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Winchester, VA

27,981 Population
9.2 square miles 3,043.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.7 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Winchester, VA-WV Metro Area: 40.9 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in Virginia: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$36,073 ±$2,352 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Winchester, VA-WV Metro Area: $41,198 ±$1,159
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Virginia: $49,217 ±$253
$64,648 ±$4,489 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Winchester, VA-WV Metro Area: $82,413 ±$2,756
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $90,974 ±$485

19.3% ±3.2% (5,182  ±870) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Winchester, VA-WV Metro Area: 10.6% 14,875 (±0.9% / ±1,258)
  • about double the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 834,866 (±0.2% / ±13,292)

20.7 minutes ±1.7 (245,945  ±23,049) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Winchester, VA-WV Metro Area: 31 1,882,865 (±0.9 / ±72,400)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Virginia: 27.6 99,473,730 (±0.1 / ±440,621)

Families

11,255 ±280 Number of households
  • the Winchester, VA-WV Metro Area: 53,947 ±578
  • Virginia: 3,326,260 ±8,075
2.4 ±0.1 (26,871  ±17) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Winchester, VA-WV Metro Area: 2.6 141,561 (±0 / ±38)
  • a little less than the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,421,111

5.6% ±2% (371  ±131) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Winchester, VA-WV Metro Area: 4.5% † 1,380 (±0.9% / ±286)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,110 (±0.1% / ±2,842)

Housing

12,468 ±20 Number of housing units
  • the Winchester, VA-WV Metro Area: 61,666 ±59
  • Virginia: 3,654,784 ±946

$325,900 ±$24,687 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Winchester, VA-WV Metro Area: $322,600 ±$7,965
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Virginia: $360,700 ±$1,182

15% ±2.6% (4,111  ±711.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Winchester, VA-WV Metro Area: 11.3% 16,140 (±1% / ±1,471.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 13.5% 1,160,281 (±0.2% / ±13,601.2)

Social

86.5% ±4.9% (16,061  ±936.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Winchester, VA-WV Metro Area: 88.6% 89,631 (±2.2% / ±2,236.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Virginia: 91.3% 5,442,729 (±0.3% / ±19,700.2)
31.6% ±2.9% (5,872  ±548.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Winchester, VA-WV Metro Area: 28.1% 28,451 (±1.2% / ±1,220.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Virginia: 41.5% 2,471,630 (±0.2% / ±12,953.7)

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

12.6% (3,522  ±607) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Winchester, VA-WV Metro Area: 7.7% 11,129
  • a little less than the rate in Virginia: 12.9% 1,120,207

5% ±0.9% (1,080  ±195) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Winchester, VA-WV Metro Area: 8.3% 9,348 (±0.6% / ±718)
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 9.6% 637,971 (±0.1% / ±5,935)
1,080 Total veterans ±195 956 Male ±179 124 Female ±98

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