Louisa County vs Warren County

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

Louisa 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 39,012 in Louisa County). Warren County has the higher median household income ($84,331 vs $80,343 in Louisa County). Warren County has the higher median home value ($315,800 vs $275,600 in Louisa County).

Population, income & housing

	Louisa County	Warren County
Population	39,012	41,104
Median age	44.8 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$80,343	$84,331
Median home value	$275,600	$315,800
Median gross rent	$1,208	$1,199
Housing units	18,047	16,936
Homeownership rate	81.2%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Louisa County	Warren County
Population	36,040 → 39,012 (+8.2%)	39,492 → 41,104 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$60,975 → $80,343 (+31.8%)	$69,116 → $84,331 (+22.0%)
Median home value	$223,100 → $275,600 (+23.5%)	$244,800 → $315,800 (+29.0%)
Median gross rent	$937 → $1,208 (+28.9%)	$1,020 → $1,199 (+17.5%)

Louisa County

Population

36,04039,012

Median household income

$60,975$80,343

Median home value

$223,100$275,600

Median gross rent

$937$1,208

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)

	Louisa County	Warren County
Under 5	5.3%	5.2%
5 to 17	14.9%	16.4%
18 to 24	6.5%	7.6%
25 to 34	11.5%	13.5%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.4%	13.0%
55 to 64	16.8%	15.0%
65 to 74	13.1%	10.4%
75 and over	7.4%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Louisa County	Warren County
White (non-Hispanic)	76.0%	82.4%
Black or African American	13.3%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	1.1%
Two or more races	5.6%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Louisa County	Warren County
No high school diploma	10.8%	11.0%
High school graduate	34.5%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Louisa County	Warren County
Drove alone	76.9%	73.4%
Carpooled	11.2%	10.4%
Public transit	0.3%	0.1%
Walked	0.5%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.4%	11.3%
Other means	0.8%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Louisa County	Warren County
1-unit, detached	84.3%	84.4%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	4.4%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Louisa County	Warren County
Poverty rate	10.1%	11.3%
Average household size	2.56	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	35	40
Median year structure built	1994	1985