Abingdon vs Damascus

A side-by-side comparison of Abingdon and Damascus: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Abingdon has the higher population (8,332 vs 766 in Damascus). Abingdon has the higher median household income ($54,976 vs $33,173 in Damascus). Abingdon has the higher median home value ($217,700 vs $186,300 in Damascus).

Population, income & housing

	Abingdon	Damascus
Population	8,332	766
Median age	46.8 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$54,976	$33,173
Median home value	$217,700	$186,300
Median gross rent	$794	$713
Housing units	4,505	453
Homeownership rate	56.2%	49.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.2%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Abingdon	Damascus
Population	7,960 → 8,332 (+4.7%)	614 → 766 (+24.8%)
Median household income	$45,848 → $54,976 (+19.9%)	$31,023 → $33,173 (+6.9%)
Median home value	$169,500 → $217,700 (+28.4%)	$117,500 → $186,300 (+58.6%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $794 (+14.7%)	$536 → $713 (+33.0%)

Abingdon

Population

7,9608,332

Median household income

$45,848$54,976

Median home value

$169,500$217,700

Median gross rent

$692$794

Damascus

Population

614766

Median household income

$31,023$33,173

Median home value

$117,500$186,300

Median gross rent

$536$713

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Abingdon	Damascus
Under 5	2.6%	1.4%
5 to 17	10.6%	15.1%
18 to 24	7.2%	8.5%
25 to 34	16.9%	12.7%
35 to 44	10.2%	9.1%
45 to 54	12.2%	6.0%
55 to 64	15.8%	12.7%
65 to 74	13.3%	23.1%
75 and over	11.1%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Abingdon	Damascus
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	93.1%
Black or African American	3.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Abingdon	Damascus
No high school diploma	7.0%	14.8%
High school graduate	27.3%	37.6%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Abingdon	Damascus
Drove alone	85.1%	83.6%
Carpooled	3.1%	8.2%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	8.2%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Abingdon	Damascus
1-unit, detached	55.4%	58.5%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	18.9%	6.0%
20 or more units	1.7%	21.9%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Abingdon	Damascus
Poverty rate	13.4%	18.3%
Average household size	1.98	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	17	16
Median year structure built	1978	1958