Bull Run vs Triangle

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

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

Bull Run has the higher population (16,688 vs 11,265 in Triangle). Triangle has the higher median household income ($114,837 vs $86,487 in Bull Run). Triangle has the higher median home value ($520,400 vs $378,800 in Bull Run).

Population, income & housing

	Bull Run	Triangle
Population	16,688	11,265
Median age	33.7 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$86,487	$114,837
Median home value	$378,800	$520,400
Median gross rent	$1,912	$1,606
Housing units	6,821	3,584
Homeownership rate	35.3%	63.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.3%	42.4%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bull Run	Triangle
Population	16,651 → 16,688 (+0.2%)	8,972 → 11,265 (+25.6%)
Median household income	$68,502 → $86,487 (+26.3%)	$84,288 → $114,837 (+36.2%)
Median home value	$247,500 → $378,800 (+53.1%)	$452,200 → $520,400 (+15.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,612 → $1,912 (+18.6%)	$1,165 → $1,606 (+37.9%)

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

Triangle

Population

8,97211,265

Median household income

$84,288$114,837

Median home value

$452,200$520,400

Median gross rent

$1,165$1,606

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bull Run	Triangle
Under 5	8.8%	9.1%
5 to 17	16.7%	16.6%
18 to 24	8.0%	9.4%
25 to 34	18.7%	13.8%
35 to 44	18.4%	16.8%
45 to 54	12.4%	14.4%
55 to 64	10.1%	13.1%
65 to 74	3.6%	4.0%
75 and over	3.3%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bull Run	Triangle
White (non-Hispanic)	21.3%	19.0%
Black or African American	22.1%	41.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	12.6%	14.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.2%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	38.7%	20.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bull Run	Triangle
No high school diploma	15.5%	7.5%
High school graduate	24.4%	15.5%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	29.5%	27.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	15.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bull Run	Triangle
Drove alone	70.3%	73.3%
Carpooled	16.2%	9.9%
Public transit	0.3%	2.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	10.4%
Other means	0.1%	4.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bull Run	Triangle
1-unit, detached	5.0%	60.5%
1-unit, attached	31.2%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	52.1%	15.5%
20 or more units	7.8%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Bull Run	Triangle
Poverty rate	14.3%	8.0%
Average household size	2.60	3.28
Mean commute (minutes)	34	36
Median year structure built	1993	1999