Gordonsville vs Lake of the Woods

A side-by-side comparison of Gordonsville and Lake of the Woods: population, income, housing, and more.

Gordonsville and Lake of the Woods are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lake of the Woods has the higher population (8,165 vs 1,527 in Gordonsville). Lake of the Woods has the higher median household income ($112,917 vs $70,179 in Gordonsville). Lake of the Woods has the higher median home value ($377,500 vs $267,200 in Gordonsville).

Population, income & housing

	Gordonsville	Lake of the Woods
Population	1,527	8,165
Median age	36.9 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	$70,179	$112,917
Median home value	$267,200	$377,500
Median gross rent	$949	$1,690
Housing units	881	3,825
Homeownership rate	54.8%	94.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	45.2%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gordonsville	Lake of the Woods
Population	1,758 → 1,527 (-13.1%)	8,406 → 8,165 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$47,656 → $70,179 (+47.3%)	$80,260 → $112,917 (+40.7%)
Median home value	$192,300 → $267,200 (+38.9%)	$257,000 → $377,500 (+46.9%)
Median gross rent	$941 → $949 (+0.9%)	$1,390 → $1,690 (+21.6%)

Gordonsville

Population

1,7581,527

Median household income

$47,656$70,179

Median home value

$192,300$267,200

Median gross rent

$941$949

Lake of the Woods

Population

8,4068,165

Median household income

$80,260$112,917

Median home value

$257,000$377,500

Median gross rent

$1,390$1,690

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gordonsville	Lake of the Woods
Under 5	6.3%	7.4%
5 to 17	14.3%	10.8%
18 to 24	4.1%	4.7%
25 to 34	17.5%	8.5%
35 to 44	17.2%	11.2%
45 to 54	7.0%	13.5%
55 to 64	14.1%	9.3%
65 to 74	14.2%	19.5%
75 and over	5.2%	15.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gordonsville	Lake of the Woods
White (non-Hispanic)	77.8%	75.7%
Black or African American	14.9%	6.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	2.4%
Two or more races	3.9%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gordonsville	Lake of the Woods
No high school diploma	9.7%	2.8%
High school graduate	36.3%	22.9%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	21.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gordonsville	Lake of the Woods
Drove alone	76.8%	76.7%
Carpooled	9.2%	4.0%
Public transit	0.8%	0.8%
Walked	6.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	18.2%
Other means	0.5%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gordonsville	Lake of the Woods
1-unit, detached	75.4%	99.7%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	14.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Gordonsville	Lake of the Woods
Poverty rate	17.7%	4.8%
Average household size	2.05	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	31	46
Median year structure built	1979	1993