Draper vs Pulaski

A side-by-side comparison of Draper and Pulaski: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pulaski has the higher population (8,937 vs 458 in Draper). Draper has the higher median household income ($82,835 vs $50,409 in Pulaski). Draper has the higher median home value ($159,100 vs $152,800 in Pulaski).

Population, income & housing

	Draper	Pulaski
Population	458	8,937
Median age	55.4 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$82,835	$50,409
Median home value	$159,100	$152,800
Median gross rent	$924	$775
Housing units	181	4,237
Homeownership rate	38.1%	56.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.4%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Draper	Pulaski
Population	371 → 458 (+23.5%)	8,799 → 8,937 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$71,591 → $82,835 (+15.7%)	$49,665 → $50,409 (+1.5%)
Median home value	$163,800 → $159,100 (-2.9%)	$117,600 → $152,800 (+29.9%)
Median gross rent	$825 → $924 (+12.0%)	$748 → $775 (+3.6%)

Draper

Population

371458

Median household income

$71,591$82,835

Median home value

$163,800$159,100

Median gross rent

$825$924

Pulaski

Population

8,7998,937

Median household income

$49,665$50,409

Median home value

$117,600$152,800

Median gross rent

$748$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Draper	Pulaski
Under 5	3.5%	6.3%
5 to 17	1.5%	12.9%
18 to 24	9.6%	7.2%
25 to 34	0.0%	19.8%
35 to 44	3.7%	10.4%
45 to 54	24.0%	12.9%
55 to 64	31.9%	12.3%
65 to 74	21.4%	10.9%
75 and over	4.4%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Draper	Pulaski
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	87.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.9%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.2%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Draper	Pulaski
No high school diploma	15.6%	11.3%
High school graduate	26.6%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	50.4%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Draper	Pulaski
Drove alone	61.6%	77.4%
Carpooled	25.9%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	12.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Draper	Pulaski
1-unit, detached	77.3%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	22.7%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Draper	Pulaski
Poverty rate	2.6%	24.0%
Average household size	2.53	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	—	22
Median year structure built	1986	1959