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Fredericksburg, VA

28,873 Population
10.5 square miles 2,762.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.1 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 38 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$47,502 ±$2,295 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $63,554 ±$306
  • a little less than the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
$86,071 ±$6,832 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $126,684 ±$733
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458

13.2% ±2.8% (3,525  ±746) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 8.1% 504,173 (±0.2% / ±11,899)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)

31.9 minutes ±1.9 (392,505  ±33,804) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 32.4 80,867,624 (±0.1 / ±475,151)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 27.3 96,596,530 (±0.1 / ±539,621)

Families

11,720 ±206 Number of households
  • the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2,373,022 ±4,247
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
2.3 ±0 (26,661  ±50) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2.6 6,217,922
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,469,077

2.5% ±1.2% (218  ±106) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 5% 78,062 (±0.2% / ±2,419)
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,021 (±0.2% / ±2,978)

Housing

12,419 ±47 Number of housing units
  • the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2,506,631 ±429
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486

$483,700 ±$24,982 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $579,900 ±$2,374
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024

28.9% ±4.1% (8,254  ±1,178.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 13.3% 832,508 (±0.2% / ±11,666.6)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,126,399 (±0.2% / ±13,158)

Social

92.2% ±5.7% (16,112  ±1,024.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 91.4% 3,976,110 (±0.4% / ±16,769)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 91.6% 5,501,058 (±0.3% / ±19,683.4)
46.1% ±3.7% (8,060  ±659.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 54.4% 2,364,097 (±0.3% / ±12,209)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 42.2% 2,532,890 (±0.2% / ±12,158.7)

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

12.1% (3,505  ±583) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 24.3% 1,535,978
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,142,826

11.5% ±1.7% (2,606  ±380) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 7.2% 348,179 (±0.1% / ±4,714)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 9.4% 629,500 (±0.1% / ±6,297)
2,606 Total veterans ±380 2,091 Male ±334 515 Female ±166

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