Independent Hill vs Quantico Base

A side-by-side comparison of Independent Hill and Quantico Base: population, income, housing, and more.

Independent Hill and Quantico Base are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Independent Hill has the higher population (10,217 vs 5,491 in Quantico Base). Independent Hill has the higher median household income ($204,500 vs $69,419 in Quantico Base). Since 2019, Independent Hill's population has grown faster (+11.0% vs +7.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Independent Hill	Quantico Base
Population	10,217	5,491
Median age	37.9 yrs	22.5 yrs
Median household income	$204,500	$69,419
Median home value	$646,000	—
Median gross rent	$2,063	$2,425
Housing units	3,063	1,249
Homeownership rate	96.6%	0.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.9%	47.6%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Independent Hill	Quantico Base
Population	9,204 → 10,217 (+11.0%)	5,109 → 5,491 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$173,358 → $204,500 (+18.0%)	$69,315 → $69,419 (+0.2%)
Median home value	$502,800 → $646,000 (+28.5%)	—
Median gross rent	$2,819 → $2,063 (-26.8%)	$1,884 → $2,425 (+28.7%)

Independent Hill

Population

9,20410,217

Median household income

$173,358$204,500

Median home value

$502,800$646,000

Median gross rent

$2,819$2,063

Quantico Base

Population

5,1095,491

Median household income

$69,315$69,419

Median gross rent

$1,884$2,425

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Independent Hill	Quantico Base
Under 5	5.0%	11.4%
5 to 17	23.7%	14.2%
18 to 24	7.0%	40.2%
25 to 34	11.5%	23.7%
35 to 44	10.4%	7.7%
45 to 54	20.4%	1.8%
55 to 64	13.5%	0.9%
65 to 74	5.9%	0.0%
75 and over	2.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Independent Hill	Quantico Base
White (non-Hispanic)	55.0%	59.5%
Black or African American	12.6%	7.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	7.0%	7.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.2%	1.2%
Two or more races	5.5%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	19.5%	18.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Independent Hill	Quantico Base
No high school diploma	4.2%	0.9%
High school graduate	17.1%	15.4%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	32.4%	30.2%
Graduate or professional degree	21.5%	17.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Independent Hill	Quantico Base
Drove alone	66.4%	54.9%
Carpooled	7.7%	12.2%
Public transit	3.5%	0.2%
Walked	0.4%	18.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.3%
Worked from home	21.2%	11.7%
Other means	0.3%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Independent Hill	Quantico Base
1-unit, detached	95.6%	23.5%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	59.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.3%	8.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Independent Hill	Quantico Base
Poverty rate	1.0%	7.7%
Average household size	3.37	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	44	12
Median year structure built	2001	2001