Dale City vs Woodbridge

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

Dale City and Woodbridge 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 43,443 in Woodbridge). Dale City has the higher median household income ($113,245 vs $100,370 in Woodbridge). Dale City has the higher median home value ($400,100 vs $395,400 in Woodbridge).

Population, income & housing

	Dale City	Woodbridge
Population	72,793	43,443
Median age	35.0 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$113,245	$100,370
Median home value	$400,100	$395,400
Median gross rent	$1,868	$1,985
Housing units	21,973	15,028
Homeownership rate	78.5%	57.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.0%	31.7%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dale City	Woodbridge
Population	72,627 → 72,793 (+0.2%)	4,373 → 43,443 (+893.4%)
Median household income	$95,297 → $113,245 (+18.8%)	$113,065 → $100,370 (-11.2%)
Median home value	$314,200 → $400,100 (+27.3%)	$357,400 → $395,400 (+10.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,666 → $1,868 (+12.1%)	$1,918 → $1,985 (+3.5%)

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

Woodbridge

Population

4,37343,443

Median household income

$113,065$100,370

Median home value

$357,400$395,400

Median gross rent

$1,918$1,985

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dale City	Woodbridge
Under 5	7.8%	7.1%
5 to 17	19.4%	17.7%
18 to 24	9.0%	11.3%
25 to 34	13.7%	15.9%
35 to 44	15.2%	14.5%
45 to 54	12.5%	13.0%
55 to 64	12.6%	10.9%
65 to 74	6.5%	6.6%
75 and over	3.3%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dale City	Woodbridge
White (non-Hispanic)	23.6%	19.9%
Black or African American	23.2%	21.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	11.1%	8.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.1%
Some other race	0.6%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.8%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	35.4%	45.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dale City	Woodbridge
No high school diploma	16.0%	16.2%
High school graduate	23.7%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dale City	Woodbridge
Drove alone	70.0%	68.3%
Carpooled	11.7%	11.0%
Public transit	2.4%	2.1%
Walked	0.6%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.1%	12.5%
Other means	2.2%	4.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dale City	Woodbridge
1-unit, detached	64.7%	37.2%
1-unit, attached	24.7%	20.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	23.0%
20 or more units	1.7%	14.6%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Dale City	Woodbridge
Poverty rate	6.7%	9.0%
Average household size	3.39	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	38	37
Median year structure built	1983	1987