Gainesville vs Montclair

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

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

Montclair has the higher population (22,295 vs 18,036 in Gainesville). Gainesville has the higher median household income ($168,978 vs $143,357 in Montclair). Gainesville has the higher median home value ($660,800 vs $561,700 in Montclair).

Population, income & housing

	Gainesville	Montclair
Population	18,036	22,295
Median age	37.5 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$168,978	$143,357
Median home value	$660,800	$561,700
Median gross rent	$2,444	$2,207
Housing units	5,989	7,391
Homeownership rate	83.7%	89.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.7%	54.4%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gainesville	Montclair
Population	17,287 → 18,036 (+4.3%)	20,881 → 22,295 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$141,609 → $168,978 (+19.3%)	$127,194 → $143,357 (+12.7%)
Median home value	$491,500 → $660,800 (+34.4%)	$414,200 → $561,700 (+35.6%)
Median gross rent	$2,059 → $2,444 (+18.7%)	$2,089 → $2,207 (+5.6%)

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

Montclair

Population

20,88122,295

Median household income

$127,194$143,357

Median home value

$414,200$561,700

Median gross rent

$2,089$2,207

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gainesville	Montclair
Under 5	7.8%	8.2%
5 to 17	19.9%	16.9%
18 to 24	10.1%	8.2%
25 to 34	8.5%	10.3%
35 to 44	18.7%	15.2%
45 to 54	14.7%	13.0%
55 to 64	11.5%	12.6%
65 to 74	5.7%	8.2%
75 and over	3.0%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gainesville	Montclair
White (non-Hispanic)	49.8%	48.5%
Black or African American	16.5%	20.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	14.7%	9.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.2%	8.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.8%	12.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gainesville	Montclair
No high school diploma	3.9%	4.8%
High school graduate	15.4%	16.7%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	32.1%	28.4%
Graduate or professional degree	24.6%	26.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gainesville	Montclair
Drove alone	65.1%	60.2%
Carpooled	7.2%	8.3%
Public transit	1.6%	3.7%
Walked	0.8%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.9%	24.6%
Other means	1.3%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gainesville	Montclair
1-unit, detached	56.6%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	33.0%	19.5%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	1.5%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gainesville	Montclair
Poverty rate	3.9%	4.3%
Average household size	3.06	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	36	42
Median year structure built	2007	1990