Apple Mountain Lake vs Front Royal

A side-by-side comparison of Apple Mountain Lake and Front Royal: population, income, housing, and more.

Apple Mountain Lake and Front Royal are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Front Royal has the higher population (15,152 vs 1,801 in Apple Mountain Lake). Apple Mountain Lake has the higher median household income ($127,321 vs $64,025 in Front Royal). Apple Mountain Lake has the higher median home value ($370,600 vs $284,900 in Front Royal).

Population, income & housing

	Apple Mountain Lake	Front Royal
Population	1,801	15,152
Median age	39.0 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$127,321	$64,025
Median home value	$370,600	$284,900
Median gross rent	$1,675	$1,133
Housing units	627	6,227
Homeownership rate	83.6%	58.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.5%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Apple Mountain Lake	Front Royal
Population	1,369 → 1,801 (+31.6%)	15,077 → 15,152 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$59,337 → $127,321 (+114.6%)	$51,871 → $64,025 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$199,600 → $370,600 (+85.7%)	$214,500 → $284,900 (+32.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,794 → $1,675 (-6.6%)	$973 → $1,133 (+16.4%)

Apple Mountain Lake

Population

1,3691,801

Median household income

$59,337$127,321

Median home value

$199,600$370,600

Median gross rent

$1,794$1,675

Front Royal

Population

15,07715,152

Median household income

$51,871$64,025

Median home value

$214,500$284,900

Median gross rent

$973$1,133

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Apple Mountain Lake	Front Royal
Under 5	4.4%	6.0%
5 to 17	16.6%	16.6%
18 to 24	9.3%	6.4%
25 to 34	16.3%	16.0%
35 to 44	16.6%	13.3%
45 to 54	13.7%	9.5%
55 to 64	11.3%	15.1%
65 to 74	9.2%	10.9%
75 and over	2.7%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Apple Mountain Lake	Front Royal
White (non-Hispanic)	68.4%	71.1%
Black or African American	3.9%	9.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.0%
Two or more races	11.3%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	16.1%	11.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Apple Mountain Lake	Front Royal
No high school diploma	12.2%	16.5%
High school graduate	24.1%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	20.5%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Apple Mountain Lake	Front Royal
Drove alone	64.4%	73.3%
Carpooled	20.3%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	5.1%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	9.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Apple Mountain Lake	Front Royal
1-unit, detached	91.7%	64.1%
1-unit, attached	8.3%	12.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Apple Mountain Lake	Front Royal
Poverty rate	8.9%	13.9%
Average household size	3.10	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	44	34
Median year structure built	1995	1974