Fluvanna County vs Fredericksburg city

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

Fluvanna 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 27,764 in Fluvanna County). Fluvanna County has the higher median household income ($91,959 vs $85,368 in Fredericksburg city). Fredericksburg city has the higher median home value ($461,500 vs $281,700 in Fluvanna County).

Population, income & housing

	Fluvanna County	Fredericksburg city
Population	27,764	28,383
Median age	43.3 yrs	31.0 yrs
Median household income	$91,959	$85,368
Median home value	$281,700	$461,500
Median gross rent	$1,173	$1,521
Housing units	11,329	12,308
Homeownership rate	88.4%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.6%	46.8%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fluvanna County	Fredericksburg city
Population	26,594 → 27,764 (+4.4%)	28,622 → 28,383 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$76,873 → $91,959 (+19.6%)	$65,641 → $85,368 (+30.1%)
Median home value	$234,700 → $281,700 (+20.0%)	$367,200 → $461,500 (+25.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,163 → $1,173 (+0.9%)	$1,258 → $1,521 (+20.9%)

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

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)

	Fluvanna County	Fredericksburg city
Under 5	5.2%	6.2%
5 to 17	14.6%	14.9%
18 to 24	6.5%	19.4%
25 to 34	13.2%	14.8%
35 to 44	12.6%	11.1%
45 to 54	12.5%	11.9%
55 to 64	14.6%	10.4%
65 to 74	12.2%	6.9%
75 and over	8.6%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fluvanna County	Fredericksburg city
White (non-Hispanic)	75.5%	55.6%
Black or African American	12.6%	19.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.8%
Two or more races	5.3%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	12.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fluvanna County	Fredericksburg city
No high school diploma	6.2%	7.4%
High school graduate	26.2%	19.4%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	20.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fluvanna County	Fredericksburg city
Drove alone	73.7%	65.0%
Carpooled	10.2%	12.2%
Public transit	0.3%	1.9%
Walked	0.8%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	13.1%	14.2%
Other means	1.9%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fluvanna County	Fredericksburg city
1-unit, detached	90.0%	40.1%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	12.9%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	27.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	14.0%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Fluvanna County	Fredericksburg city
Poverty rate	7.7%	16.4%
Average household size	2.58	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	32	33
Median year structure built	1995	1986