Hanover County vs Spotsylvania County

A side-by-side comparison of Hanover County and Spotsylvania County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Spotsylvania County has the higher population (143,876 vs 111,652 in Hanover County). Spotsylvania County has the higher median household income ($109,576 vs $109,504 in Hanover County). Spotsylvania County has the higher median home value ($375,000 vs $372,700 in Hanover County).

Population, income & housing

	Hanover County	Spotsylvania County
Population	111,652	143,876
Median age	42.3 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$109,504	$109,576
Median home value	$372,700	$375,000
Median gross rent	$1,496	$1,733
Housing units	43,983	54,020
Homeownership rate	82.8%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.4%	33.8%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hanover County	Spotsylvania County
Population	105,537 → 111,652 (+5.8%)	132,833 → 143,876 (+8.3%)
Median household income	$89,390 → $109,504 (+22.5%)	$88,628 → $109,576 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$282,900 → $372,700 (+31.7%)	$284,000 → $375,000 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,159 → $1,496 (+29.1%)	$1,477 → $1,733 (+17.3%)

Hanover County

Population

105,537111,652

Median household income

$89,390$109,504

Median home value

$282,900$372,700

Median gross rent

$1,159$1,496

Spotsylvania County

Population

132,833143,876

Median household income

$88,628$109,576

Median home value

$284,000$375,000

Median gross rent

$1,477$1,733

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hanover County	Spotsylvania County
Under 5	4.9%	5.9%
5 to 17	16.8%	18.7%
18 to 24	8.4%	8.2%
25 to 34	10.4%	12.7%
35 to 44	12.7%	13.3%
45 to 54	13.2%	13.2%
55 to 64	14.8%	13.2%
65 to 74	11.2%	9.2%
75 and over	7.5%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hanover County	Spotsylvania County
White (non-Hispanic)	81.2%	62.6%
Black or African American	8.4%	16.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.8%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.6%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.2%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	12.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hanover County	Spotsylvania County
No high school diploma	5.7%	9.3%
High school graduate	24.4%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	26.4%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hanover County	Spotsylvania County
Drove alone	76.2%	71.2%
Carpooled	5.4%	10.2%
Public transit	0.2%	1.8%
Walked	1.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.2%	15.1%
Other means	1.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hanover County	Spotsylvania County
1-unit, detached	85.0%	76.7%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	9.6%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	4.2%
20 or more units	2.3%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Hanover County	Spotsylvania County
Poverty rate	5.2%	7.0%
Average household size	2.61	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	27	38
Median year structure built	1990	1996