Loudoun County Property Demographics

A common question of those relocating to Loudoun County, Virginia is what types of properties are most commonly available and what the local demographics are. Well, according to a May 22nd press release issued by the U.S. Census Bureau, among counties with a population of 65,000 or more, Loudoun County is number four when it comes to the percentage of properties with 4 or more bedrooms. Virginia is number seven overall in the same category.

Top 5 counties in U.S. with properties with 4 or more bedrooms

1. Davis County, Utah – 49.4%
2. Fayette County, Georgia – 45.5%
3. Forsyth County, Georgia – 48.5%
4. Loudoun County, Virginia – 44.6%
5. Stafford County, Virginia – 43.8%

Virginia (and neighboring Maryland) made the top of the list when it comes to states with the highest percentage of properties with 4 or more bedrooms. Utah was number one with 39.2%, Maryland was number two with 28% and Virginia was near the top with 26.5%.

In regards to other parts of Northern Virgina and the metro DC area:

• Washington, DC had the highest percentage of apartments with 10 or more units (42.4%)
• Among cities, about half of all housing units in Alexandria, Virginia were in apartment buildings with 10 or more units, almost as high a percentage as New York City (54.2%)
• Washington, DC has the highest percentage of townhomes (26.4%) followed by Maryland at number two with 20.1% and Virginia number five with 10.3%

Although the press release is geared towards the topic of properties getting bigger and having more bedrooms as time goes on, it helps to give consumers a better idea of the most common type and size of property available in Loudoun County as well as the demographic of the typical household (most singles and first time home buyers don’t buy a 3000 sq ft, 4 bedroom single family home).

Please note that these statistics are for 2005, but you can’t ask for much better (or faster) from the U.S. Census Bureau.