What is the population of Herndon town?

Herndon town has 24,529 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #46 of 688 in Virginia.

What is the median household income in Herndon town?

Median household income in Herndon town is $141,418 a year, 80.1% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Herndon town?

Median gross rent is $2,147 a month and the median home value is $568,700, so rent absorbs about 18.2% of median household income.

Is Herndon town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Herndon town is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Herndon, VA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Herndon, Virginia (Herndon, VA — Census place “Herndon town”) is 24,529 residents, ranking #46 of 688 places in Virginia. Median household income is $141,418, the median home is worth $568,700 and median gross rent runs $2,147 a month. Looking for the Herndon Virginia ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Herndon, VA: 20170.

Population: 24,529Herndon town residents
Median household income: $141,418Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $568,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $2,147Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 35.7 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 62.7%Owner-occupied households

Herndon ZIP codes (Virginia)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Herndon.

The Herndon VA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

20170

What the numbers mean in Herndon town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Herndon town median would spend about 18.2% 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 4.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 9.4% of residents and 62.7% of households own their home.

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

Herndon town, VA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Herndon town is a mid-size town in Virginia, with 24,529 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #46 of 688 ranked by population — larger than 93% of them. The median age here is 35.7 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 Herndon town earn a median of $141,418 a year, 80.1% above the national figure of $78,538 and 70% above the $82,986 median for the 383 Virginia cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 9.4% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Herndon town is valued at $568,700, 87.4% above the national figure and 95% above the $291,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $2,147 a month, 52.7% above the national figure, or roughly $25,764 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.2% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 62.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. 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 Herndon town?: Herndon town has 24,529 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #46 of 688 in Virginia.
What is the median household income in Herndon town?: Median household income in Herndon town is $141,418 a year, 80.1% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Herndon town?: Median gross rent is $2,147 a month and the median home value is $568,700, so rent absorbs about 18.2% of median household income.
Is Herndon town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Herndon town is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Herndon town 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.