Lovingston vs Nellysford

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

Lovingston 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 430 in Lovingston). Nellysford has the higher median home value ($520,000 vs $288,200 in Lovingston). Since 2019, Nellysford's population has grown faster (+24.4% vs -13.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Lovingston	Nellysford
Population	430	1,623
Median age	58.5 yrs	64.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$133,036
Median home value	$288,200	$520,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,521
Housing units	361	825
Homeownership rate	44.0%	89.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.8%	70.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lovingston	Nellysford
Population	494 → 430 (-13.0%)	1,305 → 1,623 (+24.4%)
Median household income	$15,474 → $15,708 (+1.5%)	$84,038 → $133,036 (+58.3%)
Median home value	—	$396,700 → $520,000 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$904 → $1,521 (+68.3%)

Lovingston

Population

494430

Median household income

$15,474$15,708

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)

	Lovingston	Nellysford
Under 5	10.5%	5.6%
5 to 17	0.0%	7.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.3%
25 to 34	3.7%	2.2%
35 to 44	0.0%	3.9%
45 to 54	7.4%	10.4%
55 to 64	52.1%	19.6%
65 to 74	17.0%	22.3%
75 and over	9.3%	25.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lovingston	Nellysford
White (non-Hispanic)	77.4%	91.1%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.5%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.0%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lovingston	Nellysford
No high school diploma	24.7%	2.7%
High school graduate	39.0%	7.2%
Some college or associate's	9.6%	19.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	39.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	30.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lovingston	Nellysford
Drove alone	56.1%	54.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	43.9%	39.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lovingston	Nellysford
1-unit, detached	61.5%	95.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	25.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Lovingston	Nellysford
Poverty rate	33.0%	17.1%
Average household size	1.56	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	—	21
Median year structure built	1988	1999