Cumberland County vs Middlesex County

A side-by-side comparison of Cumberland County and Middlesex County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Middlesex County has the higher population (10,774 vs 9,745 in Cumberland County). Middlesex County has the higher median household income ($74,154 vs $57,057 in Cumberland County). Middlesex County has the higher median home value ($299,800 vs $220,100 in Cumberland County).

Population, income & housing

	Cumberland County	Middlesex County
Population	9,745	10,774
Median age	45.2 yrs	55.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,057	$74,154
Median home value	$220,100	$299,800
Median gross rent	$847	$1,071
Housing units	4,695	7,140
Homeownership rate	75.4%	85.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	31.6%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cumberland County	Middlesex County
Population	9,824 → 9,745 (-0.8%)	10,675 → 10,774 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$47,469 → $57,057 (+20.2%)	$57,438 → $74,154 (+29.1%)
Median home value	$146,000 → $220,100 (+50.8%)	$261,900 → $299,800 (+14.5%)
Median gross rent	$855 → $847 (-0.9%)	$844 → $1,071 (+26.9%)

Cumberland County

Population

9,8249,745

Median household income

$47,469$57,057

Median home value

$146,000$220,100

Median gross rent

$855$847

Middlesex County

Population

10,67510,774

Median household income

$57,438$74,154

Median home value

$261,900$299,800

Median gross rent

$844$1,071

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cumberland County	Middlesex County
Under 5	4.7%	3.4%
5 to 17	14.7%	12.5%
18 to 24	5.8%	5.2%
25 to 34	10.9%	10.1%
35 to 44	13.5%	7.7%
45 to 54	11.2%	10.4%
55 to 64	15.8%	17.2%
65 to 74	12.6%	18.8%
75 and over	10.7%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cumberland County	Middlesex County
White (non-Hispanic)	64.0%	78.0%
Black or African American	28.8%	14.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.3%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cumberland County	Middlesex County
No high school diploma	11.4%	8.7%
High school graduate	38.0%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cumberland County	Middlesex County
Drove alone	82.5%	70.4%
Carpooled	8.1%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	1.7%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	20.3%
Other means	0.9%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cumberland County	Middlesex County
1-unit, detached	73.1%	84.5%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.2%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Cumberland County	Middlesex County
Poverty rate	7.7%	9.5%
Average household size	2.33	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	41	31
Median year structure built	1983	1982