Sussex vs Wakefield

A side-by-side comparison of Sussex and Wakefield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wakefield has the higher population (1,082 vs 110 in Sussex). Sussex has the higher median household income ($83,531 vs $56,250 in Wakefield). Sussex has the higher median home value ($187,200 vs $155,600 in Wakefield).

Population, income & housing

	Sussex	Wakefield
Population	110	1,082
Median age	63.3 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$83,531	$56,250
Median home value	$187,200	$155,600
Median gross rent	—	$959
Housing units	84	472
Homeownership rate	78.9%	72.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.3%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sussex	Wakefield
Population	356 → 110 (-69.1%)	1,175 → 1,082 (-7.9%)
Median household income	$67,838 → $83,531 (+23.1%)	$35,556 → $56,250 (+58.2%)
Median home value	$165,400 → $187,200 (+13.2%)	$104,300 → $155,600 (+49.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$810 → $959 (+18.4%)

Sussex

Population

356110

Median household income

$67,838$83,531

Median home value

$165,400$187,200

Wakefield

Population

1,1751,082

Median household income

$35,556$56,250

Median home value

$104,300$155,600

Median gross rent

$810$959

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sussex	Wakefield
Under 5	0.0%	0.7%
5 to 17	0.0%	8.4%
18 to 24	2.7%	20.1%
25 to 34	15.5%	16.7%
35 to 44	10.9%	8.9%
45 to 54	0.9%	12.8%
55 to 64	47.3%	10.3%
65 to 74	22.7%	7.5%
75 and over	0.0%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sussex	Wakefield
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	32.8%
Black or African American	10.0%	64.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sussex	Wakefield
No high school diploma	40.2%	12.9%
High school graduate	29.0%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sussex	Wakefield
Drove alone	100.0%	90.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sussex	Wakefield
1-unit, detached	67.9%	85.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	32.1%	12.3%

Poverty & households

	Sussex	Wakefield
Poverty rate	12.8%	7.7%
Average household size	1.65	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	—	40
Median year structure built	1989	1963