13.6%	14.7%
65 to 74	7.3%	7.8%
75 and over	6.9%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cascades	Lowes Island
White (non-Hispanic)	53.9%	64.6%
Black or African American	5.2%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	18.5%	16.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	4.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.4%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	12.4%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cascades	Lowes Island
No high school diploma	2.1%	2.9%
High school graduate	10.2%	9.8%
Some college or associate's	19.5%	13.7%
Bachelor's degree	37.5%	42.5%
Graduate or professional degree	30.7%	31.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cascades	Lowes Island
Drove alone	63.2%	60.0%
Carpooled	5.1%	5.1%
Public transit	2.1%	3.4%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.6%	30.4%
Other means	1.2%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cascades	Lowes Island
1-unit, detached	33.8%	60.1%
1-unit, attached	37.9%	36.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	12.8%	2.0%
20 or more units	10.6%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cascades	Lowes Island
Poverty rate	2.8%	0.7%
Average household size	2.72	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	28	33
Median year structure built	1995	1996