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Total population: 143,885 (All urban)

Alexandria, Virginia Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 64,251 (61,889 occupied: 24,727 owner occupied, 37,162 renter occupied)
% of renters here:  60%
State:  32%

Housing density: 4233 houses/condos per square mile


Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $347,958.


Median contract rent in 2007: $1,174 (lower quartile is $956, upper quartile is $1,499)


Housing units in Alexandria with a mortgage: 13,834 (2,291 second mortgage, 1,569 home equity loan, 50 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,002





Alexandria,VA index of house prices



Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $555,100 (it was $202,400 in 2000)
Alexandria:  $555,100
Virginia:  $262,100
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $368,600 - $745,200

Mean price in 2007:
Detached houses: $781,462
Here:  $781,462
State:  $357,398

Townhouses or other attached units: $631,588
Here:  $631,588
State:  $371,438

In 2-unit structures: $625,000
Here:  $625,000
State:  $295,743

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $416,174
Here:  $416,174
State:  $305,320

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $370,637
Here:  $370,637
State:  $316,638

Median year house/condo built: 1968

Median year apartment built: 1970

Household type by relationship

Households: 126,375
  • In family households: 83,918 (19,124 male householders, 9,029 female householders)
    20,974 spouses, 24,371 children (22,791 natural, 664 adopted, 916 stepchildren), 1,278 grandchildren, 2,147 brothers or sisters, 1,075 parents, 2,664 other relatives, 3,256 non-relatives
  • In nonfamily households: 42,457 (15,463 male householders (11,522 living alone)), 18,352 female householders (15,358 living alone)), 8,642 nonrelatives
  • In group quarters: 1,908 (1,475 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 13,708 2-persons, 6,426 3-persons, 4,428 4-persons, 2,037 5-persons, 904 6-persons, 650 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 26,880 1-person, 5,882 2-persons, 737 3-persons, 205 4-persons, 90 5-persons, 21 6-persons.

12,987 married couples with children.
6,009 single-parent households (1,054 men, 4,955 women).

70.0% of residents of Alexandria speak English at home.
14.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (41% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 25% speak English not well, 15% don't speak English at all).
6.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
3.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (51% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
5.9% of residents speak other language at home (64% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 32,600 (25.4%)
(28.4% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:  6.0
State:  6.6

Median number of rooms in apartments:
Here:  3.4
State:  4.3

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Alexandria, Virginia:
  • 1 room: 212
  • 2 rooms: 691
  • 3 rooms: 1,762
  • 4 rooms: 3,342
  • 5 rooms: 4,146
  • 6 rooms: 4,519
  • 7 rooms: 3,886
  • 8 rooms: 3,065
  • 9 or more rooms: 3,104



Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Alexandria, Virginia:
  • 1 room: 4,559
  • 2 rooms: 5,748
  • 3 rooms: 9,141
  • 4 rooms: 8,559
  • 5 rooms: 5,533
  • 6 rooms: 2,086
  • 7 rooms: 886
  • 8 rooms: 395
  • 9 or more rooms: 255



Year house built:

  • 1999 to March 2000: 1,213
  • 1995 to 1998: 3,311
  • 1990 to 1994: 2,554
  • 1980 to 1989: 7,651
  • 1970 to 1979: 14,141
  • 1960 to 1969: 11,988
  • 1950 to 1959: 8,602
  • 1940 to 1949: 8,125
  • 1939 or earlier: 6,666


Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Alexandria:
  • no bedroom: 272
  • 1 bedroom: 2,980
  • 2 bedrooms: 7,897
  • 3 bedrooms: 9,354
  • 4 bedrooms: 3,406
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 818



Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Alexandria:
  • no bedroom: 5,426
  • 1 bedroom: 16,276
  • 2 bedrooms: 11,396
  • 3 bedrooms: 3,593
  • 4 bedrooms: 409
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 62



Owners and renters by unit type in %



Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders



Cars and other vehicles available in Alexandria in owner-occupied houses/condos:
  • no vehicle: 1,137
  • 1 vehicle: 11,539
  • 2 vehicles: 9,422
  • 3 vehicles: 2,178
  • 4 vehicles: 315
  • 5 or more vehicles: 136



Cars and other vehicles available in Alexandria in n renter-occupied apartments
  • no vehicle: 5,816
  • 1 vehicle: 20,897
  • 2 vehicles: 8,741
  • 3 vehicles: 1,280
  • 4 vehicles: 287
  • 5 or more vehicles: 141


Alexandria rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Alexandria:

  • Less than $100: 371 people
  • $100 to $149: 198
  • $150 to $199: 274
  • $200 to $249: 172
  • $250 to $299: 138
  • $300 to $349: 150
  • $350 to $399: 120
  • $400 to $449: 140
  • $450 to $499: 171
  • $500 to $549: 104
  • $550 to $599: 120
  • $600 to $649: 146
  • $650 to $699: 222
  • $700 to $749: 289
  • $750 to $799: 396
  • $800 to $899: 1,596
  • $900 to $999: 3,132
  • $1,000 to $1,249: 10,402
  • $1,250 to $1,499: 5,756
  • $1,500 to $1,999: 4,591
  • $2,000 or more: 1,824
  • No cash rent: 416
 



Year of entry for the foreign-born population
  • 1995 to March 2000: 12,153
  • 1990 to 1994: 6,779
  • 1985 to 1989: 5,220
  • 1980 to 1984: 3,661
  • 1975 to 1979: 1,595
  • 1970 to 1974: 1,363
  • 1970 to 1974: 620
  • 1965 to 1969: 1,209

Alexandria, VA Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 25.2%
Number of people working at home: 2,692 (3.5% of all workers)


Alexandria travel time to work

Travel time to work

  • Less than 5 minutes: 959
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 3541
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 7414
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 9888
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 10874
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 4863
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 12554
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 3015
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 5094
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 10375
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 4597
  • 90 or more minutes: 1324
 


Alexandria mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

  • Drove a car alone: 48,487 (63%)
  • Carpooled: 10,158 (13%)
  • Bus or trolley bus: 4,928 (6%)
  • Streetcar or trolley car: 66 (0%)
  • Subway or elevated: 7,192 (9%)
  • Railroad: 93 (0%)
  • Taxi: 358 (0%)
  • Motorcycle: 90 (0%)
  • Bicycle: 413 (1%)
  • Walked: 2,289 (3%)
  • Other means: 424 (1%)
  • Worked at home: 2,692 (3%)
 


Alexandria, VA household income

Household income:

  • Less than $10,000: 3408
  • $10,000 to $14,999: 1949
  • $15,000 to $19,999: 2108
  • $20,000 to $24,999: 2646
  • $25,000 to $29,999: 2996
  • $30,000 to $34,999: 3629
  • $35,000 to $39,999: 3647
  • $40,000 to $44,999: 3673
  • $45,000 to $49,999: 2928
  • $50,000 to $59,999: 5983
  • $60,000 to $74,999: 7261
  • $75,000 to $99,999: 8091
  • $100,000 to $124,999: 4671
  • $125,000 to $149,999: 2914
  • $150,000 to $199,999: 2825
  • $200,000 or more: 3239
 


First ancestries reported:

 Other groups: 42956
 Irish: 9927
 English: 9471
 German: 8957
 Subsaharan African:: 8352
 Italian: 4671
 United States or American: 3904
 Ethiopian: 2711
 African: 2235
 Scottish: 2149
 Polish: 1929
 Scotch-Irish: 1903
 Arab:: 1741
 French (except Basque): 1477
 European: 1386
 Russian: 1237
 Ghanian: 1152
 British: 911
 Swedish: 885
 Norwegian: 879
 Afghan: 718
 Dutch: 633
 West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 630
 Greek: 540
 Somalian: 529
 Iranian: 498
 Welsh: 495
 Sierra Leonean: 493
 French Canadian: 463
 Arab/Arabic: 440
 Sudanese: 424
 Hungarian: 404
 Other Subsaharan African: 389
 Lebanese: 379
 Czech: 361
 Jamaican: 333
 Slovak: 317
 Swiss: 294
 Ukrainian: 291
 Moroccan: 291
 Danish: 280
 Eastern European: 279
 Egyptian: 273
 Austrian: 256
 Lithuanian: 239
 Nigerian: 232
 Northern European: 217
 Portuguese: 217
 Turkish: 210
 Canadian: 176
 Other Arab: 142
 Croatian: 140
 Finnish: 137
 Scandinavian: 127
 Belgian: 119
 Armenian: 117
 Syrian: 115
 Czechoslovakian: 115
 Romanian: 111
 Yugoslavian: 110
 Brazilian: 97
 Guyanese: 90
 Ugandan: 84
 Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 79
 Haitian: 76
 Slavic: 68
 Bulgarian: 67
 Serbian: 64
 Palestinian: 56
 Australian: 47
 Zimbabwean: 45
 Celtic: 44
 Slovene: 42
 Estonian: 41
 West Indian: 40
 Bahamian: 39
 Latvian: 37
 Pennsylvania German: 34
 Barbadian: 32
 Icelander: 27
 Alsatian: 24
 Liberian: 24
 Iraqi: 24
 Acadian/Cajun: 23
 Kenyan: 22
 Jordanian: 21
 Albanian: 20
 Israeli: 18
 Luxemburger: 16
 British West Indian: 16
 New Zealander: 14
 German Russian: 13
 Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 8
 Macedonian: 8
 Belizean: 8
 Zairian: 8
 Other West Indian: 7
 Basque: 4
 South African: 4


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



  • El Salvador (18%)
  • Ethiopia (8%)
  • Honduras (4%)
  • Ghana (4%)
  • Korea (4%)
  • Mexico (3%)
  • Other Northern Africa (3%)


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

  • This state: 27840
  • Northeast: 21004
  • Midwest: 11976
  • South: 26329
  • West: 5979

40% of Alexandria residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 29% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 43% lived in Virginia.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 937
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 503
  • 5th and 6th grade: 991
  • 7th and 8th grade: 699
  • 9th grade: 695
  • 10th grade: 651
  • 11th grade: 572
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 1,058
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 5,158
  • Less than 1 year of college: 1,743
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 4,577
  • Associate degree: 1,901
  • Bachelor's degree: 13,358
  • Master's degree: 7,673
  • Professional school degree: 3,704
  • Doctorate degree: 1,505


Educational Attainment for Males


Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 969
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 511
  • 5th and 6th grade: 844
  • 7th and 8th grade: 828
  • 9th grade: 745
  • 10th grade: 725
  • 11th grade: 631
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 1,238
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 6,957
  • Less than 1 year of college: 2,482
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 6,021
  • Associate degree: 2,312
  • Bachelor's degree: 14,914
  • Master's degree: 7,566
  • Professional school degree: 2,332
  • Doctorate degree: 930


Educational Attainment for Females




Class of Workers


Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 1.7%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 1.7%


Unemployment rate for Black males: 6.3%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 5.0%


Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 8.8%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 0.0%


Unemployment rate for Asian males: 3.6%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 7.0%


Unemployment rate for other race males: 4.5%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 8.0%


Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 2.1%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 6.6%


Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 4.5%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 6.3%


Median household income in 2007 for:

  • White non-Hispanic householders: $99,019
  • Black householders: $41,647
  • American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $50,865
  • Asian householders: $66,743
  • Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $32,358
  • Some other race householders: $38,952
  • Two or more races householders: $79,543
  • Hispanic or Latino race householders: $57,253

Alexandria household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Alexandria household income for Black householders

Alexandria household income for Asian householders

Alexandria household income for Some other race householders

Alexandria household income for Two or more races householders

Alexandria household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Alexandria marital status for males

Alexandria marital status for females


Median 2007 house value for:

  • White Non-Hispanic householders: $755,583
  • Black or African American householders: $434,426
  • American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $355,165
  • Asian householders: $514,783
  • Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $754,211
  • Some other race householders: $410,291
  • Two or more races householders: $509,573
  • Hispanic or Latino householders: $490,923

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 9,533
  • One, attached: 13,571
  • Two: 754
  • 3 or 4: 1,939
  • 5 to 9: 6,461
  • 10 to 19: 8,455
  • 20 to 49: 3,746
  • 50 or more: 19,659
  • Mobile homes: 109
  • Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 24

Median worth of mobile homes: $35,466


Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%


Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Alexandria:

 


Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
  • Utility gas (62%)
  • Electricity (33%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)


Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
  • Utility gas (49%)
  • Electricity (44%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
  • No fuel used (1%)
  • Other fuel (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,399
Here:  16.3%
Virginia:  9.5%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 671
Here:  15.8%
Virginia:  8.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1,417
Here:  23.6%
Virginia:  20.6%



School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students



School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

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 (Noninst.)


 

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