Damascus vs Emory

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

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

Emory has the higher population (1,135 vs 766 in Damascus). Emory has the higher median household income ($62,500 vs $33,173 in Damascus). Emory has the higher median home value ($203,800 vs $186,300 in Damascus).

Population, income & housing

	Damascus	Emory
Population	766	1,135
Median age	50.4 yrs	21.2 yrs
Median household income	$33,173	$62,500
Median home value	$186,300	$203,800
Median gross rent	$713	—
Housing units	453	210
Homeownership rate	49.6%	92.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	32.5%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Damascus	Emory
Population	614 → 766 (+24.8%)	1,155 → 1,135 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$31,023 → $33,173 (+6.9%)	$69,643 → $62,500 (-10.3%)
Median home value	$117,500 → $186,300 (+58.6%)	$222,000 → $203,800 (-8.2%)
Median gross rent	$536 → $713 (+33.0%)	$725 → $950 (+31.0%)

Damascus

Population

614766

Median household income

$31,023$33,173

Median home value

$117,500$186,300

Median gross rent

$536$713

Emory

Population

1,1551,135

Median household income

$69,643$62,500

Median home value

$222,000$203,800

Median gross rent

$725$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Damascus	Emory
Under 5	1.4%	1.4%
5 to 17	15.1%	4.9%
18 to 24	8.5%	58.9%
25 to 34	12.7%	4.8%
35 to 44	9.1%	6.7%
45 to 54	6.0%	5.7%
55 to 64	12.7%	4.8%
65 to 74	23.1%	2.1%
75 and over	11.4%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Damascus	Emory
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	77.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	17.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.5%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Damascus	Emory
No high school diploma	14.8%	1.5%
High school graduate	37.6%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	20.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Damascus	Emory
Drove alone	83.6%	27.5%
Carpooled	8.2%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	40.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	29.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Damascus	Emory
1-unit, detached	58.5%	92.9%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	3.8%
20 or more units	21.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Damascus	Emory
Poverty rate	18.3%	4.8%
Average household size	2.17	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	16	17
Median year structure built	1958	1977