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Ward 8, DC

87,043 Population
9.1 square miles 9,568 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.2 ±1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in District of Columbia: 34.8 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$34,830 ±$2,334 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in District of Columbia: $71,297 ±$958
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $41,261 ±$112
$48,609 ±$3,480 Median household income
  • about half the amount in District of Columbia: $101,722 ±$1,569
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $75,149 ±$152

27.7% ±2.3% (23,637  ±2,078) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in District of Columbia: 15.1% 98,039 (±0.6% / ±3,824)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,521,584 (±0.1% / ±259,207)

34.8 minutes ±1.3 (1,041,675  ±76,820) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in District of Columbia: 30.5 8,392,940 (±0.4 / ±159,656)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

38,149 ±1,440 Number of households
  • District of Columbia: 315,785 ±1,500
  • United States: 125,736,350 ±198,714
2.2 ±0.1 (83,262  ±2,928) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in District of Columbia: 2 641,816
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 322,994,300

6.7% ±1.5% (1,635  ±373) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in District of Columbia: 4.2% 8,339 (±0.4% / ±764)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,404 (±0% / ±23,722)

Housing

43,271 ±1,361 Number of housing units
  • District of Columbia: 350,372 ±129
  • United States: 140,943,620 ±3,164

$392,700 ±$23,658 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in District of Columbia: $705,000 ±$10,380
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $281,900 ±$221

15.3% ±2.1% (13,101  ±1,835.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in District of Columbia: 19.2% 127,367 (±0.6% / ±3,886.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 13.1% 42,965,005 (±0% / ±,138,498.5)

Social

87.6% ±2.5% (48,963  ±2,062.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in District of Columbia: 92.7% 449,219 (±1.1% / ±5,388)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.1% 202,001,292 (±0.1% / ±266,504)
26.8% ±1.7% (14,955  ±1,076.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in District of Columbia: 62.6% 303,532 (±0.9% / ±4,114.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 34.3% 77,751,346 (±0.1% / ±,166,366.8)

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

3.5% ±0.6% (3,059  ±563) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in District of Columbia: 13.4% 90,096
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.7% 45,281,072

5.5% ±0.8% (3,359  ±477) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in District of Columbia: 4% 21,665 (±0.2% / ±1,096)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.6% 17,038,808 (±0% / ±48,952)
3,359 Total veterans ±477 2,541 Male ±421 818 Female ±225

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