Front Royal vs Shenandoah Shores

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

Front Royal and Shenandoah Shores 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 783 in Shenandoah Shores). Shenandoah Shores has the higher median household income ($92,813 vs $64,025 in Front Royal). Front Royal has the higher median home value ($284,900 vs $282,000 in Shenandoah Shores).

Population, income & housing

	Front Royal	Shenandoah Shores
Population	15,152	783
Median age	37.6 yrs	29.6 yrs
Median household income	$64,025	$92,813
Median home value	$284,900	$282,000
Median gross rent	$1,133	$1,549
Housing units	6,227	288
Homeownership rate	58.5%	59.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	34.1%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	11.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Front Royal	Shenandoah Shores
Population	15,077 → 15,152 (+0.5%)	946 → 783 (-17.2%)
Median household income	$51,871 → $64,025 (+23.4%)	$61,674 → $92,813 (+50.5%)
Median home value	$214,500 → $284,900 (+32.8%)	$199,600 → $282,000 (+41.3%)
Median gross rent	$973 → $1,133 (+16.4%)	$1,113 → $1,549 (+39.2%)

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 Shores

Population

946783

Median household income

$61,674$92,813

Median home value

$199,600$282,000

Median gross rent

$1,113$1,549

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Front Royal	Shenandoah Shores
Under 5	6.0%	19.0%
5 to 17	16.6%	15.1%
18 to 24	6.4%	7.2%
25 to 34	16.0%	34.9%
35 to 44	13.3%	9.7%
45 to 54	9.5%	2.7%
55 to 64	15.1%	9.6%
65 to 74	10.9%	0.4%
75 and over	6.2%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Front Royal	Shenandoah Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	71.1%	81.1%
Black or African American	9.2%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	1.9%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	8.3%
Hispanic or Latino	11.2%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Front Royal	Shenandoah Shores
No high school diploma	16.5%	14.1%
High school graduate	37.2%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	25.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Front Royal	Shenandoah Shores
Drove alone	73.3%	59.2%
Carpooled	12.6%	21.2%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	12.1%
Other means	1.1%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Front Royal	Shenandoah Shores
1-unit, detached	64.1%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	12.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.0%	11.1%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Front Royal	Shenandoah Shores
Poverty rate	13.9%	20.2%
Average household size	2.53	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	34	45
Median year structure built	1974	1986