Side-by-side metrics and state or size-class ranks use the same Census and FBI fields shown on this profile. Results stay in the URL so you can bookmark or share them.
Place dossier plate
SheetVA-MASON-NECK-VA · Mason Neck, VA 2,059 pop · income 98th 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 Mason Neck
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Mason Neck on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Saltville · lowest
46,098
Saltville · lowest
46,098 median HH income
24.2% of the leader · rank #1
Bothell East · near
189,519
Bothell East · near
189,519 median HH income
99.6% of the leader · rank #2
Mason Neck · this city
189,688
Mason Neck · this city
189,688 median HH income
99.7% of the leader · rank #3
Deerfield · near
189,705
Deerfield · near
189,705 median HH income
99.7% of the leader · rank #4
Castle Pines · near
189,918
Castle Pines · near
189,918 median HH income
99.8% of the leader · rank #5
Granite Bay · near
190,000
Granite Bay · near
190,000 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #6
Mill Plain · highest
190,250
Mill Plain · highest
190,250 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 Mason Neck 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: 2,059.
Mason Neck ranks in the 98th percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
98th
percentile, household income
95th
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: Mason Neck, VA
Mason Neck is a small town in Virginia, home to 2,059 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Mason Neck households earn a median of $189,688 annually, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 0.9%. Home values in Mason Neck run a median of $798,000, and the median resident age is 48.0 years. Educational attainment runs 52.0% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 64.5% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Virginia tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: the state registers 101.1 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Near Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,369 per month. Monthly utility costs average around $235 across Virginia, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. Natural-hazard exposure scores 33.3 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Very Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Mason Neck'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 Mason Neck, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Mason Neck?
Within Virginia, the closest population matches are Lake Holiday (2,059 residents, $100,341 income); Saltville (2,056 residents, $46,098 income); Narrows (2,064 residents, $61,894 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Millville, DE (2,059 residents); Blue Jay, OH (2,059 residents); Priest River, ID (2,058 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 Mason Neck?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.2 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 0.9%, 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 Mason Neck?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 67.5%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Top-decile income · poverty 0.9% (Very low poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
101.1 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Virginia average
A-
City profile score · Mason Neck, VA
80/100
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.
Household income A+
$189,688
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate A+
0.9%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share A
52.0%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
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).
Mason Neck profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 100/100 (A+) · $189,688
Poverty rate: 94/100 (A+) · 0.9%
Bachelor's+ share: 86/100 (A) · 52.0%
Cost of living: 35/100 (F) · 101.1 index
How does Mason Neck compare to other US cities?
Where Mason Neck sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income98% higher than other cities
Home value95% 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 Mason Neck 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 Mason Neck near the bottom of Virginia's cities
Among the 619 Virginia cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Mason Neck ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Mason Neck only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#39 of 558
93rd percentile in Virginia
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 619
0th percentile in Virginia
Median Home Value
#34 of 567
94th percentile in Virginia
Poverty Rate
#465 of 616
24th percentile in Virginia
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#134 of 618
78th 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
98th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Mason Neck's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$798,0005th percentilemore affordable than 5% 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
Mason Neck's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.2×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#11,257 of 15,516
More affordable than 27% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#8,725 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 4.2×, Mason Neck sits in the moderate band:
national rank #11,257 of 15,516 and #8,725 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
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
$189,688Mason Neck, VA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Mason Neck, 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 Mason Neck, VA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)52.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)0.9%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)64.5%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
2,059
Median Income
$189,688
Median Home Value
$798,000
Median Age
48.0
Poverty Rate
0.9%
Labor force participation
64.5%
Bachelor's Degree+
52.0%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
67.5%
Carpool
5.3%
Public Transit
1.1%
Walk
0.9%
Work from Home
23.1%
Other
2.1%
Based on 1,073 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 Mason Neck. 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 Mason Neck 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 Mason Neck sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Mason Neck 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.