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Ward 8, DC

86,384 Population
8.7 square miles 9,975 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in District of Columbia: 34 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$22,568 ±$1,474 Per capita income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in District of Columbia: $56,147 ±$660
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $34,103 ±$104
$35,245 ±$2,005 Median household income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in District of Columbia: $86,420 ±$1,008
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $62,843 ±$135

32.9% ±1.9% (27,782  ±1,803) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in District of Columbia: 16.2% 107,140 (±0.6% / ±3,812)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 13.4% 42,510,843 (±0.1% / ±279,418)

36.2 minutes ±1 (1,086,810  ±54,263) 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

30,657 ±649 Number of households
  • District of Columbia: 284,386 ±1,503
  • United States: 120,756,048 ±236,892
2.7 ±0.1 (82,824  ±2,291) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in District of Columbia: 2.3 653,564 (±0)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.6 316,606,796 (±0)

6.1% ±1% (1,455  ±247) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in District of Columbia: 4.3% 9,034 (±0.4% / ±736)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,987,092 (±0% / ±22,278)

Housing

34,844 ±431 Number of housing units
  • District of Columbia: 315,176 ±108
  • United States: 137,428,986 ±6,044

$301,600 ±$11,801 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

16.3% ±1.5% (13,868  ±1,338.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in District of Columbia: 19.5% 133,424 (±0.5% / ±3,624)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.2% 45,656,511 (±0.1% / ±147,539.6)

Social

86% ±1.9% (44,007  ±1,509.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in District of Columbia: 90.9% 449,266 (±0.9% / ±4,459.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88% 194,149,815 (±0.1% / ±259,935)
16.7% ±1.1% (8,531  ±591.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in District of Columbia: 58.5% 289,259 (±0.7% / ±3,469.4)
  • about half 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

3.1% ±0.6% (2,698  ±481) 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)

5.5% ±0.6% (3,268  ±380) 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)
3,268 Total veterans ±380 2,639 Male ±345 629 Female ±169

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