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Ward 8, DC

83,272 Population
8.7 square miles 9,615.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.8 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in District of Columbia: 34.3 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$26,634 ±$1,903 Per capita income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in District of Columbia: $63,793 ±$922
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $37,638 ±$102
$38,906 ±$2,647 Median household income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in District of Columbia: $93,547 ±$1,718
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $69,021 ±$146

30.2% ±2.2% (24,599  ±1,938) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in District of Columbia: 15.4% 100,618 (±0.7% / ±4,492)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,661,636 (±0.1% / ±274,456)

36.2 minutes ±1.4 (1,023,425  ±74,357) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in District of Columbia: 30.4 9,047,000 (±0.2 / ±129,463)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.8 3,757,208,800 (±0.1 / ±8,102,155)

Families

34,878 ±1,241 Number of households
  • District of Columbia: 310,104 ±1,722
  • United States: 124,010,990 ±196,755
2.3 ±0.1 (80,060  ±2,538) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in District of Columbia: 2.1 645,897 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 321,899,260

6.6% ±1.5% (1,515  ±362) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in District of Columbia: 4.1% 8,375 (±0.4% / ±732)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,971,395 (±0% / ±22,692)

Housing

39,077 ±1,260 Number of housing units
  • District of Columbia: 344,306 ±143
  • United States: 139,647,020 ±3,504

$344,500 ±$16,541 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in District of Columbia: $635,900 ±$9,507
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $244,900 ±$316

14.7% ±2% (12,049  ±1,658.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in District of Columbia: 19.5% 131,695 (±0.6% / ±4,279.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 13.4% 43,820,703 (±0% / ±133,972.5)

Social

87.3% ±2.9% (43,914  ±1,938.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in District of Columbia: 92.2% 449,792 (±1.1% / ±5,333.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.9% 200,101,962 (±0.1% / ±254,727.4)
21.4% ±2% (10,753  ±1,061.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in District of Columbia: 61.4% 299,469 (±0.9% / ±4,245.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 33.7% 75,808,835 (±0.1% / ±157,731.9)

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

3.3% ±0.6% (2,780  ±528) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in District of Columbia: 13.5% 92,191 (±0.4% / ±2,444)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.6% 44,844,808 (±0% / ±126,423)

5.6% ±0.8% (3,155  ±483) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in District of Columbia: 4.1% 22,870 (±0.2% / ±1,165)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,431,290 (±0% / ±48,418)
3,155 Total veterans ±483 2,425 Male ±420 730 Female ±263

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