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Ward 4, DC

84,643 Population
8.9 square miles 9,525.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.9 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in District of Columbia: 33.9 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$47,737 ±$1,694 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in District of Columbia: $50,832 ±$645
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $31,177 ±$89
$82,625 ±$2,984 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in District of Columbia: $77,649 ±$1,075
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $57,652 ±$138

11.2% ±1.3% (9,424  ±1,059) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in District of Columbia: 17.4% 111,025 (±0.5% / ±3,247)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 14.6% 45,650,345 (±0.1% / ±281,297)

33.2 minutes ±0.6 (1,355,780  ±47,020) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in District of Columbia: 30 10,047,485 (±0.3 / ±113,178)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,730,653,340 (±0.1 / ±8,097,359)

Families

30,754 ±441 Number of households
  • District of Columbia: 277,985 ±1,316
  • United States: 118,825,921 ±229,026
2.7 ±0 (83,487  ±1,609) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in District of Columbia: 2.3 632,449 (±0)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.6 312,916,765 (±0)

5% ±1.1% (1,007  ±218) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in District of Columbia: 4.7% 9,567 (±0.4% / ±728)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,994,223 (±0% / ±20,838)

Housing

33,337 ±297 Number of housing units
  • District of Columbia: 308,161 ±125
  • United States: 135,393,564 ±8,863

$575,800 ±$12,636 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in District of Columbia: $537,400 ±$7,150
  • more than double the amount in United States: $193,500 ±$156

10.2% ±1% (8,555  ±869.4) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in District of Columbia: 20% 132,187 (±0.5% / ±3,376.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.6% 46,393,683 (±0.1% / ±153,382.7)

Social

87.4% ±1.8% (54,983  ±1,626.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in District of Columbia: 90.3% 431,346 (±0.8% / ±3,968.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 87.3% 188,834,530 (±0.1% / ±238,605.4)
49.5% ±1.6% (31,112  ±1,181.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in District of Columbia: 56.6% 270,423 (±0.6% / ±3,044)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 30.9% 66,887,603 (±0.1% / ±142,152.9)

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

22.1% ±1.4% (18,710  ±1,260) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in District of Columbia: 14% 94,421 (±0.3% / ±2,316)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 13.4% 43,028,127 (±0% / ±123,858)

6.4% ±0.6% (4,294  ±397) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in District of Columbia: 5% 27,695 (±0.2% / ±986)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 7.7% 18,939,219 (±0% / ±40,490)
4,294 Total veterans ±397 3,834 Male ±375 460 Female ±159

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