Haymarket vs Occoquan

A side-by-side comparison of Haymarket and Occoquan: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Haymarket has the higher population (1,591 vs 1,089 in Occoquan). Haymarket has the higher median household income ($174,306 vs $142,083 in Occoquan). Haymarket has the higher median home value ($563,600 vs $482,900 in Occoquan).

Population, income & housing

	Haymarket	Occoquan
Population	1,591	1,089
Median age	38.2 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$174,306	$142,083
Median home value	$563,600	$482,900
Median gross rent	$2,221	$1,894
Housing units	510	574
Homeownership rate	92.6%	59.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.5%	56.0%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Haymarket	Occoquan
Population	1,552 → 1,591 (+2.5%)	1,174 → 1,089 (-7.2%)
Median household income	$128,125 → $174,306 (+36.0%)	$110,833 → $142,083 (+28.2%)
Median home value	$431,200 → $563,600 (+30.7%)	$400,000 → $482,900 (+20.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,933 → $2,221 (+14.9%)	$1,352 → $1,894 (+40.1%)

Haymarket

Population

1,5521,591

Median household income

$128,125$174,306

Median home value

$431,200$563,600

Median gross rent

$1,933$2,221

Occoquan

Population

1,1741,089

Median household income

$110,833$142,083

Median home value

$400,000$482,900

Median gross rent

$1,352$1,894

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Haymarket	Occoquan
Under 5	4.8%	4.8%
5 to 17	20.9%	2.7%
18 to 24	9.7%	9.7%
25 to 34	10.4%	24.0%
35 to 44	17.3%	10.4%
45 to 54	13.2%	20.8%
55 to 64	12.9%	21.4%
65 to 74	7.0%	4.8%
75 and over	3.6%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Haymarket	Occoquan
White (non-Hispanic)	57.4%	60.3%
Black or African American	11.4%	10.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	16.6%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	23.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Haymarket	Occoquan
No high school diploma	3.4%	0.4%
High school graduate	20.4%	9.8%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	36.9%	34.0%
Graduate or professional degree	16.6%	22.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Haymarket	Occoquan
Drove alone	74.5%	61.2%
Carpooled	7.4%	2.8%
Public transit	0.7%	4.4%
Walked	1.1%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	15.9%	24.6%
Other means	0.3%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Haymarket	Occoquan
1-unit, detached	68.0%	10.3%
1-unit, attached	29.2%	50.3%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	30.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Haymarket	Occoquan
Poverty rate	3.0%	2.7%
Average household size	3.14	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	32	35
Median year structure built	1997	1990