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Dale City, VA

70,529 Population
14.2 square miles 4,953 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±5.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 38.3 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$39,274 ±$4,110 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $61,464 ±$596
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Virginia: $48,689 ±$443
$121,763 ±$13,286 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $121,469 ±$1,331
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Virginia: $89,931 ±$970

9.7% ±5.8% (6,751  ±4,089) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 7.9% 490,595 (±0.4% / ±22,757)
  • a little less than the rate in Virginia: 10.2% 864,394 (±0.3% / ±26,897)

38 minutes ±0.8 (1,249,090  ±64,513) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 33 84,854,504 (±0.1 / ±452,475)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Virginia: 27.6 99,473,730 (±0.1 / ±440,621)

Families

19,694 ±1,829 Number of households
  • the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2,409,575 ±7,566
  • Virginia: 3,402,670 ±10,363
3.6 ±0.2 (70,476  ±7,463) Persons per household
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2.6 6,199,581 (±0 / ±2,614)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,479,742

4.6% ±2.1% (769  ±378) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 5% 77,153 (±0.3% / ±4,733)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 5.3% 108,261 (±0.3% / ±5,659)

Housing

20,520 ±1,929 Number of housing units
  • the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2,532,369 ±2,015
  • Virginia: 3,717,625 ±472

$437,400 ±$19,248 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $574,000 ±$4,126
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Virginia: $382,900 ±$2,468

10% ±3.9% (6,988  ±2,833.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 13.2% 823,817 (±0.4% / ±26,634.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Virginia: 13% 1,122,831 (±0.3% / ±25,630.1)

Social

83.2% ±1% (36,890  ±3,538.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 91.1% 3,960,964 (±0.8% / ±33,076.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 91.5% 5,520,872 (±0.6% / ±37,318.4)
29.6% ±3.2% (13,150  ±1,879.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 54.8% 2,383,616 (±0.6% / ±24,201.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Virginia: 42.4% 2,561,362 (±0.4% / ±23,827.5)

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

32.7% ±5.4% (23,079  ±4,498) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 24.6% 1,548,194 (±0.3% / ±17,874)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 13.4% 1,163,486

7.2% ±1.6% (3,645  ±873) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 7% 340,037 (±0.2% / ±10,315)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 9.1% 612,622 (±0.2% / ±11,609)
3,645 Total veterans ±873 2,864 Male ±760 781 Female ±445

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