Gainesville vs Sudley

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

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

Sudley has the higher population (18,420 vs 18,036 in Gainesville). Gainesville has the higher median household income ($168,978 vs $92,101 in Sudley). Gainesville has the higher median home value ($660,800 vs $417,100 in Sudley).

Population, income & housing

	Gainesville	Sudley
Population	18,036	18,420
Median age	37.5 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$168,978	$92,101
Median home value	$660,800	$417,100
Median gross rent	$2,444	$1,974
Housing units	5,989	5,718
Homeownership rate	83.7%	60.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.7%	27.9%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gainesville	Sudley
Population	17,287 → 18,036 (+4.3%)	18,575 → 18,420 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$141,609 → $168,978 (+19.3%)	$73,669 → $92,101 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$491,500 → $660,800 (+34.4%)	$296,700 → $417,100 (+40.6%)
Median gross rent	$2,059 → $2,444 (+18.7%)	$1,682 → $1,974 (+17.4%)

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

Sudley

Population

18,57518,420

Median household income

$73,669$92,101

Median home value

$296,700$417,100

Median gross rent

$1,682$1,974

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gainesville	Sudley
Under 5	7.8%	7.2%
5 to 17	19.9%	19.6%
18 to 24	10.1%	6.7%
25 to 34	8.5%	16.9%
35 to 44	18.7%	16.4%
45 to 54	14.7%	12.8%
55 to 64	11.5%	9.5%
65 to 74	5.7%	6.5%
75 and over	3.0%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gainesville	Sudley
White (non-Hispanic)	49.8%	22.4%
Black or African American	16.5%	7.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	14.7%	10.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.2%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	12.8%	56.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gainesville	Sudley
No high school diploma	3.9%	20.9%
High school graduate	15.4%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	32.1%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	24.6%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gainesville	Sudley
Drove alone	65.1%	67.2%
Carpooled	7.2%	12.9%
Public transit	1.6%	1.3%
Walked	0.8%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.9%	11.1%
Other means	1.3%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gainesville	Sudley
1-unit, detached	56.6%	40.8%
1-unit, attached	33.0%	40.6%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	12.7%
20 or more units	1.0%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Gainesville	Sudley
Poverty rate	3.9%	8.6%
Average household size	3.06	3.37
Mean commute (minutes)	36	33
Median year structure built	2007	1979