Bristol city vs Manassas Park city

A side-by-side comparison of Bristol city and Manassas Park city: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bristol city has the higher population (17,024 vs 16,923 in Manassas Park city). Manassas Park city has the higher median household income ($100,668 vs $44,706 in Bristol city). Manassas Park city has the higher median home value ($381,200 vs $168,700 in Bristol city).

Population, income & housing

	Bristol city	Manassas Park city
Population	17,024	16,923
Median age	42.6 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$44,706	$100,668
Median home value	$168,700	$381,200
Median gross rent	$775	$2,175
Housing units	8,654	5,525
Homeownership rate	63.1%	67.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bristol city	Manassas Park city
Population	16,912 → 17,024 (+0.7%)	16,986 → 16,923 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$37,500 → $44,706 (+19.2%)	$88,046 → $100,668 (+14.3%)
Median home value	$111,700 → $168,700 (+51.0%)	$308,000 → $381,200 (+23.8%)
Median gross rent	$687 → $775 (+12.8%)	$1,732 → $2,175 (+25.6%)

Bristol city

Population

16,91217,024

Median household income

$37,500$44,706

Median home value

$111,700$168,700

Median gross rent

$687$775

Manassas Park city

Population

16,98616,923

Median household income

$88,046$100,668

Median home value

$308,000$381,200

Median gross rent

$1,732$2,175

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bristol city	Manassas Park city
Under 5	5.2%	5.9%
5 to 17	15.0%	18.4%
18 to 24	8.0%	9.7%
25 to 34	10.9%	15.5%
35 to 44	13.0%	17.8%
45 to 54	12.1%	12.5%
55 to 64	12.7%	10.7%
65 to 74	12.5%	6.2%
75 and over	10.6%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bristol city	Manassas Park city
White (non-Hispanic)	85.3%	27.4%
Black or African American	6.7%	10.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	10.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	45.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bristol city	Manassas Park city
No high school diploma	10.4%	21.1%
High school graduate	34.7%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bristol city	Manassas Park city
Drove alone	79.1%	69.5%
Carpooled	5.0%	13.4%
Public transit	0.1%	5.9%
Walked	4.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.2%	10.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bristol city	Manassas Park city
1-unit, detached	65.4%	43.2%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	30.1%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	15.0%	7.5%
20 or more units	5.3%	12.6%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bristol city	Manassas Park city
Poverty rate	18.3%	5.8%
Average household size	2.28	3.28
Mean commute (minutes)	18	39
Median year structure built	1966	1997