Dale City vs Lake Ridge

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

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

Dale City has the higher population (72,793 vs 45,007 in Lake Ridge). Lake Ridge has the higher median household income ($120,844 vs $113,245 in Dale City). Lake Ridge has the higher median home value ($452,800 vs $400,100 in Dale City).

Population, income & housing

	Dale City	Lake Ridge
Population	72,793	45,007
Median age	35.0 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$113,245	$120,844
Median home value	$400,100	$452,800
Median gross rent	$1,868	$2,011
Housing units	21,973	16,251
Homeownership rate	78.5%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.0%	50.5%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dale City	Lake Ridge
Population	72,627 → 72,793 (+0.2%)	44,716 → 45,007 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$95,297 → $113,245 (+18.8%)	$102,244 → $120,844 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$314,200 → $400,100 (+27.3%)	$341,400 → $452,800 (+32.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,666 → $1,868 (+12.1%)	$1,819 → $2,011 (+10.6%)

Dale City

Population

72,62772,793

Median household income

$95,297$113,245

Median home value

$314,200$400,100

Median gross rent

$1,666$1,868

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)

	Dale City	Lake Ridge
Under 5	7.8%	6.4%
5 to 17	19.4%	18.6%
18 to 24	9.0%	8.4%
25 to 34	13.7%	12.0%
35 to 44	15.2%	16.4%
45 to 54	12.5%	13.5%
55 to 64	12.6%	11.4%
65 to 74	6.5%	8.7%
75 and over	3.3%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dale City	Lake Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	23.6%	43.3%
Black or African American	23.2%	21.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	11.1%	8.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.1%
Some other race	0.6%	0.9%
Two or more races	5.8%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	35.4%	19.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dale City	Lake Ridge
No high school diploma	16.0%	7.2%
High school graduate	23.7%	17.1%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	29.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	21.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dale City	Lake Ridge
Drove alone	70.0%	66.7%
Carpooled	11.7%	10.4%
Public transit	2.4%	3.4%
Walked	0.6%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.1%	17.9%
Other means	2.2%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dale City	Lake Ridge
1-unit, detached	64.7%	38.6%
1-unit, attached	24.7%	44.7%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	9.5%
20 or more units	1.7%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Dale City	Lake Ridge
Poverty rate	6.7%	5.8%
Average household size	3.39	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	38	38
Median year structure built	1983	1986