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Ward 2, DC

77,904 Population
5.9 square miles 13,162 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.9 ±0.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in District of Columbia: 34.8 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$103,857 ±$4,249 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in District of Columbia: $71,297 ±$958
  • more than double the amount in United States: $41,261 ±$112
$128,048 ±$5,732 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in District of Columbia: $101,722 ±$1,569
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $75,149 ±$152

12.4% ±1% (8,783  ±757) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in District of Columbia: 15.1% 98,039 (±0.6% / ±3,824)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,521,584 (±0.1% / ±259,207)

24.4 minutes ±0.4 (894,545  ±53,629) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in District of Columbia: 30.5 8,392,940 (±0.4 / ±159,656)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

44,640 ±1,302 Number of households
  • District of Columbia: 315,785 ±1,500
  • United States: 125,736,350 ±198,714
1.6 ±0 (69,970  ±2,147) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in District of Columbia: 2 641,816
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 2.6 322,994,300

2.1% ±1% (557  ±280) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in District of Columbia: 4.2% 8,339 (±0.4% / ±764)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,404 (±0% / ±23,722)

Housing

50,515 ±1,366 Number of housing units
  • District of Columbia: 350,372 ±129
  • United States: 140,943,620 ±3,164

$741,700 ±$37,974 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in District of Columbia: $705,000 ±$10,380
  • more than double the amount in United States: $281,900 ±$221

30.2% ±1.5% (23,323  ±1,351.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in District of Columbia: 19.2% 127,367 (±0.6% / ±3,886.4)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 13.1% 42,965,005 (±0% / ±,138,498.5)

Social

96.7% ±2% (57,774  ±2,130.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in District of Columbia: 92.7% 449,219 (±1.1% / ±5,388)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.1% 202,001,292 (±0.1% / ±266,504)
85.5% ±2.1% (51,057  ±1,999.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in District of Columbia: 62.6% 303,532 (±0.9% / ±4,114.3)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 34.3% 77,751,346 (±0.1% / ±,166,366.8)

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

19.5% ±1.2% (15,210  ±997) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in District of Columbia: 13.4% 90,096
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 13.7% 45,281,072

3% ±0.6% (2,218  ±407) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in District of Columbia: 4% 21,665 (±0.2% / ±1,096)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.6% 17,038,808 (±0% / ±48,952)
2,218 Total veterans ±407 2,023 Male ±403 195 Female ±119

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