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Mount Vernon district, Fairfax County, VA

126,560 Population
62.2 square miles 2,036.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.7 ±0.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Fairfax County: 39.1 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$64,208 ±$2,018 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Fairfax County: $71,828 ±$695
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$135,157 ±$4,360 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Fairfax County: $153,637 ±$1,635
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6% ±1.2% (7,534  ±1,473) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Fairfax County: 5.9% 67,523 (±0.4% / ±3,923)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

30.8 minutes ±1.9 (1,533,575  ±62,727) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Fairfax County: 28.9 12,632,660 (±0.3 / ±177,510)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 27.3 96,596,530 (±0.1 / ±539,621)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

46,194 ±1,076 Number of households
  • Fairfax County: 414,101 ±1,274
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0 (125,452  ±3,535) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Fairfax County: 2.8 1,137,439 (±0 / ±401)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,469,077
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.9% ±1% (1,797  ±315) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Fairfax County: 5.2% 14,180 (±0.4% / ±1,044)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,021 (±0.2% / ±2,978)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

48,972 ±1,049 Number of housing units
  • Fairfax County: 430,047 ±184
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$689,600 ±$14,731 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Fairfax County: $732,800 ±$4,766
  • nearly double the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024
  • more than double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.4% ±1.6% (19,143  ±2,059.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Fairfax County: 13.1% 148,066 (±0.5% / ±5,309.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,126,399 (±0.2% / ±13,158)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.8% ±1.1% (80,466  ±2,208.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Fairfax County: 93.2% 736,613 (±0.8% / ±5,954.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 91.6% 5,501,058 (±0.3% / ±19,683.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
60.9% ±1.2% (52,245  ±1,632.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Fairfax County: 65% 513,757 (±0.6% / ±4,716.9)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Virginia: 42.2% 2,532,890 (±0.2% / ±12,158.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

23.1% ±1.5% (29,196  ±2,054) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Fairfax County: 30.8% 354,016
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,142,826
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

11.4% ±0.8% (10,191  ±751) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Fairfax County: 7.5% 65,722 (±0.2% / ±1,716)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 9.4% 629,500 (±0.1% / ±6,297)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
10,191 Total veterans ±751 8,223 Male ±706 1,968 Female ±276

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