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Williamsburg, VA

15,798 Population
8.9 square miles 1,767.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

23.7 ±0.9 Median age
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 37.4 ±0.2
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$37,442 ±$4,185 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: $44,050 ±$501
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
$75,604 ±$10,916 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: $82,330 ±$711
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458

18.8% ±3.9% (2,071  ±428) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 10.8% 187,432 (±0.4% / ±6,216)
  • nearly double the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)

19.5 minutes ±2 (102,155  ±14,003) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 24.9 19,536,284 (±0.2 / ±216,039)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Virginia: 27.3 96,596,530 (±0.1 / ±539,621)

Families

5,020 ±242 Number of households
  • the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 707,408 ±1,892
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
2.2 ±0.1 (10,985  ±79) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 2.5 1,733,276 (±0 / ±638)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,469,077

5.1% ±1.8% (274  ±97) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 5.2% 22,303 (±0.3% / ±1,234)
  • a little higher than the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,021 (±0.2% / ±2,978)

Housing

5,799 ±39 Number of housing units
  • the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 763,678 ±332
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486

$428,100 ±$30,763 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: $340,900 ±$2,129
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024

27.8% ±3.6% (4,361  ±563) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 14.5% 255,836 (±0.4% / ±6,242.9)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,126,399 (±0.2% / ±13,158)

Social

93.5% ±7.9% (7,170  ±643.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 93% 1,134,079 (±0.7% / ±8,047.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 91.6% 5,501,058 (±0.3% / ±19,683.4)
45.8% ±5.6% (3,512  ±439.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 35.8% 436,823 (±0.4% / ±4,757.7)
  • 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

10.2% (1,614  ±330) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 6.9% 122,588
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,142,826

6.4% ±1.4% (898  ±198) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 14.9% 194,678 (±0.3% / ±3,352)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Virginia: 9.4% 629,500 (±0.1% / ±6,297)
898 Total veterans ±198 801 Male ±172 97 Female ±78

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