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Winchester city, Virginia (VA)



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Winchester city, VA mapCounty 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


Winchester city, VA map from a distance

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.



Winchester city close-up map

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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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