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Congressional District 5, VA

797,420 Population
9,464.1 square miles 84.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.4 ±0.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$37,475 ±$1,267 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Virginia: $47,199 ±$463
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$63,384 ±$1,860 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Virginia: $85,873 ±$763
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

14.6% ±1.1% (110,470  ±8,605) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Virginia: 10.6% 891,390 (±0.3% / ±26,093)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

26.1 minutes ±0.7 (7,902,235  ±300,192) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Virginia: 27.1 96,342,536 (±0.2 / ±990,994)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

318,582 ±4,350 Number of households
  • Virginia: 3,380,607 ±12,353
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.4 ±0 (754,948  ±4,410) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,447,359
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

4.2% ±0.8% (7,450  ±1,469) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 5.1% 104,539 (±0.3% / ±5,533)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

367,118 ±1,970 Number of housing units
  • Virginia: 3,685,233 ±550
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$262,100 ±$8,762 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Virginia: $365,700 ±$3,008
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

12.6% ±0.9% (99,232  ±7,426.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Virginia: 13.4% 1,150,837 (±0.3% / ±29,312.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

89.4% ±1.8% (496,930  ±10,712.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 91.5% 5,473,007 (±0.6% / ±37,029)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
33.5% ±1.2% (186,403  ±6,623.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 42.2% 2,522,034 (±0.4% / ±23,232.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

6.1% ±0.4% (45,825  ±2,706.2) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 16.7% 1,355,058 (±0.1% / ±11,091.5)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 21.7% 67,860,570 (±0.1% / ±,196,548.1)

4.1% ±0.4% (32,672  ±3,487) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Virginia: 12.7% 1,105,028
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

6.9% ±0.4% (44,661  ±2,764) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Virginia: 9.2% 614,631 (±0.2% / ±11,748)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
44,661 Total veterans ±2,764 40,799 Male ±2,729 3,862 Female ±974

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