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Alexandria, VA

155,230 Population
14.9 square miles 10,393.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.2 ±0.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 38.3 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Virginia: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$74,661 ±$2,964 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $61,464 ±$596
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Virginia: $48,689 ±$443
$110,294 ±$9,507 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $121,469 ±$1,331
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Virginia: $89,931 ±$970

7.1% ±2% (10,907  ±3,031) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 7.9% 490,595 (±0.4% / ±22,757)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Virginia: 10.2% 864,394 (±0.3% / ±26,897)

28.3 minutes ±0.9 (2,119,160  ±108,971) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 32.7 86,635,990 (±0.2 / ±890,739)
  • a little higher than the figure in Virginia: 27.5 100,333,640 (±0.2 / ±835,122)

Families

76,890 ±1,467 Number of households
  • the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2,409,575 ±7,566
  • Virginia: 3,402,670 ±10,363
2 ±0 (153,428  ±88) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2.6 6,199,581 (±0 / ±2,614)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,479,742

4.4% ±1.6% (1,933  ±699) 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 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 5.3% 108,261 (±0.3% / ±5,659)

Housing

81,631 ±58 Number of housing units
  • the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2,532,369 ±2,015
  • Virginia: 3,717,625 ±472

$737,900 ±$49,415 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $574,000 ±$4,126
  • nearly double the amount in Virginia: $382,900 ±$2,468

22.9% ±3.5% (35,281  ±5,400.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 13.2% 823,817 (±0.4% / ±26,634.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 13% 1,122,831 (±0.3% / ±25,630.1)

Social

92.3% ±3.9% (108,588  ±4,628.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 91.1% 3,960,964 (±0.8% / ±33,076.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 91.5% 5,520,872 (±0.6% / ±37,318.4)
66.1% ±2.9% (77,727  ±3,415.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 54.8% 2,383,616 (±0.6% / ±24,201.3)
  • about 1.5 times 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

24.7% (38,302  ±3,455) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 24.6% 1,548,194 (±0.3% / ±17,874)
  • nearly double the rate in Virginia: 13.4% 1,163,486

8% ±1.2% (9,805  ±1,471) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 7% 340,037 (±0.2% / ±10,315)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 9.1% 612,622 (±0.2% / ±11,609)
9,805 Total veterans ±1,471 7,769 Male ±1,279 2,036 Female ±761

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