Countryside vs Lowes Island

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

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

Lowes Island has the higher population (11,199 vs 9,521 in Countryside). Lowes Island has the higher median household income ($220,238 vs $143,229 in Countryside). Lowes Island has the higher median home value ($777,700 vs $567,600 in Countryside).

Population, income & housing

	Countryside	Lowes Island
Population	9,521	11,199
Median age	36.3 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$143,229	$220,238
Median home value	$567,600	$777,700
Median gross rent	$2,313	$2,897
Housing units	3,514	3,933
Homeownership rate	72.8%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.8%	73.7%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Countryside	Lowes Island
Population	9,701 → 9,521 (-1.9%)	10,860 → 11,199 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$126,786 → $143,229 (+13.0%)	$176,830 → $220,238 (+24.5%)
Median home value	$428,300 → $567,600 (+32.5%)	$596,500 → $777,700 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,889 → $2,313 (+22.4%)	$2,351 → $2,897 (+23.2%)

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

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)

	Countryside	Lowes Island
Under 5	5.2%	6.1%
5 to 17	19.7%	20.6%
18 to 24	7.9%	7.8%
25 to 34	14.3%	9.3%
35 to 44	14.3%	16.0%
45 to 54	15.6%	13.6%
55 to 64	10.4%	14.7%
65 to 74	9.1%	7.8%
75 and over	3.3%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Countryside	Lowes Island
White (non-Hispanic)	64.7%	64.6%
Black or African American	9.2%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.7%	16.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.4%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	13.7%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Countryside	Lowes Island
No high school diploma	4.3%	2.9%
High school graduate	11.8%	9.8%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	13.7%
Bachelor's degree	39.9%	42.5%
Graduate or professional degree	21.9%	31.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Countryside	Lowes Island
Drove alone	66.8%	60.0%
Carpooled	4.5%	5.1%
Public transit	2.1%	3.4%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.6%	30.4%
Other means	1.2%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Countryside	Lowes Island
1-unit, detached	47.8%	60.1%
1-unit, attached	29.4%	36.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	16.1%	2.0%
20 or more units	5.1%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Countryside	Lowes Island
Poverty rate	4.9%	0.7%
Average household size	2.75	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	26	33
Median year structure built	1987	1996