Albemarle County vs Alexandria city

A side-by-side comparison of Albemarle County and Alexandria city: population, income, housing, and more.

Albemarle County and Alexandria city are counties in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Alexandria city has the higher population (156,788 vs 113,683 in Albemarle County). Alexandria city has the higher median household income ($113,638 vs $102,617 in Albemarle County). Alexandria city has the higher median home value ($696,800 vs $471,000 in Albemarle County).

Population, income & housing

	Albemarle County	Alexandria city
Population	113,683	156,788
Median age	39.8 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$102,617	$113,638
Median home value	$471,000	$696,800
Median gross rent	$1,623	$2,031
Housing units	48,360	80,570
Homeownership rate	66.0%	42.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.6%	65.8%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Albemarle County	Alexandria city
Population	107,405 → 113,683 (+5.8%)	157,613 → 156,788 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$79,880 → $102,617 (+28.5%)	$100,939 → $113,638 (+12.6%)
Median home value	$356,100 → $471,000 (+32.3%)	$572,900 → $696,800 (+21.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,273 → $1,623 (+27.5%)	$1,747 → $2,031 (+16.3%)

Albemarle County

Population

107,405113,683

Median household income

$79,880$102,617

Median home value

$356,100$471,000

Median gross rent

$1,273$1,623

Alexandria city

Population

157,613156,788

Median household income

$100,939$113,638

Median home value

$572,900$696,800

Median gross rent

$1,747$2,031

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Albemarle County	Alexandria city
Under 5	5.0%	6.7%
5 to 17	14.7%	11.6%
18 to 24	11.7%	5.8%
25 to 34	12.5%	20.0%
35 to 44	12.3%	18.7%
45 to 54	11.3%	13.4%
55 to 64	12.6%	11.1%
65 to 74	11.4%	7.7%
75 and over	8.5%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Albemarle County	Alexandria city
White (non-Hispanic)	74.0%	49.6%
Black or African American	8.8%	20.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	5.5%	6.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	18.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Albemarle County	Alexandria city
No high school diploma	5.6%	7.1%
High school graduate	14.6%	10.6%
Some college or associate's	19.2%	16.5%
Bachelor's degree	29.9%	31.4%
Graduate or professional degree	30.7%	34.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Albemarle County	Alexandria city
Drove alone	66.2%	50.2%
Carpooled	7.7%	6.6%
Public transit	1.5%	12.7%
Walked	2.6%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.8%
Worked from home	20.2%	25.2%
Other means	1.3%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Albemarle County	Alexandria city
1-unit, detached	60.2%	14.0%
1-unit, attached	13.0%	20.5%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	13.1%	18.5%
20 or more units	7.4%	42.4%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Albemarle County	Alexandria city
Poverty rate	6.8%	8.4%
Average household size	2.34	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	22	29
Median year structure built	1991	1974