Damascus vs Meadowview

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

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

Meadowview has the higher population (922 vs 766 in Damascus). Meadowview has the higher median household income ($70,078 vs $33,173 in Damascus). Damascus has the higher median home value ($186,300 vs $173,800 in Meadowview).

Population, income & housing

	Damascus	Meadowview
Population	766	922
Median age	50.4 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$33,173	$70,078
Median home value	$186,300	$173,800
Median gross rent	$713	$984
Housing units	453	444
Homeownership rate	49.6%	70.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Damascus	Meadowview
Population	614 → 766 (+24.8%)	921 → 922 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$31,023 → $33,173 (+6.9%)	$35,809 → $70,078 (+95.7%)
Median home value	$117,500 → $186,300 (+58.6%)	$127,600 → $173,800 (+36.2%)
Median gross rent	$536 → $713 (+33.0%)	$714 → $984 (+37.8%)

Damascus

Population

614766

Median household income

$31,023$33,173

Median home value

$117,500$186,300

Median gross rent

$536$713

Meadowview

Population

921922

Median household income

$35,809$70,078

Median home value

$127,600$173,800

Median gross rent

$714$984

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Damascus	Meadowview
Under 5	1.4%	8.1%
5 to 17	15.1%	14.2%
18 to 24	8.5%	8.1%
25 to 34	12.7%	11.4%
35 to 44	9.1%	13.3%
45 to 54	6.0%	10.6%
55 to 64	12.7%	17.2%
65 to 74	23.1%	13.9%
75 and over	11.4%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Damascus	Meadowview
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	95.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Damascus	Meadowview
No high school diploma	14.8%	17.0%
High school graduate	37.6%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Damascus	Meadowview
Drove alone	83.6%	86.6%
Carpooled	8.2%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Damascus	Meadowview
1-unit, detached	58.5%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	21.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	15.1%

Poverty & households

	Damascus	Meadowview
Poverty rate	18.3%	7.8%
Average household size	2.17	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	16	23
Median year structure built	1958	1985