Front Royal is home to 15,296 people in Virginia. 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. Households here earn about 30% less than in Virginia as a whole. 7% of locals were born outside the United States. There are 1,489 people per square mile. Owners hold 58% of the housing stock.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $64,838, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 37.7
US median: 38.9
Less educated
19% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 75%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Front Royal
What changed most since 1990
Poverty rate9.2% → 14.3%(+5.1 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Median age35.0 → 37.7(+2.7 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Front Royal's population equals 37% of Warren County's. Its number of households without a car equals 77% of the county's. Its number of people who work from home equals 27% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)27.8%(303)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)16.1%(176)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era39.1%(426)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War3.1%(34)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.5%(5)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 1,090 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Front Royal, decade by decade
Front Royal population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
11,880
$64,267
$192,726
8.1%
22.8
2000
13,589
$63,368
$180,162
13.3%
29.4
2010
14,440
$67,042
$327,563
16.6%
38.7
2020
15,011
$62,632
$272,951
17.5%
47.7
2024
15,296
$64,838
$314,400
18.8%
55.6
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
