# Cities in Virginia by average household size, 2024

All 39 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `average_household_size`
- Unit: persons per household
- Definition: Average number of persons per private household. EU countries: EU-SILC. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate of people in households divided by occupied housing units, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25010: average household size of occupied housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25010.dat)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25010: average household size of occupied housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25010.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-household-size/virginia-cities

| Rank | Place | persons per household |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Manassas Park, VA | 3.2 |
| 2 | Herndon, VA | 3.2 |
| 3 | Manassas, VA | 3 |
| 4 | Vienna, VA | 3 |
| 5 | Culpeper, VA | 2.9 |
| 6 | Leesburg, VA | 2.9 |
| 7 | Fairfax, VA | 2.7 |
| 8 | Poquoson, VA | 2.7 |
| 9 | Chesapeake, VA | 2.7 |
| 10 | Suffolk, VA | 2.6 |
| 11 | Blacksburg, VA | 2.5 |
| 11 | Harrisonburg, VA | 2.5 |
| 13 | Front Royal, VA | 2.5 |
| 14 | Virginia Beach, VA | 2.5 |
| 14 | Warrenton, VA | 2.5 |
| 16 | Hopewell, VA | 2.5 |
| 16 | Radford, VA | 2.5 |
| 18 | Colonial Heights, VA | 2.4 |
| 19 | Lynchburg, VA | 2.4 |
| 20 | Portsmouth, VA | 2.3 |
| 21 | Newport News, VA | 2.3 |
| 21 | Winchester, VA | 2.3 |
| 23 | Falls Church, VA | 2.3 |
| 23 | Martinsville, VA | 2.3 |
| 25 | Hampton, VA | 2.3 |
| 25 | Waynesboro, VA | 2.3 |
| 27 | Bristol, VA | 2.3 |
| 28 | Salem, VA | 2.3 |
| 29 | Fredericksburg, VA | 2.3 |
| 30 | Norfolk, VA | 2.3 |
| 31 | Roanoke, VA | 2.2 |
| 32 | Christiansburg, VA | 2.2 |
| 32 | Williamsburg, VA | 2.2 |
| 34 | Petersburg, VA | 2.2 |
| 35 | Charlottesville, VA | 2.1 |
| 35 | Staunton, VA | 2.1 |
| 37 | Danville, VA | 2.1 |
| 38 | Richmond, VA | 2.1 |
| 39 | Alexandria, VA | 2 |