Nokesville vs Occoquan

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

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

Nokesville has the higher population (1,179 vs 1,089 in Occoquan). Nokesville has the higher median home value ($607,700 vs $482,900 in Occoquan). Since 2019, Occoquan's population has grown faster (-7.2% vs -11.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Nokesville	Occoquan
Population	1,179	1,089
Median age	51.3 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$142,083
Median home value	$607,700	$482,900
Median gross rent	$1,485	$1,894
Housing units	581	574
Homeownership rate	74.8%	59.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.5%	56.0%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nokesville	Occoquan
Population	1,330 → 1,179 (-11.4%)	1,174 → 1,089 (-7.2%)
Median household income	$108,571 → $83,920 (-22.7%)	$110,833 → $142,083 (+28.2%)
Median home value	$405,600 → $607,700 (+49.8%)	$400,000 → $482,900 (+20.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,513 → $1,485 (-1.9%)	$1,352 → $1,894 (+40.1%)

Nokesville

Population

1,3301,179

Median household income

$108,571$83,920

Median home value

$405,600$607,700

Median gross rent

$1,513$1,485

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)

	Nokesville	Occoquan
Under 5	0.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	13.1%	2.7%
18 to 24	10.1%	9.7%
25 to 34	7.1%	24.0%
35 to 44	7.4%	10.4%
45 to 54	22.2%	20.8%
55 to 64	19.8%	21.4%
65 to 74	9.9%	4.8%
75 and over	10.3%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nokesville	Occoquan
White (non-Hispanic)	75.2%	60.3%
Black or African American	1.6%	10.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	19.3%	23.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nokesville	Occoquan
No high school diploma	3.9%	0.4%
High school graduate	36.2%	9.8%
Some college or associate's	16.4%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	34.0%
Graduate or professional degree	22.8%	22.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nokesville	Occoquan
Drove alone	75.0%	61.2%
Carpooled	3.3%	2.8%
Public transit	2.8%	4.4%
Walked	1.0%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	17.9%	24.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nokesville	Occoquan
1-unit, detached	89.0%	10.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	50.3%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	30.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Nokesville	Occoquan
Poverty rate	7.6%	2.7%
Average household size	2.25	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	33	35
Median year structure built	1973	1990