Winchester city, Virginia (VA)

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County population in 2005: 25,119 (all urban)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 4,571
Renter-occupied apartments: 5,430

% of renters here:	54%
State:	32%

Land area: 9 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.

Population density: 2691 people per square mile

(very high).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This county:	13.2%
Whole state:	9.6%

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

This county:	5.7%
Whole state:	4.3%

Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (20.5%), Manufacturing (18.8%), Retail trade (12.8%).

Type of workers:

Private wage or salary: 83%
Government: 12%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 5%
Unpaid family work: 0%

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

Races in Winchester city, Virginia:

White Non-Hispanic (79.4%)
Black (10.5%)
Hispanic (6.5%)
Other race (3.5%)
Two or more races (2.1%)
American Indian (0.9%)

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

Median resident age:	35.2 years
Virginia median age:	35.7 years

Males: 11,434	(48.5%)
Females: 12,151	(51.5%)

Total labor force in 2004: 13,767
Unemployment rate in 2004: 3.2%

Average household size:

Winchester city:	2.3 people
Virginia:	2.5 people

Estimated median household income in 2005: $39,898 ($34,335 in 2000)

This county	$39,898
Virginia:	$54,240

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $194,608

Winchester city	$194,608
Virginia:	$212,300

Median montly rent in 2000: $547
Institutionalized population: 148
Median monthly costs for houses with a mortgage in Winchester city in 2000: $948

Winchester city races chart

Single-family new house construction building permits:

2000: 102 buildings, average cost: $109,200
2001: 113 buildings, average cost: $140,000
2002: 141 buildings, average cost: $132,300
2003: 122 buildings, average cost: $121,700
2004: 139 buildings, average cost: $144,800

Number of permits per 10,000 residents

Average cost (in 1000s)

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $672 (0.6%)

Area name: Winchester, VA HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Winchester city is $490 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $647 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $893 a month.

2005 air pollution in Winchester city:

Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) Annual: 21 µg/m³. Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) 24-hour (standard limit: 150 µg/m³): 40 µg/m³. Near U.S. average.

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Unemployment in September 2007:

Here:	3.1%
Virginia:	2.8%

Unemployment by year (%)

Current college students: 1,688
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 75.4%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 23.7%

Number of foreign born residents: 1,604 (19% naturalized citizens)

Winchester city:	6.8%
Whole state:	8.1%

Year of entry for the foreign-born population

1995 to March 2000: 797
1990 to 1994: 342
1985 to 1989: 153
1980 to 1984: 147
1975 to 1979: 58
1970 to 1974: 23
1970 to 1974: 19
1965 to 1969: 65

Mean travel time to work: 20.1 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 50.9%

Winchester city marital status for males

Winchester city marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 5,898
One, attached: 999
Two: 418
3 or 4: 845
5 to 9: 958
10 to 19: 1,015
20 or more: 390
Mobile homes: 64

Housing units in Winchester city with a mortgage: 2,667 (288 second mortgage, 327 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,620

Winchester city historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly above Virginia state average. It is 14.1 times above overall U.S. average.

Class of Workers

Most common industries for males:

Construction (13%)
Educational services (6%)
Accommodation and food services (6%)
Plastics and rubber products (4%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
Health care (4%)
Public administration (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Educational services (14%)
Health care (14%)
Accommodation and food services (9%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
Social assistance (4%)
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (3%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)

Most common occupations for males

Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
Registered nurses (5%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)

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

Mexico (46%)
El Salvador (10%)
Jamaica (5%)
Vietnam (5%)
Japan (5%)
Honduras (4%)
Germany (3%)

Most common first ancestries reported in Winchester city:

United States or American (15%)
German (14%)
English (12%)
Irish (11%)
Italian (3%)
Scottish (3%)
Scotch-Irish (3%)

Winchester city mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 8,604 (72%)
Carpooled: 2,027 (17%)
Bus or trolley bus: 124 (1%)
Railroad: 4 (0%)
Taxi: 101 (1%)
Bicycle: 37 (0%)
Walked: 575 (5%)
Other means: 74 (1%)
Worked at home: 371 (3%)

People in group quarters in Winchester city, Virginia

585 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
148 people in nursing homes
35 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
9 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
8 people in other nonhousehold living situations

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $61,611.

15.04% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($43,647 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	15.04%
Virginia average:	11.06%

0.10% of residents moved from foreign countries ($92 average AGI)
Winchester city: 0.10%
Virginia average: 0.41%

10.00% relocated from other counties in Virginia ($29,355 average AGI)
4.94% relocated from other states ($14,200 average AGI)
Winchester city: 4.94%
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 Frederick County, VA	5.69% ($44,647 average AGI)
from Loudoun County, VA	0.75% ($46,613)
from Warren County, VA	0.57% ($31,070)
from Fairfax County, VA	0.54% ($52,185)
from Clarke County, VA	0.47% ($66,404)
from Berkeley County, WV	0.42% ($40,714)
from Shenandoah County, VA	0.33% ($32,000)

15.01% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($42,660 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	15.01%
Virginia average:	10.78%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
9.91% relocated to other counties in Virginia ($27,440 average AGI)
5.10% relocated to other states ($15,220 average AGI)
Winchester city: 5.10%
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 Frederick County, VA	6.48% ($43,111 average AGI)
to Berkeley County, WV	1.07% ($51,537)
to Shenandoah County, VA	0.53% ($43,736)
to Fairfax County, VA	0.39% ($43,205)
to Loudoun County, VA	0.37% ($42,351)
to Warren County, VA	0.33% ($27,879)
to Clarke County, VA	0.31% ($35,194)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.7
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 15.1

Births per 1000 population in Winchester city

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 10.7

Deaths per 1000 population in Winchester city

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 10.4
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 4.3

Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Winchester city

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 5,226 (4,623 aged, 603 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12%

Household type by relationship

Households: 22,805

In family households: 17,410 (4,018 male householders, 1,646 female householders)
4,075 spouses, 6,010 children (5,616 natural, 102 adopted, 292 stepchildren), 386 grandchildren, 187 brothers or sisters, 115 parents, 360 other relatives, 613 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 5,395 (1,919 male householders (1,454 living alone)), 2,411 female householders (2,006 living alone)), 1,065 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 780 (111 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 2,549 2-persons, 1,382 3-persons, 988 4-persons, 501 5-persons, 169 6-persons, 75 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 3,460 1-person, 725 2-persons, 95 3-persons, 32 4-persons, 9 5-persons, 9 6-persons.

3,055 married couples with children.
1,449 single-parent households (307 men, 1,142 women).

90.0% of residents of Winchester city speak English at home.
6.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (37% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 26% don't speak English at all).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (27% speak English very well, 55% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $195,628,000 ($7895 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $28,698,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $91,138,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $37,291,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $18,000
Federal grants: $27,163,000
Federal procurement contracts: $15,651,000 ($1,988,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $24,367,000 ($14,006,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $25,988,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $13,194,000
Federal Government insurance: $9,554,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 1,990

Here:	79 per 1000 residents
State:	70 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 1,261

Here:	50 per 1000 residents
State:	40 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: +731

Here:	+29 per 1000 residents
State:	+18 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: +138

Here:	+5 per 1000 residents
State:	+14 per 1000 residents

Population growth in Winchester 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:	6.5
State:	6.6

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.2
State:	4.3

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 110
1995 to 1998: 552
1990 to 1994: 521
1980 to 1989: 1,489
1970 to 1979: 1,398
1960 to 1969: 1,432
1950 to 1959: 1,698
1940 to 1949: 1,188
1939 or earlier: 2,199

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

1 room: 0
2 rooms: 0
3 rooms: 62
4 rooms: 175
5 rooms: 771
6 rooms: 1,276
7 rooms: 789
8 rooms: 681
9 or more rooms: 817

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

1 room: 210
2 rooms: 417
3 rooms: 946
4 rooms: 1,619
5 rooms: 1,105
6 rooms: 713
7 rooms: 258
8 rooms: 108
9 or more rooms: 54

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

no bedroom: 0
1 bedroom: 79
2 bedrooms: 603
3 bedrooms: 2,636
4 bedrooms: 1,015
5 or more bedrooms: 238

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Winchester city:

no bedroom: 246
1 bedroom: 1,502
2 bedrooms: 2,286
3 bedrooms: 1,175
4 bedrooms: 190
5 or more bedrooms: 31

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

no vehicle: 255
1 vehicle: 1,347
2 vehicles: 1,896
3 vehicles: 800
4 vehicles: 203
5 or more vehicles: 70

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

no vehicle: 977
1 vehicle: 2,567
2 vehicles: 1,506
3 vehicles: 281
4 vehicles: 67
5 or more vehicles: 32

46% of Winchester city residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 16% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 66% lived in Virginia.

Winchester city:	45.6%
State average:	53.8%

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

This state: 12574
Northeast: 2443
Midwest: 1170
South: 4890
West: 595

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $88,600

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:

Utility gas (40%)
Electricity (28%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (27%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
Wood (2%)
Other fuel (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:

Electricity (49%)
Utility gas (35%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (12%)
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): 83

Here:	3.7%
Virginia:	9.5%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 44

Here:	3.9%
Virginia:	8.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 830

Here:	57.6%
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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