Dale City vs Linton Hall

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

Dale City and Linton Hall 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 42,077 in Linton Hall). Linton Hall has the higher median household income ($170,989 vs $113,245 in Dale City). Linton Hall has the higher median home value ($594,200 vs $400,100 in Dale City).

Population, income & housing

	Dale City	Linton Hall
Population	72,793	42,077
Median age	35.0 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$113,245	$170,989
Median home value	$400,100	$594,200
Median gross rent	$1,868	$2,613
Housing units	21,973	12,334
Homeownership rate	78.5%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.0%	55.8%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dale City	Linton Hall
Population	72,627 → 72,793 (+0.2%)	41,386 → 42,077 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$95,297 → $113,245 (+18.8%)	$144,420 → $170,989 (+18.4%)
Median home value	$314,200 → $400,100 (+27.3%)	$446,100 → $594,200 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,666 → $1,868 (+12.1%)	$2,134 → $2,613 (+22.4%)

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

Linton Hall

Population

41,38642,077

Median household income

$144,420$170,989

Median home value

$446,100$594,200

Median gross rent

$2,134$2,613

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dale City	Linton Hall
Under 5	7.8%	6.2%
5 to 17	19.4%	25.8%
18 to 24	9.0%	7.6%
25 to 34	13.7%	8.9%
35 to 44	15.2%	17.2%
45 to 54	12.5%	17.2%
55 to 64	12.6%	9.9%
65 to 74	6.5%	4.5%
75 and over	3.3%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dale City	Linton Hall
White (non-Hispanic)	23.6%	58.6%
Black or African American	23.2%	10.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	11.1%	11.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.8%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	35.4%	14.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dale City	Linton Hall
No high school diploma	16.0%	3.2%
High school graduate	23.7%	15.6%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	35.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	20.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dale City	Linton Hall
Drove alone	70.0%	65.7%
Carpooled	11.7%	6.1%
Public transit	2.4%	2.6%
Walked	0.6%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	13.1%	24.2%
Other means	2.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dale City	Linton Hall
1-unit, detached	64.7%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	24.7%	29.9%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	0.7%
20 or more units	1.7%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Dale City	Linton Hall
Poverty rate	6.7%	1.5%
Average household size	3.39	3.44
Mean commute (minutes)	38	40
Median year structure built	1983	2004