Gloucester County vs Warren County

A side-by-side comparison of Gloucester County and Warren County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Warren County has the higher population (41,104 vs 39,228 in Gloucester County). Warren County has the higher median household income ($84,331 vs $83,689 in Gloucester County). Warren County has the higher median home value ($315,800 vs $289,200 in Gloucester County).

Population, income & housing

	Gloucester County	Warren County
Population	39,228	41,104
Median age	44.6 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$83,689	$84,331
Median home value	$289,200	$315,800
Median gross rent	$1,144	$1,199
Housing units	17,204	16,936
Homeownership rate	79.8%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gloucester County	Warren County
Population	37,222 → 39,228 (+5.4%)	39,492 → 41,104 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$70,537 → $83,689 (+18.6%)	$69,116 → $84,331 (+22.0%)
Median home value	$230,000 → $289,200 (+25.7%)	$244,800 → $315,800 (+29.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,084 → $1,144 (+5.5%)	$1,020 → $1,199 (+17.5%)

Gloucester County

Population

37,22239,228

Median household income

$70,537$83,689

Median home value

$230,000$289,200

Median gross rent

$1,084$1,144

Warren County

Population

39,49241,104

Median household income

$69,116$84,331

Median home value

$244,800$315,800

Median gross rent

$1,020$1,199

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gloucester County	Warren County
Under 5	4.7%	5.2%
5 to 17	15.3%	16.4%
18 to 24	6.6%	7.6%
25 to 34	11.2%	13.5%
35 to 44	12.5%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.7%	13.0%
55 to 64	16.6%	15.0%
65 to 74	12.3%	10.4%
75 and over	8.0%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gloucester County	Warren County
White (non-Hispanic)	83.0%	82.4%
Black or African American	8.1%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.1%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gloucester County	Warren County
No high school diploma	8.8%	11.0%
High school graduate	32.3%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gloucester County	Warren County
Drove alone	85.6%	73.4%
Carpooled	4.1%	10.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	0.4%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	8.4%	11.3%
Other means	1.5%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gloucester County	Warren County
1-unit, detached	81.9%	84.4%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	9.4%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Gloucester County	Warren County
Poverty rate	6.8%	11.3%
Average household size	2.58	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	35	40
Median year structure built	1986	1985