Southern Gateway vs Stafford Courthouse

A side-by-side comparison of Southern Gateway and Stafford Courthouse: population, income, housing, and more.

Southern Gateway and Stafford Courthouse are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Stafford Courthouse has the higher population (5,780 vs 2,224 in Southern Gateway). Stafford Courthouse has the higher median household income ($97,030 vs $94,383 in Southern Gateway). Stafford Courthouse has the higher median home value ($564,800 vs $246,300 in Southern Gateway).

Population, income & housing

	Southern Gateway	Stafford Courthouse
Population	2,224	5,780
Median age	32.6 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$94,383	$97,030
Median home value	$246,300	$564,800
Median gross rent	$1,853	$1,947
Housing units	1,037	1,646
Homeownership rate	35.1%	47.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.9%	35.0%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Southern Gateway	Stafford Courthouse
Population	3,517 → 2,224 (-36.8%)	4,252 → 5,780 (+35.9%)
Median household income	$63,313 → $94,383 (+49.1%)	$78,594 → $97,030 (+23.5%)
Median home value	$234,300 → $246,300 (+5.1%)	$285,900 → $564,800 (+97.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,578 → $1,853 (+17.4%)	$1,424 → $1,947 (+36.7%)

Southern Gateway

Population

3,5172,224

Median household income

$63,313$94,383

Median home value

$234,300$246,300

Median gross rent

$1,578$1,853

Stafford Courthouse

Population

4,2525,780

Median household income

$78,594$97,030

Median home value

$285,900$564,800

Median gross rent

$1,424$1,947

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Southern Gateway	Stafford Courthouse
Under 5	4.2%	6.1%
5 to 17	13.5%	15.3%
18 to 24	18.0%	10.4%
25 to 34	17.7%	15.6%
35 to 44	19.1%	20.1%
45 to 54	15.6%	12.8%
55 to 64	4.4%	11.2%
65 to 74	4.8%	6.4%
75 and over	2.7%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Southern Gateway	Stafford Courthouse
White (non-Hispanic)	47.3%	39.0%
Black or African American	24.1%	35.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	3.8%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	10.9%
Hispanic or Latino	18.3%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Southern Gateway	Stafford Courthouse
No high school diploma	5.5%	6.1%
High school graduate	28.5%	29.8%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Southern Gateway	Stafford Courthouse
Drove alone	79.5%	69.5%
Carpooled	9.6%	7.7%
Public transit	1.5%	1.7%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	20.8%
Other means	2.1%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Southern Gateway	Stafford Courthouse
1-unit, detached	12.2%	34.6%
1-unit, attached	33.8%	26.7%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	48.0%	18.0%
20 or more units	3.5%	20.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Southern Gateway	Stafford Courthouse
Poverty rate	7.7%	1.8%
Average household size	2.45	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	31	42
Median year structure built	1994	2006