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Williamsburg, VA

15,034 Population
8.9 square miles 1,682 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

25.7 ±0.8 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 36.5 ±0.1
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Virginia: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$32,878 ±$4,090 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: $35,927 ±$443
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Virginia: $41,255 ±$272
$59,288 ±$5,801 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: $68,454 ±$753
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Virginia: $76,398 ±$361

15.2% ±3.2% (1,604  ±346) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 10.6% 180,578 (±0.4% / ±6,266)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 10% 826,708 (±0.2% / ±14,162)

17.6 minutes ±1.4 (102,425  ±10,487) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 24.6 20,683,695 (±0.2 / ±190,897)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Virginia: 28.6 110,956,265 (±0.1 / ±540,678)

Families

4,485 ±281 Number of households
  • the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 672,053 ±2,310
  • Virginia: 3,184,121 ±7,450
2.4 ±0.2 (10,542  ±397) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 2.5 1,700,015 (±0 / ±1,768)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.6 8,264,926 (±0)

1.1% ±0.9% (59  ±45) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 5.3% 22,543 (±0.3% / ±1,265)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Virginia: 5% 100,668 (±0.1% / ±2,317)

Housing

5,271 ±172 Number of housing units
  • the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 739,434 ±745
  • Virginia: 3,537,788 ±739

$334,100 ±$30,996 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: $253,800 ±$1,731
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Virginia: $282,800 ±$1,117

34.8% ±3.5% (5,216  ±527.9) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 16.8% 293,463 (±0.4% / ±6,476.6)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 14.8% 1,243,222 (±0.2% / ±14,246.1)

Social

93.2% ±7% (7,168  ±558.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 91.9% 1,095,662 (±0.6% / ±7,625.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Virginia: 90.3% 5,268,348 (±0.3% / ±18,788.5)
50.6% ±4.5% (3,893  ±355.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 32.9% 392,165 (±0.4% / ±4,504)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Virginia: 39.5% 2,304,490 (±0.2% / ±11,733.8)

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

8.3% ±2.2% (1,241  ±333) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 6.7% 118,428 (±0.2% / ±2,849)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Virginia: 12.6% 1,068,489 (±0.1% / ±9,828)

7% ±1.2% (935  ±162) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 16% 207,174 (±0.2% / ±3,183)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Virginia: 10.4% 674,242 (±0.1% / ±6,199)
935 Total veterans ±162 864 Male ±153 71 Female ±50

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