Fredericksburg city, Virginia (VA)

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County population in 2005: 20,732 (100% urban, 0% rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 2,876
Renter-occupied apartments: 5,226

% of renters here:	65%
State:	32%

Land area: 11 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.

Population density: 1971 people per square mile

(very high).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This county:	15.5%
Whole state:	9.6%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This county:	7.6%
Whole state:	4.3%

Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (21.8%), Retail trade (13.2%), Professional,scientific,management,administrative,and waste management services (12.2%), Arts,entertainment,recreation,accommodation and food services (11.1%).

Type of workers:

Private wage or salary: 72%
Government: 22%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 5%
Unpaid family work: 0%

Fredericksburg city, Virginia business tout: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in Fredericksburg city, Virginia:

White Non-Hispanic (71.4%)
Black (20.4%)
Hispanic (4.9%)
Other race (2.6%)
Two or more races (1.9%)
American Indian (0.8%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Median resident age:	30.3 years
Virginia median age:	35.7 years

Males: 8,677	(45.0%)
Females: 10,602	(55.0%)

Total labor force in 2004: 11,067
Unemployment rate in 2004: 4.9%

Average household size:

Fredericksburg city:	2.1 people
Virginia:	2.5 people

Estimated median household income in 2005: $40,189 ($34,585 in 2000)

This county	$40,189
Virginia:	$54,240

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $242,680

Fredericksburg city	$242,680
Virginia:	$212,300

Median montly rent in 2000: $651
Institutionalized population: 93
Median monthly costs for houses with a mortgage in Fredericksburg city in 2000: $1128

Fredericksburg city races chart

Fredericksburg city, VA map from a distance

Single-family new house construction building permits:

2000: 41 buildings, average cost: $110,200
2001: 72 buildings, average cost: $85,900
2002: 103 buildings, average cost: $121,300
2003: 46 buildings, average cost: $204,000
2004: 170 buildings, average cost: $155,300
2005: 410 buildings, average cost: $161,500
2006: 278 buildings, average cost: $152,900

Number of permits per 10,000 residents

Average cost (in 1000s)

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $1,429 (1.1%)

Area name: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Fredericksburg city is $1080 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $1225 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $1580 a month.

2005 air pollution in Fredericksburg city:

Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) Annual: 19 µg/m³. Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) 24-hour (standard limit: 150 µg/m³): 38 µg/m³. Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Spotsylvania County , Stafford County .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Unemployment in September 2007:

Here:	4.1%
Virginia:	2.8%

Unemployment by year (%)

Current college students: 3,503
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 80.2%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 30.5%

Number of foreign born residents: 997 (32% naturalized citizens)

Fredericksburg city:	5.2%
Whole state:	8.1%

Year of entry for the foreign-born population

1995 to March 2000: 278
1990 to 1994: 212
1985 to 1989: 121
1980 to 1984: 140
1975 to 1979: 61
1970 to 1974: 26
1970 to 1974: 29
1965 to 1969: 130

Mean travel time to work: 24.6 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 42.1%

Fredericksburg city marital status for males

Fredericksburg city marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 3,705
One, attached: 661
Two: 410
3 or 4: 405
5 to 9: 937
10 to 19: 1,856
20 or more: 862
Mobile homes: 52

Housing units in Fredericksburg city with a mortgage: 1,901 (153 second mortgage, 212 home equity loan, 27 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 811

Class of Workers

Most common industries for males:

Construction (11%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (11%)
Public administration (10%)
Accommodation and food services (9%)
Educational services (7%)
Health care (4%)
Finance and insurance (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Educational services (18%)
Health care (11%)
Finance and insurance (10%)
Accommodation and food services (9%)
Public administration (7%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
Social assistance (3%)

Most common occupations for males

Computer specialists (5%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (3%)

Most common occupations for females

Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Customer service representatives (4%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Mexico (32%)
El Salvador (11%)
Guatemala (6%)
United Kingdom (6%)
Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (5%)
Canada (5%)
Germany (4%)

Most common first ancestries reported in Fredericksburg city:

English (13%)
German (11%)
Irish (10%)
United States or American (8%)
Italian (4%)
French (except Basque) (3%)
African (3%)

Fredericksburg city mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 6,824 (71%)
Carpooled: 1,215 (13%)
Bus or trolley bus: 116 (1%)
Railroad: 221 (2%)
Taxi: 74 (1%)
Bicycle: 44 (0%)
Walked: 725 (8%)
Other means: 107 (1%)
Worked at home: 333 (3%)

People in group quarters in Fredericksburg city, Virginia

2045 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
150 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
48 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
45 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
31 people in other nonhousehold living situations

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $64,404.

23.53% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($41,086 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	23.53%
Virginia average:	11.06%

0.21% of residents moved from foreign countries ($517 average AGI)
Fredericksburg city: 0.21%
Virginia average: 0.41%

17.80% relocated from other counties in Virginia ($31,437 average AGI)
5.52% relocated from other states ($9,132 average AGI)
Fredericksburg city: 5.52%
Virginia average: 4.24%

Percentage of residents relocating from other counties or countries

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Spotsylvania County, VA	6.78% ($39,895 average AGI)
from Stafford County, VA	4.19% ($44,212)
from Prince William County, VA	1.21% ($52,908)
from Fairfax County, VA	1.02% ($37,301)
from Caroline County, VA	0.67% ($32,278)
from King George County, VA	0.54% ($39,318)
from Orange County, VA	0.36% ($51,586)

22.02% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($39,252 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	22.02%
Virginia average:	10.78%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
17.22% relocated to other counties in Virginia ($29,928 average AGI)
4.80% relocated to other states ($9,324 average AGI)
Fredericksburg city: 4.80%
Virginia average: 4.13%

Percentage of residents relocating to other counties or countries

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Spotsylvania County, VA	7.31% ($36,662 average AGI)
to Stafford County, VA	2.69% ($39,117)
to Caroline County, VA	1.26% ($41,770)
to King George County, VA	0.82% ($41,385)
to Prince William County, VA	0.54% ($29,814)
to Fairfax County, VA	0.52% ($39,512)
to Orange County, VA	0.40% ($48,063)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 23.5
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 19.3

Births per 1000 population in Fredericksburg city

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 11.3

Deaths per 1000 population in Fredericksburg city

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 9.9
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 12.3

Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Fredericksburg city

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 9,124 (7,782 aged, 1,342 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%

Household type by relationship

Households: 16,917

In family households: 11,503 (2,600 male householders, 1,342 female householders)
2,650 spouses, 3,748 children (3,597 natural, 17 adopted, 134 stepchildren), 298 grandchildren, 151 brothers or sisters, 88 parents, 237 other relatives, 389 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 5,414 (1,776 male householders (1,327 living alone)), 2,368 female householders (1,848 living alone)), 1,270 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 2,362 (123 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 1,921 2-persons, 983 3-persons, 649 4-persons, 269 5-persons, 95 6-persons, 25 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 3,175 1-person, 780 2-persons, 146 3-persons, 36 4-persons, 7 6-persons.

1,632 married couples with children.
1,314 single-parent households (193 men, 1,121 women).

90.4% of residents of Fredericksburg city speak English at home.
6.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (48% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 22% speak English not well, 16% don't speak English at all).
2.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (70% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (69% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $325,991,000 ($15935 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $97,855,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $206,952,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $52,759,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $236,000
Federal grants: $20,719,000
Federal procurement contracts: $27,289,000 ($17,098,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $18,036,000 ($264,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $405,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $15,568,000
Federal Government insurance: $0,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 2,027

Here:	98 per 1000 residents
State:	70 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 1,176

Here:	57 per 1000 residents
State:	40 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: +250

Here:	+12 per 1000 residents
State:	+18 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: +441

Here:	+21 per 1000 residents
State:	+14 per 1000 residents

Population growth in Fredericksburg city

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.98 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.7
State:	6.6

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.1
State:	4.3

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 288
1995 to 1998: 402
1990 to 1994: 355
1980 to 1989: 990
1970 to 1979: 2,270
1960 to 1969: 896
1950 to 1959: 854
1940 to 1949: 796
1939 or earlier: 2,037

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Fredericksburg city, Virginia:

1 room: 0
2 rooms: 0
3 rooms: 41
4 rooms: 186
5 rooms: 504
6 rooms: 590
7 rooms: 520
8 rooms: 463
9 or more rooms: 572

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Fredericksburg city, Virginia:

1 room: 100
2 rooms: 441
3 rooms: 1,062
4 rooms: 1,562
5 rooms: 1,388
6 rooms: 388
7 rooms: 160
8 rooms: 73
9 or more rooms: 52

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Fredericksburg city:

no bedroom: 0
1 bedroom: 76
2 bedrooms: 669
3 bedrooms: 1,345
4 bedrooms: 640
5 or more bedrooms: 146

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Fredericksburg city:

no bedroom: 187
1 bedroom: 1,575
2 bedrooms: 2,621
3 bedrooms: 713
4 bedrooms: 115
5 or more bedrooms: 15

Cars and other vehicles available in Fredericksburg city in owner-occupied houses/condos:

no vehicle: 117
1 vehicle: 924
2 vehicles: 1,216
3 vehicles: 491
4 vehicles: 112
5 or more vehicles: 16

Cars and other vehicles available in Fredericksburg city in renter-occupied apartments

no vehicle: 953
1 vehicle: 2,658
2 vehicles: 1,230
3 vehicles: 283
4 vehicles: 87
5 or more vehicles: 15

40% of Fredericksburg city residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 23% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 68% lived in Virginia.

Fredericksburg city:	40.4%
State average:	53.8%

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 10104
Northeast: 2842
Midwest: 1135
South: 3351
West: 665

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $99,400

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:

Utility gas (57%)
Electricity (25%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (17%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:

Utility gas (50%)
Electricity (42%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
Other fuel (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 135

Here:	9.2%
Virginia:	9.5%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 43

Here:	6.5%
Virginia:	8.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 177

Here:	5.5%
Virginia:	20.6%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

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