Lunenburg County vs Northumberland County

A side-by-side comparison of Lunenburg County and Northumberland County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Northumberland County has the higher population (12,085 vs 11,990 in Lunenburg County). Northumberland County has the higher median household income ($69,500 vs $54,460 in Lunenburg County). Northumberland County has the higher median home value ($333,100 vs $145,500 in Lunenburg County).

Population, income & housing

	Lunenburg County	Northumberland County
Population	11,990	12,085
Median age	44.8 yrs	59.5 yrs
Median household income	$54,460	$69,500
Median home value	$145,500	$333,100
Median gross rent	$780	$1,053
Housing units	5,903	9,009
Homeownership rate	71.9%	89.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.2%	33.9%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lunenburg County	Northumberland County
Population	12,282 → 11,990 (-2.4%)	12,190 → 12,085 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$44,303 → $54,460 (+22.9%)	$62,632 → $69,500 (+11.0%)
Median home value	$119,500 → $145,500 (+21.8%)	$292,600 → $333,100 (+13.8%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $780 (+14.2%)	$858 → $1,053 (+22.7%)

Lunenburg County

Population

12,28211,990

Median household income

$44,303$54,460

Median home value

$119,500$145,500

Median gross rent

$683$780

Northumberland County

Population

12,19012,085

Median household income

$62,632$69,500

Median home value

$292,600$333,100

Median gross rent

$858$1,053

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lunenburg County	Northumberland County
Under 5	4.8%	4.4%
5 to 17	14.9%	10.3%
18 to 24	6.2%	6.7%
25 to 34	11.5%	5.8%
35 to 44	12.8%	9.1%
45 to 54	12.3%	8.0%
55 to 64	14.5%	17.7%
65 to 74	14.4%	20.1%
75 and over	8.6%	17.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lunenburg County	Northumberland County
White (non-Hispanic)	57.7%	68.2%
Black or African American	33.3%	19.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lunenburg County	Northumberland County
No high school diploma	20.0%	9.6%
High school graduate	36.3%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	16.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lunenburg County	Northumberland County
Drove alone	79.8%	70.6%
Carpooled	9.0%	14.0%
Public transit	2.4%	0.1%
Walked	0.5%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	14.6%
Other means	1.3%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lunenburg County	Northumberland County
1-unit, detached	78.1%	87.4%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	19.0%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Lunenburg County	Northumberland County
Poverty rate	15.9%	10.3%
Average household size	2.37	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	31	34
Median year structure built	1974	1989