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Arlington County, VA

239,807 Population
26 square miles 9,224.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.6 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 39.4 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$91,787 ±$4,112 Per capita income
  • nearly double the amount in Virginia: $50,866 ±$378
  • about double the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$133,582 ±$5,890 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Virginia: $92,090 ±$831
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

8.3% ±1.6% (19,735  ±3,765) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 9.8% 835,556 (±0.3% / ±26,795)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

27.5 minutes ±0.5 (2,952,700  ±136,356) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Virginia: 28.3 106,021,490 (±0.2 / ±1,031,213)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

113,562 ±2,431 Number of households
  • Virginia: 3,449,307 ±12,826
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.1 ±0 (236,782  ±99) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,575,268
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

2.4% ±0.8% (1,680  ±558) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 5.1% 105,908 (±0.3% / ±5,796)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

124,878 ±63 Number of housing units
  • Virginia: 3,746,211 ±965
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$945,700 ±$49,107 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in Virginia: $403,500 ±$3,411
  • more than double the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

21.8% ±2.2% (51,843  ±5,124.9) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 12.5% 1,085,848 (±0.3% / ±28,420.3)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

94% ±3.4% (166,893  ±6,035.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Virginia: 91.7% 5,606,143 (±0.6% / ±39,643.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
75.3% ±2.8% (133,692  ±5,071.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 43.3% 2,649,382 (±0.4% / ±26,359.7)
  • about double the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

24.4% (58,382  ±5,043) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Virginia: 13.6% 1,193,581
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.3% ±0.8% (12,152  ±1,574) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Virginia: 8.9% 602,994 (±0.2% / ±11,787)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
12,152 Total veterans ±1,574 10,190 Male ±1,474 1,962 Female ±568

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