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Sterling, VA

31,251 Population
5.5 square miles 5,730.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.8 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 37.9 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$46,400 ±$4,088 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $62,026 ±$306
  • a little less than the amount in Virginia: $49,217 ±$253
$125,753 ±$9,871 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $123,896 ±$689
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Virginia: $90,974 ±$485

6.8% ±2.6% (2,105  ±827) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 7.9% 484,187 (±0.2% / ±11,542)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 834,866 (±0.2% / ±13,292)

25.6 minutes ±1.6 (387,135  ±37,351) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 33 84,854,504 (±0.1 / ±452,475)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 27.6 99,473,730 (±0.1 / ±440,621)

Families

9,684 ±488 Number of households
  • the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2,350,158 ±4,553
  • Virginia: 3,326,260 ±8,075
3.2 ±0.1 (31,167  ±1,809) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2.6 6,167,808 (±0 / ±502)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,421,111

6.8% ±1.9% (549  ±165) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 5% 78,397 (±0.1% / ±2,039)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,110 (±0.1% / ±2,842)

Housing

10,017 ±488 Number of housing units
  • the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2,483,270 ±835
  • Virginia: 3,654,784 ±946

$508,400 ±$20,578 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $553,000 ±$2,118
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Virginia: $360,700 ±$1,182

10.6% ±3% (3,243  ±927.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 13.7% 849,588 (±0.2% / ±11,175.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 13.5% 1,160,281 (±0.2% / ±13,601.2)

Social

79.1% ±3.1% (16,313  ±997.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 91.5% 3,938,689 (±0.4% / ±16,678.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 91.3% 5,442,729 (±0.3% / ±19,700.2)
37.3% ±2.6% (7,703  ±651.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 53.8% 2,314,689 (±0.3% / ±12,424.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 41.5% 2,471,630 (±0.2% / ±12,953.7)

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

44.2% ±3.5% (13,801  ±1,344) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 24% 1,501,590
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 12.9% 1,120,207

5% ±1.1% (1,177  ±267) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 7.4% 352,853 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 9.6% 637,971 (±0.1% / ±5,935)
1,177 Total veterans ±267 1,081 Male ±264 96 Female ±42

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