Dumfries vs Independent Hill

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

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

Independent Hill has the higher population (10,217 vs 5,749 in Dumfries). Independent Hill has the higher median household income ($204,500 vs $78,373 in Dumfries). Independent Hill has the higher median home value ($646,000 vs $303,700 in Dumfries).

Population, income & housing

	Dumfries	Independent Hill
Population	5,749	10,217
Median age	31.3 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$78,373	$204,500
Median home value	$303,700	$646,000
Median gross rent	$1,743	$2,063
Housing units	1,855	3,063
Homeownership rate	76.5%	96.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	53.9%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dumfries	Independent Hill
Population	5,373 → 5,749 (+7.0%)	9,204 → 10,217 (+11.0%)
Median household income	$63,780 → $78,373 (+22.9%)	$173,358 → $204,500 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$206,300 → $303,700 (+47.2%)	$502,800 → $646,000 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,634 → $1,743 (+6.7%)	$2,819 → $2,063 (-26.8%)

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

Independent Hill

Population

9,20410,217

Median household income

$173,358$204,500

Median home value

$502,800$646,000

Median gross rent

$2,819$2,063

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dumfries	Independent Hill
Under 5	8.5%	5.0%
5 to 17	20.8%	23.7%
18 to 24	12.7%	7.0%
25 to 34	11.5%	11.5%
35 to 44	9.7%	10.4%
45 to 54	14.9%	20.4%
55 to 64	10.2%	13.5%
65 to 74	8.9%	5.9%
75 and over	2.8%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dumfries	Independent Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	25.0%	55.0%
Black or African American	22.3%	12.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.9%	7.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	9.1%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	40.4%	19.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dumfries	Independent Hill
No high school diploma	24.7%	4.2%
High school graduate	28.6%	17.1%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	32.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	21.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dumfries	Independent Hill
Drove alone	61.5%	66.4%
Carpooled	18.4%	7.7%
Public transit	1.9%	3.5%
Walked	0.8%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	16.1%	21.2%
Other means	1.4%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dumfries	Independent Hill
1-unit, detached	41.1%	95.6%
1-unit, attached	45.9%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	10.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dumfries	Independent Hill
Poverty rate	11.9%	1.0%
Average household size	3.30	3.37
Mean commute (minutes)	36	44
Median year structure built	1982	2001