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Ward 8, DC

85,160 Population
8.7 square miles 9,831.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.8 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in District of Columbia: 33.9 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$19,626 ±$1,163 Per capita income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in District of Columbia: $50,832 ±$645
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $31,177 ±$89
$31,954 ±$1,454 Median household income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in District of Columbia: $77,649 ±$1,075
  • about half the amount in United States: $57,652 ±$138

35.7% ±2% (29,515  ±1,761) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in District of Columbia: 17.4% 111,025 (±0.5% / ±3,247)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.6% 45,650,345 (±0.1% / ±281,297)

35.9 minutes ±0.8 (1,001,650  ±44,594) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in District of Columbia: 30 10,047,485 (±0.3 / ±113,178)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,730,653,340 (±0.1 / ±8,097,359)

Families

29,919 ±589 Number of households
  • District of Columbia: 277,985 ±1,316
  • United States: 118,825,921 ±229,026
2.7 ±0 (81,085  ±1,800) 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)

5.9% ±0.9% (1,412  ±231) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in District of Columbia: 4.7% 9,567 (±0.4% / ±728)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,994,223 (±0% / ±20,838)

Housing

34,560 ±450 Number of housing units
  • District of Columbia: 308,161 ±125
  • United States: 135,393,564 ±8,863

$257,100 ±$9,124 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in District of Columbia: $537,400 ±$7,150
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $193,500 ±$156

16.4% ±1.4% (13,685  ±1,194.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in District of Columbia: 20% 132,187 (±0.5% / ±3,376.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.6% 46,393,683 (±0.1% / ±153,382.7)

Social

84.5% ±1.7% (41,884  ±1,371.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in District of Columbia: 90.3% 431,346 (±0.8% / ±3,968.3)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 87.3% 188,834,530 (±0.1% / ±238,605.4)
15.6% ±1.1% (7,742  ±567.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in District of Columbia: 56.6% 270,423 (±0.6% / ±3,044)
  • about half 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

3.3% ±0.5% (2,804  ±452) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in District of Columbia: 14% 94,421 (±0.3% / ±2,316)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.4% 43,028,127 (±0% / ±123,858)

5.9% ±0.6% (3,430  ±355) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in District of Columbia: 5% 27,695 (±0.2% / ±986)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 7.7% 18,939,219 (±0% / ±40,490)
3,430 Total veterans ±355 2,963 Male ±327 467 Female ±125

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