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Place dossier plate
SheetVA-BULL-RUN-CDP-PRINCE-WILLIAM-COUNTY-VA · Bull Run CDP (Prince William County), VA 16,688 pop · income 68th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Bull Run CDP (Prince William County)
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Bull Run CDP (Prince William County) on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Waterville · lowest
47,489
Waterville · lowest
47,489 median HH income
21.2% of the leader · rank #1
Mokelumne Hill · near
86,480
Mokelumne Hill · near
86,480 median HH income
38.7% of the leader · rank #2
Silt · near
86,484
Silt · near
86,484 median HH income
38.7% of the leader · rank #3
Maryland Heig… · near
86,485
Maryland Heig… · near
86,485 median HH income
38.7% of the leader · rank #4
Bull Run CDP… · this city
86,487
Bull Run CDP… · this city
86,487 median HH income
38.7% of the leader · rank #5
Munford · near
86,492
Munford · near
86,492 median HH income
38.7% of the leader · rank #6
Vienna · highest
223,571
Vienna · highest
223,571 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Bull Run CDP (Prince William County) on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 16,688.
Bull Run CDP (Prince William County) - the verdict
Bull Run CDP (Prince William County) ranks in the 68th percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
68th
percentile, household income
75th
percentile, home value
62nd
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Bull Run CDP (Prince William County), VA
Virginia's Bull Run CDP (Prince William County) is a small town, with 16,688 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. The typical household in Bull Run CDP (Prince William County) brings in $86,487 a year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 10.7%. Typical homes in Bull Run CDP (Prince William County) are valued around $378,800, and the median resident age is 33.7 years. Educational attainment runs 37.3% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 73.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Virginia tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Virginia scores 101.1 (Near Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,369 per month statewide. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Virginia's average monthly utility costs around $235 (state average). On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 33.3 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Very Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Bull Run CDP (Prince William County)'s data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to housing and income to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Bull Run CDP (Prince William County), city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles, annual population history; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Bull Run CDP (Prince William County)?
Within Virginia, the closest population matches are Glen Allen (16,630 residents, $96,085 income); Fort Hunt (16,519 residents, $210,471 income); Radford (16,505 residents, $52,791 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Centerville, UT (16,692 residents); Vincennes, IN (16,676 residents); Waterville, ME (16,704 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
How far does income reach against housing in Bull Run CDP (Prince William County)?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.4 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 10.7%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
What does the journey to work look like in Bull Run CDP (Prince William County)?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 70.3%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Above median income · poverty 10.7% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
101.1 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Virginia average
C-
City profile score · Bull Run CDP (Prince William County), VA
52/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Bachelor's+ share B
37.3%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income B-
$86,487
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
10.7%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living F
101.1 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Bull Run CDP (Prince William County) profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 71/100 (B) · 37.3%
Household income: 66/100 (B-) · $86,487
Poverty rate: 37/100 (F) · 10.7%
Cost of living: 35/100 (F) · 101.1 index
How does Bull Run CDP (Prince William County) compare to other US cities?
Bull Run CDP (Prince William County) measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income68% higher than other cities
Home value75% pricier than other cities
Median rent62% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Bull Run CDP (Prince William County) against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Virginia only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Virginia-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Bull Run CDP (Prince William County) near the bottom of Virginia's cities
Among the 619 Virginia cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Bull Run CDP (Prince William County) ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Bull Run CDP (Prince William County) only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#227 of 558
59th percentile in Virginia
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 619
0th percentile in Virginia
Median Home Value
#171 of 567
70th percentile in Virginia
Poverty Rate
#178 of 616
71st percentile in Virginia
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#207 of 618
66th percentile in Virginia
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Virginia only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
68th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Bull Run CDP (Prince William County)'s home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$378,80025th percentilemore affordable than 25% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Bull Run CDP (Prince William County)'s home-value-to-income ratio: 4.4×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#11,718 of 15,516
More affordable than 24% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#2,271 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 4.4×, Bull Run CDP (Prince William County) sits in the moderate band:
national rank #11,718 of 15,516 and #2,271 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$86,487Bull Run CDP (Prince William County), VA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Bull Run CDP (Prince William County), VA median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Bull Run CDP (Prince William County), VA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)37.3%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)10.7%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)73.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
16,688
Median Income
$86,487
Median Home Value
$378,800
Median Age
33.7
Poverty Rate
10.7%
Labor force participation
73.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
37.3%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
70.3%
Carpool
16.2%
Public Transit
0.3%
Walk
1.7%
Work from Home
11.3%
Based on 9,374 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Virginia statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $235
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Virginia at $235 (electricity about $115 , water and sewer about $50 ).
These are Virginia statewide averages, not a meter reading for Bull Run CDP (Prince William County). Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Virginia's BEA cost-of-living index is 101.1 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Bull Run CDP (Prince William County) is $1,369/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Virginia statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 33.3 / 100 (Very Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Virginia statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Bull Run CDP (Prince William County) sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Bull Run CDP (Prince William County) compares to similar-size Virginia cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.