Front Royal vs Skyland Estates

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

Front Royal and Skyland Estates 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 607 in Skyland Estates). Skyland Estates has the higher median household income ($94,375 vs $64,025 in Front Royal). Front Royal has the higher median home value ($284,900 vs $279,800 in Skyland Estates).

Population, income & housing

	Front Royal	Skyland Estates
Population	15,152	607
Median age	37.6 yrs	52.7 yrs
Median household income	$64,025	$94,375
Median home value	$284,900	$279,800
Median gross rent	$1,133	—
Housing units	6,227	412
Homeownership rate	58.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Front Royal	Skyland Estates
Population	15,077 → 15,152 (+0.5%)	1,142 → 607 (-46.8%)
Median household income	$51,871 → $64,025 (+23.4%)	$93,068 → $94,375 (+1.4%)
Median home value	$214,500 → $284,900 (+32.8%)	$200,500 → $279,800 (+39.6%)
Median gross rent	$973 → $1,133 (+16.4%)	—

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

Skyland Estates

Population

1,142607

Median household income

$93,068$94,375

Median home value

$200,500$279,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Front Royal	Skyland Estates
Under 5	6.0%	4.0%
5 to 17	16.6%	8.7%
18 to 24	6.4%	5.3%
25 to 34	16.0%	10.5%
35 to 44	13.3%	13.0%
45 to 54	9.5%	12.2%
55 to 64	15.1%	23.7%
65 to 74	10.9%	11.9%
75 and over	6.2%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Front Royal	Skyland Estates
White (non-Hispanic)	71.1%	81.1%
Black or African American	9.2%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	9.4%
Hispanic or Latino	11.2%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Front Royal	Skyland Estates
No high school diploma	16.5%	4.6%
High school graduate	37.2%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Front Royal	Skyland Estates
Drove alone	73.3%	83.6%
Carpooled	12.6%	3.8%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	11.3%
Other means	1.1%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Front Royal	Skyland Estates
1-unit, detached	64.1%	98.8%
1-unit, attached	12.4%	1.2%
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	Skyland Estates
Poverty rate	13.9%	1.2%
Average household size	2.53	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	34	59
Median year structure built	1974	1988