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Potomac district, Prince William County, VA

72,675 Population
78.7 square miles 923.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.3 ±1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Prince William County: 36.3 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$49,534 ±$1,674 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Prince William County: $51,802 ±$661
  • about the same as the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$134,908 ±$4,331 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Prince William County: $131,402 ±$2,625
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.3% ±1.2% (3,732  ±883) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Prince William County: 6.2% 29,884 (±0.5% / ±2,498)
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

36.3 minutes ±1.4 (1,066,900  ±67,393) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Prince William County: 36.4 7,438,435 (±0.4 / ±132,592)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Virginia: 27.3 96,596,530 (±0.1 / ±539,621)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

21,912 ±696 Number of households
  • Prince William County: 156,798 ±649
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3.2 ±0 (70,936  ±2,347) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Prince William County: 3.1 484,877 (±0 / ±107)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,469,077
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.7% ±1.9% (1,400  ±362) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Prince William County: 6.2% † 7,431 (±0.6% / ±776)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,021 (±0.2% / ±2,978)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

22,824 ±703 Number of housing units
  • Prince William County: 161,852 ±127
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$543,100 ±$13,789 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Prince William County: $530,100 ±$6,833
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.3% ±1.8% (10,197  ±1,342.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Prince William County: 11.2% 54,187 (±0.7% / ±3,372.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,126,399 (±0.2% / ±13,158)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.9% ±1.4% (42,375  ±1,658.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Prince William County: 90.1% 284,948 (±1.3% / ±3,978.3)
  • a little higher than 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)
47.3% ±1.7% (21,328  ±1,094.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Prince William County: 44.9% 142,070 (±0.9% / ±2,759.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 42.2% 2,532,890 (±0.2% / ±12,158.7)
  • about 1.3 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

20.3% ±1.9% (14,769  ±1,454) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Prince William County: 26.3% 128,534
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,142,826
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

15.1% ±1.5% (7,357  ±793) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Prince William County: 11.4% 40,393 (±0.5% / ±1,585)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 9.4% 629,500 (±0.1% / ±6,297)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
7,357 Total veterans ±793 5,727 Male ±627 1,630 Female ±330

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