Countryside vs Purcellville

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

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

Countryside has the higher population (9,521 vs 8,974 in Purcellville). Purcellville has the higher median household income ($162,981 vs $143,229 in Countryside). Purcellville has the higher median home value ($594,000 vs $567,600 in Countryside).

Population, income & housing

	Countryside	Purcellville
Population	9,521	8,974
Median age	36.3 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$143,229	$162,981
Median home value	$567,600	$594,000
Median gross rent	$2,313	$2,086
Housing units	3,514	2,894
Homeownership rate	72.8%	89.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.8%	57.9%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Countryside	Purcellville
Population	9,701 → 9,521 (-1.9%)	9,897 → 8,974 (-9.3%)
Median household income	$126,786 → $143,229 (+13.0%)	$139,074 → $162,981 (+17.2%)
Median home value	$428,300 → $567,600 (+32.5%)	$464,200 → $594,000 (+28.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,889 → $2,313 (+22.4%)	$1,428 → $2,086 (+46.1%)

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

Purcellville

Population

9,8978,974

Median household income

$139,074$162,981

Median home value

$464,200$594,000

Median gross rent

$1,428$2,086

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Countryside	Purcellville
Under 5	5.2%	7.7%
5 to 17	19.7%	20.2%
18 to 24	7.9%	9.7%
25 to 34	14.3%	11.4%
35 to 44	14.3%	14.2%
45 to 54	15.6%	16.8%
55 to 64	10.4%	11.1%
65 to 74	9.1%	4.5%
75 and over	3.3%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Countryside	Purcellville
White (non-Hispanic)	64.7%	72.0%
Black or African American	9.2%	6.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	9.7%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.4%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	13.7%	14.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Countryside	Purcellville
No high school diploma	4.3%	5.8%
High school graduate	11.8%	12.3%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	39.9%	36.2%
Graduate or professional degree	21.9%	21.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Countryside	Purcellville
Drove alone	66.8%	59.9%
Carpooled	4.5%	6.5%
Public transit	2.1%	1.7%
Walked	0.7%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.0%
Worked from home	24.6%	25.1%
Other means	1.2%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Countryside	Purcellville
1-unit, detached	47.8%	71.5%
1-unit, attached	29.4%	20.2%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	16.1%	7.4%
20 or more units	5.1%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Countryside	Purcellville
Poverty rate	4.9%	4.8%
Average household size	2.75	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	26	33
Median year structure built	1987	1999