Lansdowne vs Lowes Island

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

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

Lansdowne has the higher population (12,603 vs 11,199 in Lowes Island). Lowes Island has the higher median household income ($220,238 vs $180,379 in Lansdowne). Lowes Island has the higher median home value ($777,700 vs $753,600 in Lansdowne).

Population, income & housing

	Lansdowne	Lowes Island
Population	12,603	11,199
Median age	44.5 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$180,379	$220,238
Median home value	$753,600	$777,700
Median gross rent	$2,229	$2,897
Housing units	4,831	3,933
Homeownership rate	76.3%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.8%	73.7%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lansdowne	Lowes Island
Population	12,354 → 12,603 (+2.0%)	10,860 → 11,199 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$131,165 → $180,379 (+37.5%)	$176,830 → $220,238 (+24.5%)
Median home value	$527,100 → $753,600 (+43.0%)	$596,500 → $777,700 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,873 → $2,229 (+19.0%)	$2,351 → $2,897 (+23.2%)

Lansdowne

Population

12,35412,603

Median household income

$131,165$180,379

Median home value

$527,100$753,600

Median gross rent

$1,873$2,229

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)

	Lansdowne	Lowes Island
Under 5	4.4%	6.1%
5 to 17	17.6%	20.6%
18 to 24	8.8%	7.8%
25 to 34	10.8%	9.3%
35 to 44	9.3%	16.0%
45 to 54	19.1%	13.6%
55 to 64	12.0%	14.7%
65 to 74	7.4%	7.8%
75 and over	10.8%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lansdowne	Lowes Island
White (non-Hispanic)	62.9%	64.6%
Black or African American	9.3%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	15.1%	16.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.7%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lansdowne	Lowes Island
No high school diploma	3.1%	2.9%
High school graduate	11.9%	9.8%
Some college or associate's	20.3%	13.7%
Bachelor's degree	35.8%	42.5%
Graduate or professional degree	29.0%	31.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lansdowne	Lowes Island
Drove alone	56.7%	60.0%
Carpooled	5.4%	5.1%
Public transit	3.2%	3.4%
Walked	4.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.0%	30.4%
Other means	2.3%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lansdowne	Lowes Island
1-unit, detached	32.6%	60.1%
1-unit, attached	27.4%	36.0%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	2.0%
20 or more units	27.6%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lansdowne	Lowes Island
Poverty rate	4.8%	0.7%
Average household size	2.66	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	28	33
Median year structure built	2005	1996