Arrington vs Nellysford

A side-by-side comparison of Arrington and Nellysford: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Nellysford has the higher population (1,623 vs 1,084 in Arrington). Nellysford has the higher median household income ($133,036 vs $47,000 in Arrington). Nellysford has the higher median home value ($520,000 vs $144,300 in Arrington).

Population, income & housing

	Arrington	Nellysford
Population	1,084	1,623
Median age	27.7 yrs	64.3 yrs
Median household income	$47,000	$133,036
Median home value	$144,300	$520,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,521
Housing units	298	825
Homeownership rate	90.6%	89.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.6%	70.3%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arrington	Nellysford
Population	905 → 1,084 (+19.8%)	1,305 → 1,623 (+24.4%)
Median household income	$57,663 → $47,000 (-18.5%)	$84,038 → $133,036 (+58.3%)
Median home value	$98,500 → $144,300 (+46.5%)	$396,700 → $520,000 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$904 → $1,521 (+68.3%)

Arrington

Population

9051,084

Median household income

$57,663$47,000

Median home value

$98,500$144,300

Nellysford

Population

1,3051,623

Median household income

$84,038$133,036

Median home value

$396,700$520,000

Median gross rent

$904$1,521

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arrington	Nellysford
Under 5	6.8%	5.6%
5 to 17	22.4%	7.8%
18 to 24	11.2%	3.3%
25 to 34	15.9%	2.2%
35 to 44	13.2%	3.9%
45 to 54	6.2%	10.4%
55 to 64	13.0%	19.6%
65 to 74	10.6%	22.3%
75 and over	0.7%	25.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arrington	Nellysford
White (non-Hispanic)	57.0%	91.1%
Black or African American	21.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	21.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arrington	Nellysford
No high school diploma	18.6%	2.7%
High school graduate	19.3%	7.2%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	19.9%
Bachelor's degree	28.0%	39.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	30.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arrington	Nellysford
Drove alone	51.9%	54.4%
Carpooled	2.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	46.0%	39.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arrington	Nellysford
1-unit, detached	70.1%	95.5%
1-unit, attached	9.4%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.5%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Arrington	Nellysford
Poverty rate	23.9%	17.1%
Average household size	3.64	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	38	21
Median year structure built	1988	1999