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Williamsburg, VA

14,927 Population
8.9 square miles 1,669.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

24.9 ±0.7 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 36.3 ±0.1
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Virginia: 38.2 ±0.2

Economics

$29,758 ±$2,228 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: $33,907 ±$259
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Virginia: $39,278 ±$183
$57,463 ±$5,298 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: $66,759 ±$593
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Virginia: $74,222 ±$341

20.7% ±4.1% (2,188  ±438) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 11.3% 190,903 (±0.3% / ±5,423)
  • about double the rate in Virginia: 10.6% 865,691 (±0.2% / ±14,344)

19.1 minutes ±1.3 (109,495  ±9,527) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 24.7 20,870,305 (±0.2 / ±166,767)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Virginia: 28.7 113,970,800 (±0.1 / ±433,038)

Families

4,706 ±268 Number of households
  • the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 663,821 ±2,476
  • Virginia: 3,151,045 ±7,497
2.2 ±0.2 (10,550  ±439) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 2.6 1,692,600 (±0 / ±1,996)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.6 8,210,230 (±0)

1.8% ±1.2% (95  ±62) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 5.4% 23,117 (±0.3% / ±1,089)
  • about one-third of the rate in Virginia: 5.1% 102,796 (±0.1% / ±2,270)

Housing

5,263 ±201 Number of housing units
  • the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 735,011 ±878
  • Virginia: 3,514,032 ±633

$306,000 ±$27,342 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: $245,100 ±$1,266
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Virginia: $273,100 ±$819

37.5% ±3.5% (5,570  ±515.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 17.7% 307,188 (±0.3% / ±5,802)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 15.3% 1,274,970 (±0.2% / ±12,678.9)

Social

94.7% ±6% (7,047  ±473.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 91.4% 1,080,440 (±0.6% / ±6,856.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Virginia: 89.7% 5,181,538 (±0.3% / ±16,422.7)
56.8% ±4.4% (4,222  ±337.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 31.9% 377,347 (±0.3% / ±4,073.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 38.8% 2,240,360 (±0.2% / ±10,566.2)

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

6.9% ±1% (1,027  ±149) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 6.5% 114,877 (±0.2% / ±2,955)
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 12.4% 1,051,559 (±0.1% / ±9,290)

7.6% ±1.1% (1,009  ±143) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 16.2% 208,386 (±0.2% / ±2,689)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Virginia: 10.5% 677,533 (±0.1% / ±4,653)
1,009 Total veterans ±143 928 Male ±128 81 Female ±53

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