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Fredericksburg, VA

28,027 Population
10.5 square miles 2,681.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.7 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 37.5 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Virginia: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$40,619 ±$2,417 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $54,663 ±$290
  • a little less than the amount in Virginia: $43,267 ±$239
$72,293 ±$6,523 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $111,252 ±$555
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Virginia: $80,615 ±$377

14.3% ±3.4% (3,655  ±869) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 7.7% 480,370 (±0.2% / ±10,343)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 828,664 (±0.2% / ±13,372)

29.5 minutes ±2.1 (407,865  ±35,831) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 34.3 97,336,310 (±0.1 / ±443,347)
  • a little higher than the figure in Virginia: 28.2 106,607,616 (±0.1 / ±554,577)

Families

11,198 ±356 Number of households
  • the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2,332,981 ±4,425
  • Virginia: 3,248,528 ±6,651
2.3 ±0.1 (25,607  ±654) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2.7 6,230,380 (±0 / ±2,591)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.6 8,346,977 (±0)

2.9% ±1.2% (251  ±105) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 5% 79,264 (±0.1% / ±2,117)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 4.9% 99,799 (±0.1% / ±2,354)

Housing

11,961 ±289 Number of housing units
  • the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2,474,190 ±873
  • Virginia: 3,596,100 ±557

$382,400 ±$16,509 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $453,100 ±$1,308
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Virginia: $295,500 ±$973

29.5% ±3.7% (8,100  ±1,010) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 14.3% 897,396 (±0.2% / ±12,580.4)
  • about double the rate in Virginia: 14.4% 1,221,175 (±0.2% / ±14,167.2)

Social

91.1% ±5.3% (15,385  ±938.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 91.5% 3,962,460 (±0.4% / ±15,571.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 90.8% 5,342,922 (±0.3% / ±17,984.1)
42.7% ±3.4% (7,211  ±594.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 52.4% 2,268,504 (±0.3% / ±11,247)
  • a little higher than the rate in Virginia: 40.3% 2,372,397 (±0.2% / ±11,374.1)

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

10.4% ±1.9% (2,906  ±524) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 22.9% 1,448,527 (±0.2% / ±11,392)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 12.6% 1,076,919 (±0.1% / ±9,999)

10.5% ±1.8% (2,307  ±402) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 7.9% 380,554 (±0.1% / ±4,517)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 10.2% 671,519 (±0.1% / ±5,249)
2,307 Total veterans ±402 1,880 Male ±305 427 Female ±190

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