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Ward 6, DC

84,376 Population
5.3 square miles 15,955.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.1 ±0.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in District of Columbia: 34.9 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$102,597 ±$3,077 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in District of Columbia: $77,348 ±$1,050
  • more than double the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$138,170 ±$6,459 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in District of Columbia: $109,870 ±$1,937
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.5% ±1.1% (8,695  ±950) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in District of Columbia: 15.4% 101,008 (±0.7% / ±4,275)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.2 minutes ±0.5 (978,095  ±63,752) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in District of Columbia: 30 7,490,110 (±0.2 / ±138,394)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

47,862 ±1,228 Number of households
  • District of Columbia: 324,491 ±1,816
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.7 ±0 (82,620  ±2,310) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in District of Columbia: 2 647,013
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.8% ±0.8% (816  ±241) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in District of Columbia: 3.9% † 8,005 (±0.4% / ±873)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

54,361 ±1,257 Number of housing units
  • District of Columbia: 361,014 ±148
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$885,000 ±$33,012 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in District of Columbia: $737,100 ±$10,625
  • more than double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

25.2% ±1.8% (21,010  ±1,634.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in District of Columbia: 19.8% 133,305 (±0.6% / ±4,269.4)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97% ±2.2% (64,512  ±2,215.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in District of Columbia: 92.7% 453,024 (±1.1% / ±5,343.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
83.1% ±2.2% (55,273  ±2,043.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in District of Columbia: 64.3% 314,114 (±0.9% / ±4,176)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

10.4% ±1% (8,800  ±855) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in District of Columbia: 14.3% 97,388
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.1% ±0.6% (2,965  ±440) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in District of Columbia: 3.5% 19,465 (±0.2% / ±1,108)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,965 Total veterans ±440 2,497 Male ±388 468 Female ±175

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