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Ward 7, DC

81,299 Population
8.4 square miles 9,675.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.2 ±0.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in District of Columbia: 33.9 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 37.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,350 ±$1,156 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in District of Columbia: $53,321 ±$647
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $32,621 ±$91
$41,438 ±$2,617 Median household income
  • about half the amount in District of Columbia: $82,604 ±$1,081
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $60,293 ±$140

26.6% ±2.1% (20,745  ±1,722) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in District of Columbia: 16.8% 109,497 (±0.5% / ±3,106)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 14.1% 44,257,979 (±0.1% / ±285,269)

35.6 minutes ±1 (1,070,585  ±49,343) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in District of Columbia: 30.3 10,416,570 (±0.3 / ±117,053)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.6 3,812,750,665 (±0.1 / ±8,669,516)

Families

30,524 ±524 Number of households
  • District of Columbia: 281,322 ±1,459
  • United States: 119,730,128 ±232,429
2.6 ±0 (77,866  ±1,908) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in District of Columbia: 2.3 644,878 (±0)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.6 314,810,420 (±0)

5.4% ±1.2% (1,131  ±259) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in District of Columbia: 4.4% 9,173 (±0.4% / ±832)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,995,512 (±0% / ±23,123)

Housing

34,414 ±354 Number of housing units
  • District of Columbia: 311,545 ±136
  • United States: 136,384,292 ±6,639

$286,800 ±$8,057 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in District of Columbia: $568,400 ±$7,984
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $204,900 ±$173

13.8% ±1.3% (11,076  ±1,045.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in District of Columbia: 19.6% 132,318 (±0.5% / ±3,046.5)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 14.5% 46,136,121 (±0.1% / ±152,246.9)

Social

86% ±2.1% (46,042  ±1,516.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in District of Columbia: 90.6% 441,176 (±0.9% / ±4,271.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 87.7% 191,498,014 (±0.1% / ±242,772.9)
19.3% ±1.2% (10,319  ±703.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in District of Columbia: 57.6% 280,349 (±0.7% / ±3,259.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 31.5% 68,867,051 (±0.1% / ±145,216)

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

3.5% ±0.8% (2,832  ±624) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in District of Columbia: 14.1% 96,158 (±0.3% / ±2,281)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.5% 43,539,499 (±0% / ±131,250)

5.5% ±0.6% (3,371  ±359) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in District of Columbia: 4.8% 26,936 (±0.2% / ±1,140)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 7.5% 18,611,432 (±0% / ±41,547)
3,371 Total veterans ±359 2,998 Male ±352 373 Female ±110

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