County Center vs Potomac Mills

A side-by-side comparison of County Center and Potomac Mills: population, income, housing, and more.

County Center and Potomac Mills are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Potomac Mills has the higher population (6,122 vs 4,233 in County Center). County Center has the higher median household income ($180,825 vs $102,464 in Potomac Mills). Potomac Mills has the higher median home value ($553,200 vs $550,000 in County Center).

Population, income & housing

	County Center	Potomac Mills
Population	4,233	6,122
Median age	34.8 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$180,825	$102,464
Median home value	$550,000	$553,200
Median gross rent	$1,891	$2,025
Housing units	1,316	1,994
Homeownership rate	82.8%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.8%	37.5%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	County Center	Potomac Mills
Population	4,045 → 4,233 (+4.6%)	6,664 → 6,122 (-8.1%)
Median household income	$119,926 → $180,825 (+50.8%)	$112,703 → $102,464 (-9.1%)
Median home value	$480,500 → $550,000 (+14.5%)	$342,500 → $553,200 (+61.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,872 → $1,891 (+1.0%)	$1,801 → $2,025 (+12.4%)

County Center

Population

4,0454,233

Median household income

$119,926$180,825

Median home value

$480,500$550,000

Median gross rent

$1,872$1,891

Potomac Mills

Population

6,6646,122

Median household income

$112,703$102,464

Median home value

$342,500$553,200

Median gross rent

$1,801$2,025

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	County Center	Potomac Mills
Under 5	5.5%	5.6%
5 to 17	26.1%	26.1%
18 to 24	6.8%	4.6%
25 to 34	12.2%	10.3%
35 to 44	10.4%	19.1%
45 to 54	18.8%	12.7%
55 to 64	13.1%	8.8%
65 to 74	4.7%	7.7%
75 and over	2.3%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	County Center	Potomac Mills
White (non-Hispanic)	37.0%	36.6%
Black or African American	22.7%	20.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.2%	15.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.9%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	20.2%	26.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	County Center	Potomac Mills
No high school diploma	7.0%	12.9%
High school graduate	12.9%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	20.6%
Bachelor's degree	34.5%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	19.3%	16.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	County Center	Potomac Mills
Drove alone	65.1%	65.6%
Carpooled	8.5%	10.7%
Public transit	2.1%	3.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.8%	19.2%
Other means	5.5%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	County Center	Potomac Mills
1-unit, detached	37.9%	55.4%
1-unit, attached	46.0%	20.9%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	6.9%
20 or more units	1.1%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	County Center	Potomac Mills
Poverty rate	4.3%	15.0%
Average household size	3.26	3.33
Mean commute (minutes)	42	30
Median year structure built	2005	1987