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Manassas city, Virginia (VA)



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Manassas city, VA mapCounty population in 2005: 37,569 (100% urban, 0% rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 8,203
Renter-occupied apartments: 3,554
% of renters here:  30%
State:  32%
Land area: 10 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population density: 3782 people per square mile 
 
 (very high).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This county:  6.3%
Whole state:  9.6%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This county:  3.4%
Whole state:  4.3%

Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (15.4%), Professional,scientific,management,administrative,and waste management services (14.6%), Retail trade (12.3%), Construction (11.6%).

Type of workers:

  • Private wage or salary: 78%
  • Government: 18%
  • Self-employed, not incorporated: 4%
  • Unpaid family work: 0%

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

Races in Manassas city, Virginia:

  • White Non-Hispanic (66.3%)
  • Hispanic (15.1%)
  • Black (12.9%)
  • Other race (7.9%)
  • Two or more races (3.3%)
  • American Indian (0.8%)
  • Other Asian (0.8%)
  • Asian Indian (0.7%)
  • Filipino (0.6%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Median resident age:  31.3 years
Virginia median age:  35.7 years

Males: 17,868  (50.9%)
Females: 17,267  (49.1%)

Total labor force in 2004: 20,508
Unemployment rate in 2004: 3.1%

Average household size:
Manassas city:  2.9 people
Virginia:  2.5 people

Estimated median household income in 2005: $70,197 ($60,409 in 2000)
This county  $70,197
Virginia:  $54,240

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $276,097
Manassas city  $276,097
Virginia:  $212,300

Median montly rent in 2000: $801
Institutionalized population: 747
Median monthly costs for houses with a mortgage in Manassas city in 2000: $1297

Manassas city races chart


Manassas city, VA map from a distance

Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 2000: 54 buildings, average cost: $65,400
  • 2001: 155 buildings, average cost: $108,000
  • 2002: 142 buildings, average cost: $104,700
  • 2003: 132 buildings, average cost: $107,700
  • 2004: 147 buildings, average cost: $106,900
  • 2005: 154 buildings, average cost: $116,100
  • 2006: 137 buildings, average cost: $113,300

Number of permits per 10,000 residents


Average cost (in 1000s)





Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $1,680 (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 Manassas 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.

Neighboring counties: Manassas Park city .


Manassas city close-up map

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

 
Unemployment in September 2007:
Here:  2.5%
Virginia:  2.8%


Unemployment by year (%)

Current college students: 1,916
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 81.3%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 28.1%

Number of foreign born residents: 4,973 (27% naturalized citizens)

Manassas city:  14.2%
Whole state:  8.1%


Year of entry for the foreign-born population

  • 1995 to March 2000: 1,420
  • 1990 to 1994: 1,223
  • 1985 to 1989: 940
  • 1980 to 1984: 578
  • 1975 to 1979: 321
  • 1970 to 1974: 142
  • 1970 to 1974: 106
  • 1965 to 1969: 243

Mean travel time to work: 32.4 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 24.7%

Manassas city marital status for males

Manassas city marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 5,197
  • One, attached: 4,029
  • Two: 62
  • 3 or 4: 249
  • 5 to 9: 746
  • 10 to 19: 1,454
  • 20 or more: 192
  • Mobile homes: 173
  • Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 12

Housing units in Manassas city with a mortgage: 6,789 (858 second mortgage, 710 home equity loan, 34 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 593


Manassas city historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly above Virginia state average. It is 6.6 times above overall U.S. average.



Class of Workers



Most common industries for males:



  • Construction (19%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (11%)
  • Public administration (9%)
  • Accommodation and food services (5%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
  • Educational services (4%)
  • Broadcasting and telecommunications (4%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Educational services (12%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
  • Health care (10%)
  • Public administration (8%)
  • Accommodation and food services (8%)
  • Finance and insurance (5%)
  • Social assistance (5%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Computer specialists (9%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
  • Operations specialties managers except financial managers (3%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
  • Cashiers (4%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)


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



  • Mexico (36%)
  • El Salvador (19%)
  • Guatemala (5%)
  • Philippines (3%)
  • Honduras (3%)
  • Korea (3%)
  • United Kingdom (3%)


Most common first ancestries reported in Manassas city:



  • German (11%)
  • Irish (11%)
  • English (10%)
  • United States or American (9%)
  • Italian (5%)
  • Scotch-Irish (2%)
  • Polish (2%)

Manassas city mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

  • Drove a car alone: 13,634 (75%)
  • Carpooled: 2,991 (16%)
  • Bus or trolley bus: 88 (0%)
  • Subway or elevated: 56 (0%)
  • Railroad: 347 (2%)
  • Taxi: 53 (0%)
  • Motorcycle: 24 (0%)
  • Bicycle: 21 (0%)
  • Walked: 308 (2%)
  • Other means: 192 (1%)
  • Worked at home: 431 (2%)
 

People in group quarters in Manassas city, Virginia
  • 519 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
  • 228 people in nursing homes
  • 86 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
  • 28 people in other nonhousehold living situations

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $65,605.

16.31% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($38,381 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  16.31%
Virginia average:  11.06%

0.13% of residents moved from foreign countries ($344 average AGI)
Manassas city:  0.13%
Virginia average:  0.41%

12.91% relocated from other counties in Virginia ($30,993 average AGI)
3.27% relocated from other states ($7,044 average AGI)
Manassas city:  3.27%
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 Prince William County, VA  6.06% ($38,227 average AGI)
from Fairfax County, VA  3.14% ($43,866)
from Manassas Park city, VA  0.93% ($34,492)
from Loudoun County, VA  0.59% ($40,790)
from Arlington County, VA  0.44% ($35,213)
from Alexandria city, VA  0.35% ($38,479)
from Fauquier County, VA  0.31% ($33,465)


19.35% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($51,507 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  19.35%
Virginia average:  10.78%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
15.23% relocated to other counties in Virginia ($39,641 average AGI)
4.12% relocated to other states ($11,866 average AGI)
Manassas city:  4.12%
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 Prince William County, VA  7.48% ($49,106 average AGI)
to Fairfax County, VA  1.95% ($53,246)
to Manassas Park city, VA  1.05% ($36,053)
to Fauquier County, VA  1.00% ($62,174)
to Loudoun County, VA  0.73% ($53,286)
to Culpeper County, VA  0.54% ($53,351)
to Warren County, VA  0.33% ($54,854)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 20.1
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 20.0



Births per 1000 population in Manassas city

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 4.9
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 5.4



Deaths per 1000 population in Manassas city

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.5
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 6.1



Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Manassas city

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 6,482 (5,452 aged, 1,030 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%


Household type by relationship


Households: 34,268
  • In family households: 29,864 (6,552 male householders, 1,980 female householders)
    6,807 spouses, 11,498 children (10,694 natural, 331 adopted, 473 stepchildren), 393 grandchildren, 399 brothers or sisters, 245 parents, 912 other relatives, 1,078 non-relatives
  • In nonfamily households: 4,404 (1,730 male householders (1,278 living alone)), 1,523 female householders (1,194 living alone)), 1,151 nonrelatives
  • In group quarters: 867 (758 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 2,645 2-persons, 2,031 3-persons, 2,039 4-persons, 988 5-persons, 454 6-persons, 375 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,472 1-person, 616 2-persons, 90 3-persons, 47 4-persons, 8 5-persons, 20 7-or-more-persons.

7,543 married couples with children.
1,895 single-parent households (462 men, 1,433 women).

81.5% of residents of Manassas city speak English at home.
13.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (44% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 26% speak English not well, 15% don't speak English at all).
2.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (53% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (88% speak English very well, 12% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $1,063,788,000 ($28281 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $730,504,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $164,704,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $31,615,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $25,000
Federal grants: $51,954,000
Federal procurement contracts: $766,104,000 ($657,653,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $49,386,000 ($12,839,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $439,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $85,447,000
Federal Government insurance: $12,361,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 3,697
Here:  98 per 1000 residents
State:  70 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 1,027
Here:  27 per 1000 residents
State:  40 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: +1,210
Here:  +32 per 1000 residents
State:  +18 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: -1,351
Here:  -36 per 1000 residents
State:  +14 per 1000 residents



Population growth in Manassas city

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.00 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:  7.2
State:  6.6

Median number of rooms in apartments:
Here:  4.5
State:  4.3



Year house built:

  • 1999 to March 2000: 82
  • 1995 to 1998: 706
  • 1990 to 1994: 1,778
  • 1980 to 1989: 4,648
  • 1970 to 1979: 2,127
  • 1960 to 1969: 1,453
  • 1950 to 1959: 757
  • 1940 to 1949: 222
  • 1939 or earlier: 341


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

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 26
  • 3 rooms: 217
  • 4 rooms: 420
  • 5 rooms: 894
  • 6 rooms: 1,647
  • 7 rooms: 1,361
  • 8 rooms: 1,568
  • 9 or more rooms: 2,070


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

  • 1 room: 93
  • 2 rooms: 293
  • 3 rooms: 586
  • 4 rooms: 826
  • 5 rooms: 730
  • 6 rooms: 601
  • 7 rooms: 179
  • 8 rooms: 134
  • 9 or more rooms: 112


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

  • no bedroom: 18
  • 1 bedroom: 98
  • 2 bedrooms: 1,110
  • 3 bedrooms: 3,709
  • 4 bedrooms: 2,804
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 464


Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Manassas city:

  • no bedroom: 122
  • 1 bedroom: 907
  • 2 bedrooms: 1,303
  • 3 bedrooms: 1,003
  • 4 bedrooms: 202
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 17


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

  • no vehicle: 186
  • 1 vehicle: 1,715
  • 2 vehicles: 4,111
  • 3 vehicles: 1,664
  • 4 vehicles: 379
  • 5 or more vehicles: 148


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

  • no vehicle: 361
  • 1 vehicle: 1,632
  • 2 vehicles: 1,246
  • 3 vehicles: 246
  • 4 vehicles: 59
  • 5 or more vehicles: 10

51% of Manassas city residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 12% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in Virginia.

Manassas city:  50.6%
State average:  53.8%


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

  • This state: 14119
  • Northeast: 4658
  • Midwest: 2413
  • South: 6448
  • West: 1772

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $114,200


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 (48%)
  • Electricity (48%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
  • Wood (1%)


Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:


  • Electricity (66%)
  • Utility gas (32%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
  • No fuel used (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 669
Here:  14.1%
Virginia:  9.5%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 164
Here:  7.6%
Virginia:  8.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 303
Here:  20.1%
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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