Augusta County vs Fauquier County

A side-by-side comparison of Augusta County and Fauquier County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Augusta County has the higher population (77,713 vs 73,935 in Fauquier County). Fauquier County has the higher median household income ($129,495 vs $79,972 in Augusta County). Fauquier County has the higher median home value ($543,700 vs $281,400 in Augusta County).

Population, income & housing

	Augusta County	Fauquier County
Population	77,713	73,935
Median age	44.9 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$79,972	$129,495
Median home value	$281,400	$543,700
Median gross rent	$1,057	$1,561
Housing units	32,890	28,454
Homeownership rate	78.9%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	39.7%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Augusta County	Fauquier County
Population	75,079 → 77,713 (+3.5%)	69,728 → 73,935 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$62,711 → $79,972 (+27.5%)	$100,783 → $129,495 (+28.5%)
Median home value	$214,000 → $281,400 (+31.5%)	$395,500 → $543,700 (+37.5%)
Median gross rent	$890 → $1,057 (+18.8%)	$1,281 → $1,561 (+21.9%)

Augusta County

Population

75,07977,713

Median household income

$62,711$79,972

Median home value

$214,000$281,400

Median gross rent

$890$1,057

Fauquier County

Population

69,72873,935

Median household income

$100,783$129,495

Median home value

$395,500$543,700

Median gross rent

$1,281$1,561

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Augusta County	Fauquier County
Under 5	4.5%	5.7%
5 to 17	14.2%	17.7%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.9%
25 to 34	12.0%	10.5%
35 to 44	12.2%	13.3%
45 to 54	12.7%	13.1%
55 to 64	15.1%	15.2%
65 to 74	12.8%	9.9%
75 and over	9.2%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Augusta County	Fauquier County
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	75.7%
Black or African American	4.3%	6.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.5%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Augusta County	Fauquier County
No high school diploma	9.2%	8.1%
High school graduate	40.8%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	14.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Augusta County	Fauquier County
Drove alone	84.2%	74.4%
Carpooled	7.4%	7.1%
Public transit	0.2%	1.0%
Walked	1.2%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	15.0%
Other means	0.5%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Augusta County	Fauquier County
1-unit, detached	80.1%	84.8%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	2.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	9.0%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Augusta County	Fauquier County
Poverty rate	7.3%	6.1%
Average household size	2.43	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	24	37
Median year structure built	1988	1986