What is the population of Dumbarton CDP?

Dumbarton CDP has 8,407 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #147 of 688 in Virginia.

What is the median household income in Dumbarton CDP?

Median household income in Dumbarton CDP is $59,085 a year, 24.8% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Dumbarton CDP?

Median gross rent is $1,402 a month and the median home value is $274,700, so rent absorbs about 28.5% of median household income.

Is Dumbarton CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Dumbarton CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 28.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Dumbarton, VA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Dumbarton, Virginia (Dumbarton, VA — Census place “Dumbarton CDP”) is 8,407 residents, ranking #147 of 688 places in Virginia. Median household income is $59,085, the median home is worth $274,700 and median gross rent runs $1,402 a month. Looking for the Dumbarton Virginia ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Dumbarton, VA: 23228, 23230.

Population: 8,407Dumbarton CDP residents
Median household income: $59,085Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $274,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,402Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 36.8 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 29.7%Owner-occupied households

Dumbarton ZIP codes (Virginia)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Dumbarton.

The Dumbarton VA ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Dumbarton CDP

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Dumbarton CDP median would spend about 28.5% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 13.1% of residents and 29.7% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Dumbarton CDP, VA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Dumbarton CDP is a mid-size town in Virginia, with 8,407 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #147 of 688 ranked by population — larger than 78% of them. The median age here is 36.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Dumbarton CDP earn a median of $59,085 a year, 24.8% below the national figure of $78,538 and 29% below the $82,986 median for the 383 Virginia cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 13.1% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Dumbarton CDP is valued at $274,700, 9.5% below the national figure and 6% below the $291,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,402 a month, essentially level with the national figure, or roughly $16,824 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 28.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 29.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, a renter-majority market, so rent figures matter more here than the home-value line. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Dumbarton CDP?: Dumbarton CDP has 8,407 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #147 of 688 in Virginia.
What is the median household income in Dumbarton CDP?: Median household income in Dumbarton CDP is $59,085 a year, 24.8% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Dumbarton CDP?: Median gross rent is $1,402 a month and the median home value is $274,700, so rent absorbs about 28.5% of median household income.
Is Dumbarton CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Dumbarton CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 28.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Dumbarton CDP data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.