Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Prince William County, VA

489,640 Population
335.3 square miles 1,460.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

36.7 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 39.3 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$49,586 ±$1,395 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Virginia: $48,689 ±$443
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$131,047 ±$6,143 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Virginia: $89,931 ±$970
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

6.7% ±1.1% (32,461  ±5,382) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Virginia: 10.2% 864,394 (±0.3% / ±26,897)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

37.1 minutes ±0.9 (7,858,860  ±299,687) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Virginia: 27.5 100,333,640 (±0.2 / ±835,122)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

158,620 ±1,648 Number of households
  • Virginia: 3,402,670 ±10,363
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
3.1 ±0 (485,649  ±224) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,479,742
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

6.4% ±1.4% (7,686  ±1,673) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 5.3% 108,261 (±0.3% / ±5,659)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

163,543 ±80 Number of housing units
  • Virginia: 3,717,625 ±472
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$532,600 ±$17,517 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Virginia: $382,900 ±$2,468
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

10.1% ±1.4% (48,752  ±6,773.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Virginia: 13% 1,122,831 (±0.3% / ±25,630.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

89.6% ±2.9% (284,623  ±9,321.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 91.5% 5,520,872 (±0.6% / ±37,318.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
45.5% ±2% (144,655  ±6,239.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 42.4% 2,561,362 (±0.4% / ±23,827.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

38% ±1.7% (173,753  ±7,647.4) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 17.8% 1,469,018 (±0.3% / ±21,332.9)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 22.5% 71,109,120 (±0.1% / ±222,236.2)

26.3% (128,704  ±6,953) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in Virginia: 13.4% 1,163,486
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

9.8% ±0.8% (34,549  ±2,844) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 9.1% 612,622 (±0.2% / ±11,609)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
34,549 Total veterans ±2,844 27,823 Male ±2,681 6,726 Female ±1,182

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.