Lake Ridge vs Montclair

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

Lake Ridge and Montclair 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 22,295 in Montclair). Montclair has the higher median household income ($143,357 vs $120,844 in Lake Ridge). Montclair has the higher median home value ($561,700 vs $452,800 in Lake Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Ridge	Montclair
Population	45,007	22,295
Median age	37.4 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$120,844	$143,357
Median home value	$452,800	$561,700
Median gross rent	$2,011	$2,207
Housing units	16,251	7,391
Homeownership rate	76.1%	89.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.5%	54.4%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Ridge	Montclair
Population	44,716 → 45,007 (+0.7%)	20,881 → 22,295 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$102,244 → $120,844 (+18.2%)	$127,194 → $143,357 (+12.7%)
Median home value	$341,400 → $452,800 (+32.6%)	$414,200 → $561,700 (+35.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,819 → $2,011 (+10.6%)	$2,089 → $2,207 (+5.6%)

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

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)

	Lake Ridge	Montclair
Under 5	6.4%	8.2%
5 to 17	18.6%	16.9%
18 to 24	8.4%	8.2%
25 to 34	12.0%	10.3%
35 to 44	16.4%	15.2%
45 to 54	13.5%	13.0%
55 to 64	11.4%	12.6%
65 to 74	8.7%	8.2%
75 and over	4.6%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Ridge	Montclair
White (non-Hispanic)	43.3%	48.5%
Black or African American	21.3%	20.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	8.8%	9.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.6%
Two or more races	6.2%	8.0%
Hispanic or Latino	19.4%	12.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Ridge	Montclair
No high school diploma	7.2%	4.8%
High school graduate	17.1%	16.7%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	29.2%	28.4%
Graduate or professional degree	21.3%	26.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Ridge	Montclair
Drove alone	66.7%	60.2%
Carpooled	10.4%	8.3%
Public transit	3.4%	3.7%
Walked	0.4%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.9%	24.6%
Other means	1.4%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Ridge	Montclair
1-unit, detached	38.6%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	44.7%	19.5%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	1.5%
20 or more units	4.7%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Ridge	Montclair
Poverty rate	5.8%	4.3%
Average household size	2.86	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	38	42
Median year structure built	1986	1990