Cherry Hill vs Lake Ridge

A side-by-side comparison of Cherry Hill and Lake Ridge: population, income, housing, and more.

Cherry Hill and Lake Ridge are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lake Ridge has the higher population (45,007 vs 23,443 in Cherry Hill). Lake Ridge has the higher median household income ($120,844 vs $119,474 in Cherry Hill). Cherry Hill has the higher median home value ($470,400 vs $452,800 in Lake Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Cherry Hill	Lake Ridge
Population	23,443	45,007
Median age	32.9 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$119,474	$120,844
Median home value	$470,400	$452,800
Median gross rent	$1,853	$2,011
Housing units	7,885	16,251
Homeownership rate	60.3%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.2%	50.5%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cherry Hill	Lake Ridge
Population	20,241 → 23,443 (+15.8%)	44,716 → 45,007 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$99,831 → $119,474 (+19.7%)	$102,244 → $120,844 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$332,500 → $470,400 (+41.5%)	$341,400 → $452,800 (+32.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,644 → $1,853 (+12.7%)	$1,819 → $2,011 (+10.6%)

Cherry Hill

Population

20,24123,443

Median household income

$99,831$119,474

Median home value

$332,500$470,400

Median gross rent

$1,644$1,853

Lake Ridge

Population

44,71645,007

Median household income

$102,244$120,844

Median home value

$341,400$452,800

Median gross rent

$1,819$2,011

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cherry Hill	Lake Ridge
Under 5	6.5%	6.4%
5 to 17	24.0%	18.6%
18 to 24	6.1%	8.4%
25 to 34	16.5%	12.0%
35 to 44	16.4%	16.4%
45 to 54	13.9%	13.5%
55 to 64	10.0%	11.4%
65 to 74	5.0%	8.7%
75 and over	1.6%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cherry Hill	Lake Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	20.3%	43.3%
Black or African American	50.8%	21.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	10.8%	8.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.1%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	14.3%	19.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cherry Hill	Lake Ridge
No high school diploma	6.8%	7.2%
High school graduate	17.7%	17.1%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	29.2%
Graduate or professional degree	19.1%	21.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cherry Hill	Lake Ridge
Drove alone	63.4%	66.7%
Carpooled	14.8%	10.4%
Public transit	3.6%	3.4%
Walked	1.4%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.5%	17.9%
Other means	1.3%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cherry Hill	Lake Ridge
1-unit, detached	30.9%	38.6%
1-unit, attached	40.9%	44.7%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	20.5%	9.5%
20 or more units	5.2%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Cherry Hill	Lake Ridge
Poverty rate	8.2%	5.8%
Average household size	3.11	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	43	38
Median year structure built	2000	1986