Damascus vs Glade Spring

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

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

Glade Spring has the higher population (2,224 vs 766 in Damascus). Glade Spring has the higher median household income ($76,736 vs $33,173 in Damascus). Damascus has the higher median home value ($186,300 vs $170,700 in Glade Spring).

Population, income & housing

	Damascus	Glade Spring
Population	766	2,224
Median age	50.4 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$33,173	$76,736
Median home value	$186,300	$170,700
Median gross rent	$713	$758
Housing units	453	755
Homeownership rate	49.6%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Damascus	Glade Spring
Population	614 → 766 (+24.8%)	1,616 → 2,224 (+37.6%)
Median household income	$31,023 → $33,173 (+6.9%)	$47,900 → $76,736 (+60.2%)
Median home value	$117,500 → $186,300 (+58.6%)	$119,400 → $170,700 (+43.0%)
Median gross rent	$536 → $713 (+33.0%)	$746 → $758 (+1.6%)

Damascus

Population

614766

Median household income

$31,023$33,173

Median home value

$117,500$186,300

Median gross rent

$536$713

Glade Spring

Population

1,6162,224

Median household income

$47,900$76,736

Median home value

$119,400$170,700

Median gross rent

$746$758

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Damascus	Glade Spring
Under 5	1.4%	9.0%
5 to 17	15.1%	20.1%
18 to 24	8.5%	7.6%
25 to 34	12.7%	12.0%
35 to 44	9.1%	6.4%
45 to 54	6.0%	16.5%
55 to 64	12.7%	9.8%
65 to 74	23.1%	11.4%
75 and over	11.4%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Damascus	Glade Spring
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	96.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Damascus	Glade Spring
No high school diploma	14.8%	10.4%
High school graduate	37.6%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Damascus	Glade Spring
Drove alone	83.6%	83.0%
Carpooled	8.2%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Damascus	Glade Spring
1-unit, detached	58.5%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	1.7%
20 or more units	21.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Damascus	Glade Spring
Poverty rate	18.3%	10.1%
Average household size	2.17	3.43
Mean commute (minutes)	16	20
Median year structure built	1958	1971