What is the population of Lorton CDP?

Lorton CDP has 21,961 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #59 of 688 in Virginia.

What is the median household income in Lorton CDP?

Median household income in Lorton CDP is $136,719 a year, 74.1% above the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $2,537 a month and the median home value is $583,900, so rent absorbs about 22.3% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 4.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Lorton CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Lorton, VA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Lorton, Virginia (Lorton, VA — Census place “Lorton CDP”) is 21,961 residents, ranking #59 of 688 places in Virginia. Median household income is $136,719, the median home is worth $583,900 and median gross rent runs $2,537 a month. Looking for the Lorton Virginia ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Lorton, VA: 22079.

Population: 21,961Lorton CDP residents
Median household income: $136,719Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $583,900Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $2,537Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 36.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 64.2%Owner-occupied households

Lorton ZIP codes (Virginia)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Lorton.

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

22079

What the numbers mean in Lorton CDP

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Lorton CDP median would spend about 22.3% 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 4.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 9.5% of residents and 64.2% of households own their home.

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

Lorton CDP, VA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Lorton CDP is a mid-size town in Virginia, with 21,961 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #59 of 688 ranked by population — larger than 91% of them. The median age here is 36.9 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 Lorton CDP earn a median of $136,719 a year, 74.1% above the national figure of $78,538 and 65% above 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 9.5% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Lorton CDP is valued at $583,900, 92.5% above the national figure and 100% above the $291,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $2,537 a month, 80.4% above the national figure, or roughly $30,444 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 22.3% 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 4.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 64.2% 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.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. 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 Lorton CDP?: Lorton CDP has 21,961 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #59 of 688 in Virginia.
What is the median household income in Lorton CDP?: Median household income in Lorton CDP is $136,719 a year, 74.1% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Lorton CDP?: Median gross rent is $2,537 a month and the median home value is $583,900, so rent absorbs about 22.3% of median household income.
Is Lorton CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Lorton CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Lorton 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.