Bull Run vs Montclair

A side-by-side comparison of Bull Run and Montclair: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Montclair has the higher population (22,295 vs 16,688 in Bull Run). Montclair has the higher median household income ($143,357 vs $86,487 in Bull Run). Montclair has the higher median home value ($561,700 vs $378,800 in Bull Run).

Population, income & housing

	Bull Run	Montclair
Population	16,688	22,295
Median age	33.7 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$86,487	$143,357
Median home value	$378,800	$561,700
Median gross rent	$1,912	$2,207
Housing units	6,821	7,391
Homeownership rate	35.3%	89.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.3%	54.4%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bull Run	Montclair
Population	16,651 → 16,688 (+0.2%)	20,881 → 22,295 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$68,502 → $86,487 (+26.3%)	$127,194 → $143,357 (+12.7%)
Median home value	$247,500 → $378,800 (+53.1%)	$414,200 → $561,700 (+35.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,612 → $1,912 (+18.6%)	$2,089 → $2,207 (+5.6%)

Bull Run

Population

16,65116,688

Median household income

$68,502$86,487

Median home value

$247,500$378,800

Median gross rent

$1,612$1,912

Montclair

Population

20,88122,295

Median household income

$127,194$143,357

Median home value

$414,200$561,700

Median gross rent

$2,089$2,207

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bull Run	Montclair
Under 5	8.8%	8.2%
5 to 17	16.7%	16.9%
18 to 24	8.0%	8.2%
25 to 34	18.7%	10.3%
35 to 44	18.4%	15.2%
45 to 54	12.4%	13.0%
55 to 64	10.1%	12.6%
65 to 74	3.6%	8.2%
75 and over	3.3%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bull Run	Montclair
White (non-Hispanic)	21.3%	48.5%
Black or African American	22.1%	20.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	12.6%	9.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.2%	8.0%
Hispanic or Latino	38.7%	12.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bull Run	Montclair
No high school diploma	15.5%	4.8%
High school graduate	24.4%	16.7%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	29.5%	28.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	26.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bull Run	Montclair
Drove alone	70.3%	60.2%
Carpooled	16.2%	8.3%
Public transit	0.3%	3.7%
Walked	1.7%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	24.6%
Other means	0.1%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bull Run	Montclair
1-unit, detached	5.0%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	31.2%	19.5%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	52.1%	1.5%
20 or more units	7.8%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bull Run	Montclair
Poverty rate	14.3%	4.3%
Average household size	2.60	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	34	42
Median year structure built	1993	1990