Montclair vs Woodbridge

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

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

Woodbridge has the higher population (43,443 vs 22,295 in Montclair). Montclair has the higher median household income ($143,357 vs $100,370 in Woodbridge). Montclair has the higher median home value ($561,700 vs $395,400 in Woodbridge).

Population, income & housing

	Montclair	Woodbridge
Population	22,295	43,443
Median age	39.0 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$143,357	$100,370
Median home value	$561,700	$395,400
Median gross rent	$2,207	$1,985
Housing units	7,391	15,028
Homeownership rate	89.6%	57.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.4%	31.7%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Montclair	Woodbridge
Population	20,881 → 22,295 (+6.8%)	4,373 → 43,443 (+893.4%)
Median household income	$127,194 → $143,357 (+12.7%)	$113,065 → $100,370 (-11.2%)
Median home value	$414,200 → $561,700 (+35.6%)	$357,400 → $395,400 (+10.6%)
Median gross rent	$2,089 → $2,207 (+5.6%)	$1,918 → $1,985 (+3.5%)

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

Woodbridge

Population

4,37343,443

Median household income

$113,065$100,370

Median home value

$357,400$395,400

Median gross rent

$1,918$1,985

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Montclair	Woodbridge
Under 5	8.2%	7.1%
5 to 17	16.9%	17.7%
18 to 24	8.2%	11.3%
25 to 34	10.3%	15.9%
35 to 44	15.2%	14.5%
45 to 54	13.0%	13.0%
55 to 64	12.6%	10.9%
65 to 74	8.2%	6.6%
75 and over	7.5%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Montclair	Woodbridge
White (non-Hispanic)	48.5%	19.9%
Black or African American	20.2%	21.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	9.9%	8.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.6%	0.4%
Two or more races	8.0%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	12.4%	45.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Montclair	Woodbridge
No high school diploma	4.8%	16.2%
High school graduate	16.7%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	28.4%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	26.0%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Montclair	Woodbridge
Drove alone	60.2%	68.3%
Carpooled	8.3%	11.0%
Public transit	3.7%	2.1%
Walked	0.6%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.6%	12.5%
Other means	2.5%	4.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Montclair	Woodbridge
1-unit, detached	77.4%	37.2%
1-unit, attached	19.5%	20.0%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	23.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	14.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Montclair	Woodbridge
Poverty rate	4.3%	9.0%
Average household size	3.08	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	42	37
Median year structure built	1990	1987