Lowes Island vs Purcellville

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

Lowes Island and Purcellville 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 8,974 in Purcellville). Lowes Island has the higher median household income ($220,238 vs $162,981 in Purcellville). Lowes Island has the higher median home value ($777,700 vs $594,000 in Purcellville).

Population, income & housing

	Lowes Island	Purcellville
Population	11,199	8,974
Median age	40.4 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$220,238	$162,981
Median home value	$777,700	$594,000
Median gross rent	$2,897	$2,086
Housing units	3,933	2,894
Homeownership rate	89.9%	89.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	73.7%	57.9%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lowes Island	Purcellville
Population	10,860 → 11,199 (+3.1%)	9,897 → 8,974 (-9.3%)
Median household income	$176,830 → $220,238 (+24.5%)	$139,074 → $162,981 (+17.2%)
Median home value	$596,500 → $777,700 (+30.4%)	$464,200 → $594,000 (+28.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,351 → $2,897 (+23.2%)	$1,428 → $2,086 (+46.1%)

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

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)

	Lowes Island	Purcellville
Under 5	6.1%	7.7%
5 to 17	20.6%	20.2%
18 to 24	7.8%	9.7%
25 to 34	9.3%	11.4%
35 to 44	16.0%	14.2%
45 to 54	13.6%	16.8%
55 to 64	14.7%	11.1%
65 to 74	7.8%	4.5%
75 and over	4.1%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lowes Island	Purcellville
White (non-Hispanic)	64.6%	72.0%
Black or African American	2.7%	6.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	16.2%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	7.7%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	14.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lowes Island	Purcellville
No high school diploma	2.9%	5.8%
High school graduate	9.8%	12.3%
Some college or associate's	13.7%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	42.5%	36.2%
Graduate or professional degree	31.2%	21.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lowes Island	Purcellville
Drove alone	60.0%	59.9%
Carpooled	5.1%	6.5%
Public transit	3.4%	1.7%
Walked	0.0%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.0%
Worked from home	30.4%	25.1%
Other means	1.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lowes Island	Purcellville
1-unit, detached	60.1%	71.5%
1-unit, attached	36.0%	20.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	7.4%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lowes Island	Purcellville
Poverty rate	0.7%	4.8%
Average household size	2.95	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	33	33
Median year structure built	1996	1999