Lake Ridge vs Leesylvania

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

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

Lake Ridge has the higher population (45,007 vs 22,848 in Leesylvania). Leesylvania has the higher median household income ($137,460 vs $120,844 in Lake Ridge). Leesylvania has the higher median home value ($508,800 vs $452,800 in Lake Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Ridge	Leesylvania
Population	45,007	22,848
Median age	37.4 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$120,844	$137,460
Median home value	$452,800	$508,800
Median gross rent	$2,011	$2,278
Housing units	16,251	8,205
Homeownership rate	76.1%	64.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.5%	51.9%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Ridge	Leesylvania
Population	44,716 → 45,007 (+0.7%)	21,880 → 22,848 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$102,244 → $120,844 (+18.2%)	$120,610 → $137,460 (+14.0%)
Median home value	$341,400 → $452,800 (+32.6%)	$393,900 → $508,800 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,819 → $2,011 (+10.6%)	$1,929 → $2,278 (+18.1%)

Lake Ridge

Population

44,71645,007

Median household income

$102,244$120,844

Median home value

$341,400$452,800

Median gross rent

$1,819$2,011

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)

	Lake Ridge	Leesylvania
Under 5	6.4%	7.1%
5 to 17	18.6%	19.3%
18 to 24	8.4%	7.0%
25 to 34	12.0%	15.9%
35 to 44	16.4%	16.4%
45 to 54	13.5%	13.4%
55 to 64	11.4%	12.7%
65 to 74	8.7%	5.3%
75 and over	4.6%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Ridge	Leesylvania
White (non-Hispanic)	43.3%	23.2%
Black or African American	21.3%	43.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	8.8%	9.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.9%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.2%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	19.4%	16.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Ridge	Leesylvania
No high school diploma	7.2%	6.1%
High school graduate	17.1%	15.0%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	29.2%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	21.3%	21.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Ridge	Leesylvania
Drove alone	66.7%	69.9%
Carpooled	10.4%	7.1%
Public transit	3.4%	4.3%
Walked	0.4%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	17.9%	15.1%
Other means	1.4%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Ridge	Leesylvania
1-unit, detached	38.6%	41.5%
1-unit, attached	44.7%	30.1%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	6.2%
20 or more units	4.7%	17.1%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Lake Ridge	Leesylvania
Poverty rate	5.8%	3.8%
Average household size	2.86	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	38	39
Median year structure built	1986	2008