Potomac Mills vs Triangle

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

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

Triangle has the higher population (11,265 vs 6,122 in Potomac Mills). Triangle has the higher median household income ($114,837 vs $102,464 in Potomac Mills). Potomac Mills has the higher median home value ($553,200 vs $520,400 in Triangle).

Population, income & housing

	Potomac Mills	Triangle
Population	6,122	11,265
Median age	37.3 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$102,464	$114,837
Median home value	$553,200	$520,400
Median gross rent	$2,025	$1,606
Housing units	1,994	3,584
Homeownership rate	73.3%	63.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.5%	42.4%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Potomac Mills	Triangle
Population	6,664 → 6,122 (-8.1%)	8,972 → 11,265 (+25.6%)
Median household income	$112,703 → $102,464 (-9.1%)	$84,288 → $114,837 (+36.2%)
Median home value	$342,500 → $553,200 (+61.5%)	$452,200 → $520,400 (+15.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,801 → $2,025 (+12.4%)	$1,165 → $1,606 (+37.9%)

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

Triangle

Population

8,97211,265

Median household income

$84,288$114,837

Median home value

$452,200$520,400

Median gross rent

$1,165$1,606

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Potomac Mills	Triangle
Under 5	5.6%	9.1%
5 to 17	26.1%	16.6%
18 to 24	4.6%	9.4%
25 to 34	10.3%	13.8%
35 to 44	19.1%	16.8%
45 to 54	12.7%	14.4%
55 to 64	8.8%	13.1%
65 to 74	7.7%	4.0%
75 and over	5.2%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Potomac Mills	Triangle
White (non-Hispanic)	36.6%	19.0%
Black or African American	20.3%	41.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	15.7%	14.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.8%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	26.5%	20.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Potomac Mills	Triangle
No high school diploma	12.9%	7.5%
High school graduate	29.0%	15.5%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	27.3%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	15.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Potomac Mills	Triangle
Drove alone	65.6%	73.3%
Carpooled	10.7%	9.9%
Public transit	3.5%	2.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.2%	10.4%
Other means	0.4%	4.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Potomac Mills	Triangle
1-unit, detached	55.4%	60.5%
1-unit, attached	20.9%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	15.5%
20 or more units	8.8%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Potomac Mills	Triangle
Poverty rate	15.0%	8.0%
Average household size	3.33	3.28
Mean commute (minutes)	30	36
Median year structure built	1987	1999