Census Reporter

Ward 8, DC

85,564 Population
8.7 square miles 9,880.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.7 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in District of Columbia: 34.1 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$25,573 ±$2,118 Per capita income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in District of Columbia: $58,659 ±$827
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$37,963 ±$3,084 Median household income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in District of Columbia: $90,842 ±$1,580
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

30.4% ±2.4% (25,420  ±2,267) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in District of Columbia: 15.5% 103,391 (±0.5% / ±3,390)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

36 minutes ±0.5 (1,065,420  ±61,365) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in District of Columbia: 30.9 10,280,220 (±0.1 / ±121,162)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

32,194 ±1,442 Number of households
  • District of Columbia: 288,307 ±1,319
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.6 ±0.2 (82,000  ±3,217) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in District of Columbia: 2.3 662,982 (±0)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

5.9% ±1% (1,330  ±238) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in District of Columbia: 4% 8,439 (±0.3% / ±640)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

36,167 ±1,477 Number of housing units
  • District of Columbia: 319,192 ±135
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$329,300 ±$17,302 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in District of Columbia: $618,100 ±$10,023
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

15.9% ±2% (13,406  ±1,774.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in District of Columbia: 19.3% 133,851 (±0.5% / ±3,775.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

86.6% ±1.7% (44,811  ±2,001.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in District of Columbia: 91.9% 461,175 (±1.1% / ±5,359.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
19.2% ±1.7% (9,920  ±943.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in District of Columbia: 59.8% 299,975 (±0.8% / ±4,024.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

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

3.3% ±0.7% (2,834  ±633) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in District of Columbia: 13.4% 94,193 (±0.4% / ±2,899)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

6.3% ±1.3% (3,712  ±778) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in District of Columbia: 4.5% 25,514 (±0.2% / ±1,228)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
3,712 Total veterans ±778 3,141 Male ±766 571 Female ±125

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