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Arlington, VA

234,162 Population
26 square miles 9,007.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.7 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 38.3 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$87,159 ±$3,674 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $61,464 ±$596
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Virginia: $48,689 ±$443
$140,219 ±$6,547 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $121,469 ±$1,331
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Virginia: $89,931 ±$970

6.9% ±1.2% (16,063  ±2,758) 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)

25.4 minutes ±0.7 (2,672,915  ±138,139) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 32.7 86,635,990 (±0.2 / ±890,739)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 27.5 100,333,640 (±0.2 / ±835,122)

Families

114,097 ±2,441 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 (231,315  ±111) 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 (±,163.3 / ±-555,555,600)

3.9% ±1.4% (2,571  ±940) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 5% 77,153 (±0.3% / ±4,733)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Virginia: 5.3% 108,261 (±0.3% / ±5,659)

Housing

123,966 ±78 Number of housing units
  • the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2,532,369 ±2,015
  • Virginia: 3,717,625 ±472

$850,900 ±$33,283 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $574,000 ±$4,126
  • more than double the amount in Virginia: $382,900 ±$2,468

21.3% ±2.3% (49,379  ±5,429.9) 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

95.9% ±3.5% (165,600  ±6,016.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 91.1% 3,960,964 (±0.8% / ±33,076.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Virginia: 91.5% 5,520,872 (±0.6% / ±37,318.4)
78% ±3% (134,784  ±5,212.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 54.8% 2,383,616 (±0.6% / ±24,201.3)
  • nearly double 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

20.7% ±49,192.8% (48,552  ±3,657) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 24.6% 1,548,194 (±0.3% / ±17,874)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 13.4% † 1,163,486 (±,850.9% / ±17,234)

7% ±1.1% (13,230  ±2,089) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 7% 340,037 (±0.2% / ±10,315)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Virginia: 9.1% 612,622 (±0.2% / ±11,609)
13,230 Total veterans ±2,089 10,728 Male ±1,877 2,502 Female ±888

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