Lake Barcroft vs Wakefield

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Barcroft and Wakefield: population, income, housing, and more.

Lake Barcroft and Wakefield are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wakefield has the higher population (12,024 vs 10,678 in Lake Barcroft). Wakefield has the higher median household income ($221,793 vs $143,796 in Lake Barcroft). Lake Barcroft has the higher median home value ($848,200 vs $826,100 in Wakefield).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Barcroft	Wakefield
Population	10,678	12,024
Median age	42.9 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$143,796	$221,793
Median home value	$848,200	$826,100
Median gross rent	$1,914	$3,501
Housing units	3,958	3,765
Homeownership rate	69.4%	92.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.0%	73.8%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Barcroft	Wakefield
Population	9,823 → 10,678 (+8.7%)	11,554 → 12,024 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$119,682 → $143,796 (+20.1%)	$155,729 → $221,793 (+42.4%)
Median home value	$671,400 → $848,200 (+26.3%)	$632,600 → $826,100 (+30.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,621 → $1,914 (+18.1%)	$2,877 → $3,501 (+21.7%)

Lake Barcroft

Population

9,82310,678

Median household income

$119,682$143,796

Median home value

$671,400$848,200

Median gross rent

$1,621$1,914

Wakefield

Population

11,55412,024

Median household income

$155,729$221,793

Median home value

$632,600$826,100

Median gross rent

$2,877$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Barcroft	Wakefield
Under 5	5.2%	6.0%
5 to 17	15.6%	21.0%
18 to 24	8.3%	7.2%
25 to 34	9.3%	6.9%
35 to 44	13.9%	14.7%
45 to 54	14.5%	12.6%
55 to 64	12.7%	15.0%
65 to 74	12.4%	8.9%
75 and over	8.0%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Barcroft	Wakefield
White (non-Hispanic)	57.3%	61.1%
Black or African American	8.3%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	14.9%	19.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.7%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	15.1%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Barcroft	Wakefield
No high school diploma	8.9%	3.3%
High school graduate	10.7%	7.3%
Some college or associate's	16.4%	15.6%
Bachelor's degree	30.6%	33.2%
Graduate or professional degree	33.4%	40.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Barcroft	Wakefield
Drove alone	58.4%	63.1%
Carpooled	6.8%	5.1%
Public transit	4.6%	2.9%
Walked	1.9%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	26.6%	26.5%
Other means	1.6%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Barcroft	Wakefield
1-unit, detached	64.1%	95.9%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	21.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Lake Barcroft	Wakefield
Poverty rate	5.0%	2.5%
Average household size	2.72	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1960	1968