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Alexandria, VA

155,525 Population
14.9 square miles 10,413.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38 ±0.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 38.2 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.2

Economics

$76,762 ±$4,120 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $59,366 ±$628
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Virginia: $47,199 ±$463
$111,955 ±$8,353 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $117,432 ±$1,324
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Virginia: $85,873 ±$763

8.1% ±2.1% (12,521  ±3,258) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 7.9% 494,897 (±0.4% / ±21,841)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Virginia: 10.6% 891,390 (±0.3% / ±26,093)

28.7 minutes ±1.2 (1,923,130  ±130,618) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 32.3 82,293,824 (±0.2 / ±1,044,677)
  • a little higher than the figure in Virginia: 27.1 96,342,536 (±0.2 / ±990,994)

Families

76,672 ±1,279 Number of households
  • the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2,422,671 ±7,768
  • Virginia: 3,380,607 ±12,353
2 ±0 (153,901  ±77) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2.6 6,267,787 (±0 / ±3,520)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 † 8,447,359 (±164.3 / ±-555,555,600)

4.4% ±1.7% (1,899  ±726) 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: 4.9% 76,916 (±0.3% / ±4,858)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 5.1% 104,539 (±0.3% / ±5,533)

Housing

80,342 ±71 Number of housing units
  • the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2,549,665 ±1,691
  • Virginia: 3,685,233 ±550

$748,300 ±$43,008 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $553,100 ±$3,968
  • about double the amount in Virginia: $365,700 ±$3,008

17.2% ±2.6% (26,306  ±4,044.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 13.9% 877,454 (±0.4% / ±27,773.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Virginia: 13.4% 1,150,837 (±0.3% / ±29,312.4)

Social

94.6% ±4.2% (111,889  ±5,015.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 92.1% 4,043,245 (±0.7% / ±32,187.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Virginia: 91.5% 5,473,007 (±0.6% / ±37,029)
69.9% ±3.3% (82,656  ±3,969.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 54.5% 2,391,911 (±0.5% / ±22,584.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 42.2% 2,522,034 (±0.4% / ±23,232.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

23.7% ±84,587.3% (36,828  ±3,478) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 24.1% 1,535,247 (±0.4% / ±25,401)
  • nearly double the rate in Virginia: 12.7% † 1,105,028 (±814.1% / ±19,402)

7.5% ±1.1% (9,221  ±1,342) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 7.3% 357,098 (±0.2% / ±9,779)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 9.2% 614,631 (±0.2% / ±11,748)
9,221 Total veterans ±1,342 7,058 Male ±1,126 2,163 Female ±801

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