Dinwiddie County vs Fluvanna County

A side-by-side comparison of Dinwiddie County and Fluvanna County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dinwiddie County has the higher population (28,083 vs 27,764 in Fluvanna County). Fluvanna County has the higher median household income ($91,959 vs $83,898 in Dinwiddie County). Fluvanna County has the higher median home value ($281,700 vs $246,100 in Dinwiddie County).

Population, income & housing

	Dinwiddie County	Fluvanna County
Population	28,083	27,764
Median age	43.4 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$83,898	$91,959
Median home value	$246,100	$281,700
Median gross rent	$1,242	$1,173
Housing units	11,896	11,329
Homeownership rate	78.2%	88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	35.6%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dinwiddie County	Fluvanna County
Population	28,485 → 28,083 (-1.4%)	26,594 → 27,764 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$60,346 → $83,898 (+39.0%)	$76,873 → $91,959 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$168,300 → $246,100 (+46.2%)	$234,700 → $281,700 (+20.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,005 → $1,242 (+23.6%)	$1,163 → $1,173 (+0.9%)

Dinwiddie County

Population

28,48528,083

Median household income

$60,346$83,898

Median home value

$168,300$246,100

Median gross rent

$1,005$1,242

Fluvanna County

Population

26,59427,764

Median household income

$76,873$91,959

Median home value

$234,700$281,700

Median gross rent

$1,163$1,173

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dinwiddie County	Fluvanna County
Under 5	4.7%	5.2%
5 to 17	15.4%	14.6%
18 to 24	7.5%	6.5%
25 to 34	12.2%	13.2%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.6%
45 to 54	13.1%	12.5%
55 to 64	16.0%	14.6%
65 to 74	11.2%	12.2%
75 and over	7.5%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dinwiddie County	Fluvanna County
White (non-Hispanic)	62.4%	75.5%
Black or African American	30.6%	12.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.6%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	1.2%
Two or more races	1.6%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dinwiddie County	Fluvanna County
No high school diploma	8.7%	6.2%
High school graduate	37.2%	26.2%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dinwiddie County	Fluvanna County
Drove alone	79.2%	73.7%
Carpooled	9.2%	10.2%
Public transit	0.8%	0.3%
Walked	0.9%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	13.1%
Other means	0.4%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dinwiddie County	Fluvanna County
1-unit, detached	84.3%	90.0%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	0.2%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.8%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Dinwiddie County	Fluvanna County
Poverty rate	10.7%	7.7%
Average household size	2.62	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	33	32
Median year structure built	1986	1995