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Herndon, VA

24,672 Population
4.3 square miles 5,755.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.1 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 38 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$57,984 ±$3,986 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $63,554 ±$306
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
$148,000 ±$18,469 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $126,684 ±$733
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458

8.1% ±2.7% (1,976  ±660) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 8.1% 504,173 (±0.2% / ±11,899)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)

27.5 minutes ±1 (307,645  ±23,977) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 32.4 80,867,624 (±0.1 / ±475,151)
  • about the same as the figure in Virginia: 27.3 96,596,530 (±0.1 / ±539,621)

Families

7,796 ±360 Number of households
  • the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2,373,022 ±4,247
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
3.2 ±0.2 (24,660  ±37) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2.6 6,217,922
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,469,077

7% ±2.7% (432  ±169) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 5% 78,062 (±0.2% / ±2,419)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,021 (±0.2% / ±2,978)

Housing

8,076 ±363 Number of housing units
  • the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2,506,631 ±429
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486

$599,100 ±$23,806 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $579,900 ±$2,374
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024

16.4% ±3.8% (3,992  ±933.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 13.3% 832,508 (±0.2% / ±11,666.6)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,126,399 (±0.2% / ±13,158)

Social

85.3% ±4.5% (14,135  ±887.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 91.4% 3,976,110 (±0.4% / ±16,769)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 91.6% 5,501,058 (±0.3% / ±19,683.4)
53.2% ±3.9% (8,808  ±703.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 54.4% 2,364,097 (±0.3% / ±12,209)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 42.2% 2,532,890 (±0.2% / ±12,158.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

42.2% ±3.6% (10,418  ±891) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 24.3% 1,535,978
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,142,826

5.4% ±1.1% (1,019  ±218) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 7.2% 348,179 (±0.1% / ±4,714)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 9.4% 629,500 (±0.1% / ±6,297)
1,019 Total veterans ±218 926 Male ±226 93 Female ±51

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