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Ward 7, DC

81,946 Population
8.4 square miles 9,752.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.1 ±0.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in District of Columbia: 34 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$26,917 ±$1,211 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in District of Columbia: $56,147 ±$660
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $34,103 ±$104
$45,318 ±$2,409 Median household income
  • about half the amount in District of Columbia: $86,420 ±$1,008
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $62,843 ±$135

26.3% ±2.5% (20,722  ±2,002) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in District of Columbia: 16.2% 107,140 (±0.6% / ±3,812)
  • about double the rate in United States: 13.4% 42,510,843 (±0.1% / ±279,418)

35.7 minutes ±0.8 (1,106,855  ±55,438) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in District of Columbia: 30.8 10,753,220 (±0.2 / ±116,285)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.9 3,901,729,885 (±0.1 / ±9,072,499)

Families

30,877 ±579 Number of households
  • District of Columbia: 284,386 ±1,503
  • United States: 120,756,048 ±236,892
2.5 ±0.1 (78,377  ±2,197) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in District of Columbia: 2.3 653,564 (±0)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.6 316,606,796 (±0)

5.2% ±1.1% (1,100  ±234) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in District of Columbia: 4.3% 9,034 (±0.4% / ±736)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,987,092 (±0% / ±22,278)

Housing

34,727 ±428 Number of housing units
  • District of Columbia: 315,176 ±108
  • United States: 137,428,986 ±6,044

$313,400 ±$10,312 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in District of Columbia: $601,500 ±$6,902
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $217,500 ±$180

13.6% ±1.4% (11,006  ±1,181.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in District of Columbia: 19.5% 133,424 (±0.5% / ±3,624)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 14.2% 45,656,511 (±0.1% / ±147,539.6)

Social

85.8% ±2.4% (46,606  ±1,766.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in District of Columbia: 90.9% 449,266 (±0.9% / ±4,459.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 88% 194,149,815 (±0.1% / ±259,935)
21% ±1.3% (11,400  ±772.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in District of Columbia: 58.5% 289,259 (±0.7% / ±3,469.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 32.2% 70,920,162 (±0.1% / ±154,967.5)

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

3.7% ±0.8% (3,016  ±662) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in District of Columbia: 13.7% 95,065 (±0.4% / ±3,020)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.6% 44,011,870 (±0% / ±142,271)

5.3% ±0.7% (3,281  ±429) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in District of Columbia: 4.6% 26,156 (±0.2% / ±1,196)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 7.3% 18,230,322 (±0% / ±50,396)
3,281 Total veterans ±429 2,932 Male ±383 349 Female ±133

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