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Ward 8, DC

83,108 Population
8.7 square miles 9,594.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2016 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.9 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in District of Columbia: 33.8 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 37.7 ±0.1

Economics

$18,787 ±$1,089 Per capita income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in District of Columbia: $48,781 ±$611
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $29,829 ±$82
$31,139 ±$1,176 Median household income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in District of Columbia: $72,935 ±$1,164
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $55,322 ±$120

36.8% ±2.1% (29,641  ±1,773) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in District of Columbia: 17.9% 112,060 (±0.5% / ±3,225)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 15.1% 46,932,225 (±0.1% / ±284,072)

35.6 minutes ±1.2 (944,890  ±53,376) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in District of Columbia: 29.9 9,800,480 (±0.3 / ±113,159)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.2 3,639,851,270 (±0.1 / ±7,536,392)

Families

29,956 ±528 Number of households
  • District of Columbia: 276,546 ±1,294
  • United States: 117,716,237 ±222,078
2.6 ±0 (78,936  ±1,839) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in District of Columbia: 2.2 619,042 (±0)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 310,482,947

6.5% ±1% (1,546  ±256) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in District of Columbia: 4.8% 9,531 (±0.4% / ±751)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.3% 4,001,559 (±0% / ±21,444)

Housing

34,855 ±380 Number of housing units
  • District of Columbia: 306,711 ±174
  • United States: 134,054,899 ±8,218

$239,400 ±$8,046 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in District of Columbia: $506,100 ±$9,832
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $184,700 ±$160

16.7% ±1.6% (13,556  ±1,318.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in District of Columbia: 20.2% 131,443 (±0.5% / ±3,466.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.8% 46,550,105 (±0.1% / ±172,869.4)

Social

83.7% ±1.9% (40,184  ±1,343.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in District of Columbia: 90% 416,487 (±0.8% / ±3,854.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 87% 185,830,767 (±0.1% / ±218,018.5)
14.6% ±1.1% (7,008  ±549.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in District of Columbia: 55.4% 256,316 (±0.6% / ±2,892.6)
  • about half the rate in United States: 30.3% 64,767,787 (±0.1% / ±132,110.7)

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

3.1% ±0.5% (2,582  ±405) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in District of Columbia: 14% 92,513 (±0.3% / ±2,251)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.3% 42,194,354 (±0% / ±109,226)

6.3% ±0.6% (3,609  ±341) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in District of Columbia: 5.1% 27,754 (±0.2% / ±971)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 8% 19,535,341 (±0% / ±38,684)
3,609 Total veterans ±341 3,129 Male ±336 480 Female ±129

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