Dumfries vs Haymarket

A side-by-side comparison of Dumfries and Haymarket: population, income, housing, and more.

Dumfries and Haymarket are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Dumfries has the higher population (5,749 vs 1,591 in Haymarket). Haymarket has the higher median household income ($174,306 vs $78,373 in Dumfries). Haymarket has the higher median home value ($563,600 vs $303,700 in Dumfries).

Population, income & housing

	Dumfries	Haymarket
Population	5,749	1,591
Median age	31.3 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$78,373	$174,306
Median home value	$303,700	$563,600
Median gross rent	$1,743	$2,221
Housing units	1,855	510
Homeownership rate	76.5%	92.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	53.5%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dumfries	Haymarket
Population	5,373 → 5,749 (+7.0%)	1,552 → 1,591 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$63,780 → $78,373 (+22.9%)	$128,125 → $174,306 (+36.0%)
Median home value	$206,300 → $303,700 (+47.2%)	$431,200 → $563,600 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,634 → $1,743 (+6.7%)	$1,933 → $2,221 (+14.9%)

Dumfries

Population

5,3735,749

Median household income

$63,780$78,373

Median home value

$206,300$303,700

Median gross rent

$1,634$1,743

Haymarket

Population

1,5521,591

Median household income

$128,125$174,306

Median home value

$431,200$563,600

Median gross rent

$1,933$2,221

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dumfries	Haymarket
Under 5	8.5%	4.8%
5 to 17	20.8%	20.9%
18 to 24	12.7%	9.7%
25 to 34	11.5%	10.4%
35 to 44	9.7%	17.3%
45 to 54	14.9%	13.2%
55 to 64	10.2%	12.9%
65 to 74	8.9%	7.0%
75 and over	2.8%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dumfries	Haymarket
White (non-Hispanic)	25.0%	57.4%
Black or African American	22.3%	11.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	16.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.3%	0.8%
Two or more races	9.1%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	40.4%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dumfries	Haymarket
No high school diploma	24.7%	3.4%
High school graduate	28.6%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	36.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	16.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dumfries	Haymarket
Drove alone	61.5%	74.5%
Carpooled	18.4%	7.4%
Public transit	1.9%	0.7%
Walked	0.8%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.1%	15.9%
Other means	1.4%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dumfries	Haymarket
1-unit, detached	41.1%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	45.9%	29.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dumfries	Haymarket
Poverty rate	11.9%	3.0%
Average household size	3.30	3.14
Mean commute (minutes)	36	32
Median year structure built	1982	1997