Dinwiddie County vs Fredericksburg city

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

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

Fredericksburg city has the higher population (28,383 vs 28,083 in Dinwiddie County). Fredericksburg city has the higher median household income ($85,368 vs $83,898 in Dinwiddie County). Fredericksburg city has the higher median home value ($461,500 vs $246,100 in Dinwiddie County).

Population, income & housing

	Dinwiddie County	Fredericksburg city
Population	28,083	28,383
Median age	43.4 yrs	31.0 yrs
Median household income	$83,898	$85,368
Median home value	$246,100	$461,500
Median gross rent	$1,242	$1,521
Housing units	11,896	12,308
Homeownership rate	78.2%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	46.8%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dinwiddie County	Fredericksburg city
Population	28,485 → 28,083 (-1.4%)	28,622 → 28,383 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$60,346 → $83,898 (+39.0%)	$65,641 → $85,368 (+30.1%)
Median home value	$168,300 → $246,100 (+46.2%)	$367,200 → $461,500 (+25.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,005 → $1,242 (+23.6%)	$1,258 → $1,521 (+20.9%)

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

Fredericksburg city

Population

28,62228,383

Median household income

$65,641$85,368

Median home value

$367,200$461,500

Median gross rent

$1,258$1,521

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dinwiddie County	Fredericksburg city
Under 5	4.7%	6.2%
5 to 17	15.4%	14.9%
18 to 24	7.5%	19.4%
25 to 34	12.2%	14.8%
35 to 44	12.3%	11.1%
45 to 54	13.1%	11.9%
55 to 64	16.0%	10.4%
65 to 74	11.2%	6.9%
75 and over	7.5%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dinwiddie County	Fredericksburg city
White (non-Hispanic)	62.4%	55.6%
Black or African American	30.6%	19.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.6%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	12.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dinwiddie County	Fredericksburg city
No high school diploma	8.7%	7.4%
High school graduate	37.2%	19.4%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	20.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dinwiddie County	Fredericksburg city
Drove alone	79.2%	65.0%
Carpooled	9.2%	12.2%
Public transit	0.8%	1.9%
Walked	0.9%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	9.4%	14.2%
Other means	0.4%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dinwiddie County	Fredericksburg city
1-unit, detached	84.3%	40.1%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	12.9%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	27.6%
20 or more units	0.2%	14.0%
Mobile home & other	11.8%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Dinwiddie County	Fredericksburg city
Poverty rate	10.7%	16.4%
Average household size	2.62	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	33	33
Median year structure built	1986	1986