Dumfries vs Triangle

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

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

Triangle has the higher population (11,265 vs 5,749 in Dumfries). Triangle has the higher median household income ($114,837 vs $78,373 in Dumfries). Triangle has the higher median home value ($520,400 vs $303,700 in Dumfries).

Population, income & housing

	Dumfries	Triangle
Population	5,749	11,265
Median age	31.3 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$78,373	$114,837
Median home value	$303,700	$520,400
Median gross rent	$1,743	$1,606
Housing units	1,855	3,584
Homeownership rate	76.5%	63.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	42.4%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dumfries	Triangle
Population	5,373 → 5,749 (+7.0%)	8,972 → 11,265 (+25.6%)
Median household income	$63,780 → $78,373 (+22.9%)	$84,288 → $114,837 (+36.2%)
Median home value	$206,300 → $303,700 (+47.2%)	$452,200 → $520,400 (+15.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,634 → $1,743 (+6.7%)	$1,165 → $1,606 (+37.9%)

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

Triangle

Population

8,97211,265

Median household income

$84,288$114,837

Median home value

$452,200$520,400

Median gross rent

$1,165$1,606

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dumfries	Triangle
Under 5	8.5%	9.1%
5 to 17	20.8%	16.6%
18 to 24	12.7%	9.4%
25 to 34	11.5%	13.8%
35 to 44	9.7%	16.8%
45 to 54	14.9%	14.4%
55 to 64	10.2%	13.1%
65 to 74	8.9%	4.0%
75 and over	2.8%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dumfries	Triangle
White (non-Hispanic)	25.0%	19.0%
Black or African American	22.3%	41.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	14.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	9.1%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	40.4%	20.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dumfries	Triangle
No high school diploma	24.7%	7.5%
High school graduate	28.6%	15.5%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	27.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	15.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dumfries	Triangle
Drove alone	61.5%	73.3%
Carpooled	18.4%	9.9%
Public transit	1.9%	2.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.1%	10.4%
Other means	1.4%	4.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dumfries	Triangle
1-unit, detached	41.1%	60.5%
1-unit, attached	45.9%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	15.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	10.5%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Dumfries	Triangle
Poverty rate	11.9%	8.0%
Average household size	3.30	3.28
Mean commute (minutes)	36	36
Median year structure built	1982	1999