Henrico County vs Loudoun County

A side-by-side comparison of Henrico County and Loudoun County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Loudoun County has the higher population (427,082 vs 334,434 in Henrico County). Loudoun County has the higher median household income ($178,707 vs $86,397 in Henrico County). Loudoun County has the higher median home value ($701,000 vs $333,600 in Henrico County).

Population, income & housing

	Henrico County	Loudoun County
Population	334,434	427,082
Median age	39.4 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$86,397	$178,707
Median home value	$333,600	$701,000
Median gross rent	$1,474	$2,317
Housing units	142,964	144,804
Homeownership rate	64.6%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.7%	64.0%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Henrico County	Loudoun County
Population	327,535 → 334,434 (+2.1%)	395,134 → 427,082 (+8.1%)
Median household income	$70,307 → $86,397 (+22.9%)	$142,299 → $178,707 (+25.6%)
Median home value	$242,600 → $333,600 (+37.5%)	$508,100 → $701,000 (+38.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,170 → $1,474 (+26.0%)	$1,870 → $2,317 (+23.9%)

Henrico County

Population

327,535334,434

Median household income

$70,307$86,397

Median home value

$242,600$333,600

Median gross rent

$1,170$1,474

Loudoun County

Population

395,134427,082

Median household income

$142,299$178,707

Median home value

$508,100$701,000

Median gross rent

$1,870$2,317

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Henrico County	Loudoun County
Under 5	5.8%	6.4%
5 to 17	16.4%	20.7%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.7%
25 to 34	14.0%	11.0%
35 to 44	14.0%	16.9%
45 to 54	12.7%	15.8%
55 to 64	12.8%	11.1%
65 to 74	9.8%	6.1%
75 and over	6.7%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Henrico County	Loudoun County
White (non-Hispanic)	50.0%	52.1%
Black or African American	29.4%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	9.5%	21.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.8%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	14.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Henrico County	Loudoun County
No high school diploma	7.0%	5.9%
High school graduate	21.8%	11.7%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	18.5%
Bachelor's degree	26.4%	36.0%
Graduate or professional degree	19.3%	28.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Henrico County	Loudoun County
Drove alone	69.6%	60.6%
Carpooled	7.5%	7.6%
Public transit	0.8%	1.7%
Walked	0.7%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	19.8%	27.5%
Other means	1.4%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Henrico County	Loudoun County
1-unit, detached	63.8%	51.6%
1-unit, attached	10.6%	30.5%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	9.1%
20 or more units	6.6%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Henrico County	Loudoun County
Poverty rate	8.4%	4.0%
Average household size	2.44	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	22	31
Median year structure built	1984	2002