Dumfries vs Potomac Mills

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

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

Potomac Mills has the higher population (6,122 vs 5,749 in Dumfries). Potomac Mills has the higher median household income ($102,464 vs $78,373 in Dumfries). Potomac Mills has the higher median home value ($553,200 vs $303,700 in Dumfries).

Population, income & housing

	Dumfries	Potomac Mills
Population	5,749	6,122
Median age	31.3 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$78,373	$102,464
Median home value	$303,700	$553,200
Median gross rent	$1,743	$2,025
Housing units	1,855	1,994
Homeownership rate	76.5%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	37.5%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dumfries	Potomac Mills
Population	5,373 → 5,749 (+7.0%)	6,664 → 6,122 (-8.1%)
Median household income	$63,780 → $78,373 (+22.9%)	$112,703 → $102,464 (-9.1%)
Median home value	$206,300 → $303,700 (+47.2%)	$342,500 → $553,200 (+61.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,634 → $1,743 (+6.7%)	$1,801 → $2,025 (+12.4%)

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

Potomac Mills

Population

6,6646,122

Median household income

$112,703$102,464

Median home value

$342,500$553,200

Median gross rent

$1,801$2,025

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dumfries	Potomac Mills
Under 5	8.5%	5.6%
5 to 17	20.8%	26.1%
18 to 24	12.7%	4.6%
25 to 34	11.5%	10.3%
35 to 44	9.7%	19.1%
45 to 54	14.9%	12.7%
55 to 64	10.2%	8.8%
65 to 74	8.9%	7.7%
75 and over	2.8%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dumfries	Potomac Mills
White (non-Hispanic)	25.0%	36.6%
Black or African American	22.3%	20.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	15.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.1%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	40.4%	26.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dumfries	Potomac Mills
No high school diploma	24.7%	12.9%
High school graduate	28.6%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	20.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	16.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dumfries	Potomac Mills
Drove alone	61.5%	65.6%
Carpooled	18.4%	10.7%
Public transit	1.9%	3.5%
Walked	0.8%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.1%	19.2%
Other means	1.4%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dumfries	Potomac Mills
1-unit, detached	41.1%	55.4%
1-unit, attached	45.9%	20.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	6.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	10.5%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Dumfries	Potomac Mills
Poverty rate	11.9%	15.0%
Average household size	3.30	3.33
Mean commute (minutes)	36	30
Median year structure built	1982	1987