County Center vs Quantico Base

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

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

Quantico Base has the higher population (5,491 vs 4,233 in County Center). County Center has the higher median household income ($180,825 vs $69,419 in Quantico Base). Since 2019, Quantico Base's population has grown faster (+7.5% vs +4.6%).

Population, income & housing

	County Center	Quantico Base
Population	4,233	5,491
Median age	34.8 yrs	22.5 yrs
Median household income	$180,825	$69,419
Median home value	$550,000	—
Median gross rent	$1,891	$2,425
Housing units	1,316	1,249
Homeownership rate	82.8%	0.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.8%	47.6%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	County Center	Quantico Base
Population	4,045 → 4,233 (+4.6%)	5,109 → 5,491 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$119,926 → $180,825 (+50.8%)	$69,315 → $69,419 (+0.2%)
Median home value	$480,500 → $550,000 (+14.5%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,872 → $1,891 (+1.0%)	$1,884 → $2,425 (+28.7%)

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

Quantico Base

Population

5,1095,491

Median household income

$69,315$69,419

Median gross rent

$1,884$2,425

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	County Center	Quantico Base
Under 5	5.5%	11.4%
5 to 17	26.1%	14.2%
18 to 24	6.8%	40.2%
25 to 34	12.2%	23.7%
35 to 44	10.4%	7.7%
45 to 54	18.8%	1.8%
55 to 64	13.1%	0.9%
65 to 74	4.7%	0.0%
75 and over	2.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	County Center	Quantico Base
White (non-Hispanic)	37.0%	59.5%
Black or African American	22.7%	7.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	10.2%	7.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	9.9%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	20.2%	18.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	County Center	Quantico Base
No high school diploma	7.0%	0.9%
High school graduate	12.9%	15.4%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	34.5%	30.2%
Graduate or professional degree	19.3%	17.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	County Center	Quantico Base
Drove alone	65.1%	54.9%
Carpooled	8.5%	12.2%
Public transit	2.1%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	18.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	18.8%	11.7%
Other means	5.5%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	County Center	Quantico Base
1-unit, detached	37.9%	23.5%
1-unit, attached	46.0%	59.1%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	5.3%
20 or more units	1.1%	8.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	County Center	Quantico Base
Poverty rate	4.3%	7.7%
Average household size	3.26	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	42	12
Median year structure built	2005	2001