Potomac Mills vs Quantico Base

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

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

Potomac Mills has the higher population (6,122 vs 5,491 in Quantico Base). Potomac Mills has the higher median household income ($102,464 vs $69,419 in Quantico Base). Since 2019, Quantico Base's population has grown faster (+7.5% vs -8.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Potomac Mills	Quantico Base
Population	6,122	5,491
Median age	37.3 yrs	22.5 yrs
Median household income	$102,464	$69,419
Median home value	$553,200	—
Median gross rent	$2,025	$2,425
Housing units	1,994	1,249
Homeownership rate	73.3%	0.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.5%	47.6%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Potomac Mills	Quantico Base
Population	6,664 → 6,122 (-8.1%)	5,109 → 5,491 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$112,703 → $102,464 (-9.1%)	$69,315 → $69,419 (+0.2%)
Median home value	$342,500 → $553,200 (+61.5%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,801 → $2,025 (+12.4%)	$1,884 → $2,425 (+28.7%)

Potomac Mills

Population

6,6646,122

Median household income

$112,703$102,464

Median home value

$342,500$553,200

Median gross rent

$1,801$2,025

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)

	Potomac Mills	Quantico Base
Under 5	5.6%	11.4%
5 to 17	26.1%	14.2%
18 to 24	4.6%	40.2%
25 to 34	10.3%	23.7%
35 to 44	19.1%	7.7%
45 to 54	12.7%	1.8%
55 to 64	8.8%	0.9%
65 to 74	7.7%	0.0%
75 and over	5.2%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Potomac Mills	Quantico Base
White (non-Hispanic)	36.6%	59.5%
Black or African American	20.3%	7.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	15.7%	7.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	0.8%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	26.5%	18.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Potomac Mills	Quantico Base
No high school diploma	12.9%	0.9%
High school graduate	29.0%	15.4%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	30.2%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	17.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Potomac Mills	Quantico Base
Drove alone	65.6%	54.9%
Carpooled	10.7%	12.2%
Public transit	3.5%	0.2%
Walked	0.6%	18.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	19.2%	11.7%
Other means	0.4%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Potomac Mills	Quantico Base
1-unit, detached	55.4%	23.5%
1-unit, attached	20.9%	59.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	5.3%
20 or more units	8.8%	8.2%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Potomac Mills	Quantico Base
Poverty rate	15.0%	7.7%
Average household size	3.33	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	30	12
Median year structure built	1987	2001