Gainesville vs Leesylvania

A side-by-side comparison of Gainesville and Leesylvania: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Leesylvania has the higher population (22,848 vs 18,036 in Gainesville). Gainesville has the higher median household income ($168,978 vs $137,460 in Leesylvania). Gainesville has the higher median home value ($660,800 vs $508,800 in Leesylvania).

Population, income & housing

	Gainesville	Leesylvania
Population	18,036	22,848
Median age	37.5 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$168,978	$137,460
Median home value	$660,800	$508,800
Median gross rent	$2,444	$2,278
Housing units	5,989	8,205
Homeownership rate	83.7%	64.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.7%	51.9%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gainesville	Leesylvania
Population	17,287 → 18,036 (+4.3%)	21,880 → 22,848 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$141,609 → $168,978 (+19.3%)	$120,610 → $137,460 (+14.0%)
Median home value	$491,500 → $660,800 (+34.4%)	$393,900 → $508,800 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,059 → $2,444 (+18.7%)	$1,929 → $2,278 (+18.1%)

Gainesville

Population

17,28718,036

Median household income

$141,609$168,978

Median home value

$491,500$660,800

Median gross rent

$2,059$2,444

Leesylvania

Population

21,88022,848

Median household income

$120,610$137,460

Median home value

$393,900$508,800

Median gross rent

$1,929$2,278

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gainesville	Leesylvania
Under 5	7.8%	7.1%
5 to 17	19.9%	19.3%
18 to 24	10.1%	7.0%
25 to 34	8.5%	15.9%
35 to 44	18.7%	16.4%
45 to 54	14.7%	13.4%
55 to 64	11.5%	12.7%
65 to 74	5.7%	5.3%
75 and over	3.0%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gainesville	Leesylvania
White (non-Hispanic)	49.8%	23.2%
Black or African American	16.5%	43.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	14.7%	9.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.8%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.2%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	12.8%	16.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gainesville	Leesylvania
No high school diploma	3.9%	6.1%
High school graduate	15.4%	15.0%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	32.1%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	24.6%	21.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gainesville	Leesylvania
Drove alone	65.1%	69.9%
Carpooled	7.2%	7.1%
Public transit	1.6%	4.3%
Walked	0.8%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	23.9%	15.1%
Other means	1.3%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gainesville	Leesylvania
1-unit, detached	56.6%	41.5%
1-unit, attached	33.0%	30.1%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	6.2%
20 or more units	1.0%	17.1%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Gainesville	Leesylvania
Poverty rate	3.9%	3.8%
Average household size	3.06	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	36	39
Median year structure built	2007	2008