Charlottesville city vs Manassas city

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

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

Charlottesville city has the higher population (45,863 vs 42,674 in Manassas city). Manassas city has the higher median household income ($117,919 vs $69,829 in Charlottesville city). Charlottesville city has the higher median home value ($448,400 vs $434,700 in Manassas city).

Population, income & housing

	Charlottesville city	Manassas city
Population	45,863	42,674
Median age	32.9 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$69,829	$117,919
Median home value	$448,400	$434,700
Median gross rent	$1,453	$1,835
Housing units	21,559	14,426
Homeownership rate	43.7%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.6%	33.2%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charlottesville city	Manassas city
Population	47,096 → 45,863 (-2.6%)	41,174 → 42,674 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$59,471 → $69,829 (+17.4%)	$81,493 → $117,919 (+44.7%)
Median home value	$299,600 → $448,400 (+49.7%)	$324,600 → $434,700 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,142 → $1,453 (+27.2%)	$1,528 → $1,835 (+20.1%)

Charlottesville city

Population

47,09645,863

Median household income

$59,471$69,829

Median home value

$299,600$448,400

Median gross rent

$1,142$1,453

Manassas city

Population

41,17442,674

Median household income

$81,493$117,919

Median home value

$324,600$434,700

Median gross rent

$1,528$1,835

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charlottesville city	Manassas city
Under 5	5.4%	7.9%
5 to 17	10.8%	19.1%
18 to 24	20.5%	8.2%
25 to 34	17.1%	15.2%
35 to 44	13.4%	14.6%
45 to 54	9.7%	12.8%
55 to 64	10.1%	11.9%
65 to 74	8.4%	6.6%
75 and over	4.6%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charlottesville city	Manassas city
White (non-Hispanic)	64.4%	34.5%
Black or African American	16.8%	12.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	7.0%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.3%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	43.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charlottesville city	Manassas city
No high school diploma	7.4%	18.3%
High school graduate	14.7%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	17.4%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	27.2%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	33.4%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charlottesville city	Manassas city
Drove alone	53.2%	69.4%
Carpooled	5.5%	13.1%
Public transit	5.5%	2.3%
Walked	12.8%	1.0%
Bicycle	3.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	19.3%	12.4%
Other means	0.8%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charlottesville city	Manassas city
1-unit, detached	46.7%	43.6%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	32.4%
2 to 4 units	15.5%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	14.0%	13.6%
20 or more units	15.0%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Charlottesville city	Manassas city
Poverty rate	22.6%	6.7%
Average household size	2.17	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	17	33
Median year structure built	1967	1985