Front Royal vs Shenandoah Farms

A side-by-side comparison of Front Royal and Shenandoah Farms: population, income, housing, and more.

Front Royal and Shenandoah Farms 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 3,956 in Shenandoah Farms). Shenandoah Farms has the higher median household income ($98,147 vs $64,025 in Front Royal). Front Royal has the higher median home value ($284,900 vs $277,200 in Shenandoah Farms).

Population, income & housing

	Front Royal	Shenandoah Farms
Population	15,152	3,956
Median age	37.6 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$64,025	$98,147
Median home value	$284,900	$277,200
Median gross rent	$1,133	$1,622
Housing units	6,227	1,827
Homeownership rate	58.5%	89.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	26.5%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Front Royal	Shenandoah Farms
Population	15,077 → 15,152 (+0.5%)	3,642 → 3,956 (+8.6%)
Median household income	$51,871 → $64,025 (+23.4%)	$81,838 → $98,147 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$214,500 → $284,900 (+32.8%)	$222,300 → $277,200 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$973 → $1,133 (+16.4%)	$1,121 → $1,622 (+44.7%)

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

Shenandoah Farms

Population

3,6423,956

Median household income

$81,838$98,147

Median home value

$222,300$277,200

Median gross rent

$1,121$1,622

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Front Royal	Shenandoah Farms
Under 5	6.0%	6.6%
5 to 17	16.6%	20.3%
18 to 24	6.4%	7.8%
25 to 34	16.0%	12.9%
35 to 44	13.3%	19.3%
45 to 54	9.5%	11.9%
55 to 64	15.1%	13.0%
65 to 74	10.9%	7.1%
75 and over	6.2%	1.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Front Royal	Shenandoah Farms
White (non-Hispanic)	71.1%	94.8%
Black or African American	9.2%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	11.2%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Front Royal	Shenandoah Farms
No high school diploma	16.5%	7.2%
High school graduate	37.2%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Front Royal	Shenandoah Farms
Drove alone	73.3%	70.8%
Carpooled	12.6%	12.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	14.7%
Other means	1.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Front Royal	Shenandoah Farms
1-unit, detached	64.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	12.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Front Royal	Shenandoah Farms
Poverty rate	13.9%	21.5%
Average household size	2.53	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	34	54
Median year structure built	1974	1998