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Total population: 209,969 (All urban)

Arlington, Virginia Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 90,426 (86,352 occupied: 37,364 owner occupied, 48,988 renter occupied)
% of renters here:  57%
State:  32%

Housing density: 3495 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: $1,396 (lower quartile is $1,051, upper quartile is $1,907)


Housing units in Arlington with a mortgage: 21,853 (3,192 second mortgage, 2,603 home equity loan, 109 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 6,220





Arlington,VA index of house prices



Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $596,600 (it was $233,700 in 2000)
Arlington:  $596,600
Virginia:  $262,100
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $425,400 - $786,900

Mean price in 2007:
Detached houses: $770,165
Here:  $770,165
State:  $357,398

Townhouses or other attached units: $538,913
Here:  $538,913
State:  $371,438

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $340,545
Here:  $340,545
State:  $305,320

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $409,914
Here:  $409,914
State:  $316,638

Mobile homes: $170,700
Here:  $170,700
State:  $37,843

Median year house/condo built: 1954

Median year apartment built: 1966

Household type by relationship

Households: 185,328
  • In family households: 123,025 (29,381 male householders, 10,522 female householders)
    31,392 spouses, 35,165 children (33,187 natural, 1,044 adopted, 934 stepchildren), 1,727 grandchildren, 3,448 brothers or sisters, 1,288 parents, 4,685 other relatives, 5,417 non-relatives
  • In nonfamily households: 62,303 (22,399 male householders (15,978 living alone)), 24,172 female householders (19,258 living alone)), 15,732 nonrelatives
  • In group quarters: 4,125 (1,482 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 18,676 2-persons, 8,564 3-persons, 6,907 4-persons, 3,246 5-persons, 1,348 6-persons, 1,162 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 35,236 1-person, 8,582 2-persons, 1,886 3-persons, 677 4-persons, 101 5-persons, 48 6-persons, 41 7-or-more-persons.

22,409 married couples with children.
5,800 single-parent households (1,294 men, 4,506 women).

66.9% of residents of Arlington speak English at home.
18.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (40% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 27% speak English not well, 11% don't speak English at all).
6.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (68% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
5.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (52% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
3.1% of residents speak other language at home (63% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 52,693 (27.8%)
(27.3% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:  6.5
State:  6.6

Median number of rooms in apartments:
Here:  3.2
State:  4.3

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Arlington, Virginia:
  • 1 room: 320
  • 2 rooms: 1,073
  • 3 rooms: 2,814
  • 4 rooms: 3,565
  • 5 rooms: 4,563
  • 6 rooms: 6,242
  • 7 rooms: 6,209
  • 8 rooms: 5,176
  • 9 or more rooms: 7,402



Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Arlington, Virginia:
  • 1 room: 5,373
  • 2 rooms: 9,246
  • 3 rooms: 13,253
  • 4 rooms: 10,188
  • 5 rooms: 5,545
  • 6 rooms: 2,319
  • 7 rooms: 1,504
  • 8 rooms: 846
  • 9 or more rooms: 714



Year house built:

  • 1999 to March 2000: 1,064
  • 1995 to 1998: 3,768
  • 1990 to 1994: 5,072
  • 1980 to 1989: 9,964
  • 1970 to 1979: 9,888
  • 1960 to 1969: 14,129
  • 1950 to 1959: 18,348
  • 1940 to 1949: 18,243
  • 1939 or earlier: 9,950


Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Arlington:
  • no bedroom: 683
  • 1 bedroom: 3,699
  • 2 bedrooms: 9,872
  • 3 bedrooms: 13,954
  • 4 bedrooms: 7,119
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 2,037



Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Arlington:
  • no bedroom: 6,815
  • 1 bedroom: 22,373
  • 2 bedrooms: 14,190
  • 3 bedrooms: 4,079
  • 4 bedrooms: 1,263
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 268



Owners and renters by unit type in %



Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders



Cars and other vehicles available in Arlington in owner-occupied houses/condos:
  • no vehicle: 1,953
  • 1 vehicle: 15,319
  • 2 vehicles: 14,979
  • 3 vehicles: 4,020
  • 4 vehicles: 736
  • 5 or more vehicles: 357



Cars and other vehicles available in Arlington in n renter-occupied apartments
  • no vehicle: 8,735
  • 1 vehicle: 26,481
  • 2 vehicles: 10,547
  • 3 vehicles: 2,229
  • 4 vehicles: 682
  • 5 or more vehicles: 314


Arlington rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Arlington:

  • Less than $100: 237 people
  • $100 to $149: 119
  • $150 to $199: 236
  • $200 to $249: 241
  • $250 to $299: 131
  • $300 to $349: 128
  • $350 to $399: 126
  • $400 to $449: 98
  • $450 to $499: 122
  • $500 to $549: 162
  • $550 to $599: 209
  • $600 to $649: 210
  • $650 to $699: 157
  • $700 to $749: 175
  • $750 to $799: 189
  • $800 to $899: 958
  • $900 to $999: 1,971
  • $1,000 to $1,249: 10,284
  • $1,250 to $1,499: 9,420
  • $1,500 to $1,999: 9,806
  • $2,000 or more: 8,525
  • No cash rent: 735
 



Year of entry for the foreign-born population
  • 1995 to March 2000: 19,655
  • 1990 to 1994: 10,888
  • 1985 to 1989: 8,151
  • 1980 to 1984: 5,173
  • 1975 to 1979: 2,990
  • 1970 to 1974: 2,105
  • 1970 to 1974: 1,417
  • 1965 to 1969: 2,314

Arlington, VA Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 29.6%
Number of people working at home: 3,888 (3.4% of all workers)


Arlington travel time to work

Travel time to work

  • Less than 5 minutes: 1872
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 6466
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 11620
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 15316
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 17015
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 9395
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 22663
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 4755
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 6394
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 10790
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 4113
  • 90 or more minutes: 1759
 


Arlington mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

  • Drove a car alone: 63,726 (55%)
  • Carpooled: 13,339 (11%)
  • Bus or trolley bus: 5,632 (5%)
  • Streetcar or trolley car: 46 (0%)
  • Subway or elevated: 20,786 (18%)
  • Railroad: 125 (0%)
  • Ferryboat: 11 (0%)
  • Taxi: 448 (0%)
  • Motorcycle: 139 (0%)
  • Bicycle: 803 (1%)
  • Walked: 6,475 (6%)
  • Other means: 628 (1%)
  • Worked at home: 3,888 (3%)
 


Arlington, VA household income

Household income:

  • Less than $10,000: 4485
  • $10,000 to $14,999: 2306
  • $15,000 to $19,999: 2608
  • $20,000 to $24,999: 2851
  • $25,000 to $29,999: 3574
  • $30,000 to $34,999: 4340
  • $35,000 to $39,999: 4215
  • $40,000 to $44,999: 4222
  • $45,000 to $49,999: 3863
  • $50,000 to $59,999: 8012
  • $60,000 to $74,999: 10592
  • $75,000 to $99,999: 12292
  • $100,000 to $124,999: 7948
  • $125,000 to $149,999: 5379
  • $150,000 to $199,999: 5062
  • $200,000 or more: 4725
 


First ancestries reported:

 Other groups: 60708
 Irish: 16622
 English: 14648
 German: 14452
 Italian: 7417
 United States or American: 6346
 Subsaharan African:: 4262
 Polish: 3405
 Scotch-Irish: 3294
 Scottish: 3271
 Arab:: 3164
 European: 2929
 Russian: 2814
 Ethiopian: 2157
 French (except Basque): 2130
 British: 1745
 Swedish: 1680
 Norwegian: 1646
 African: 1192
 Greek: 1109
 Dutch: 1075
 French Canadian: 1033
 Welsh: 972
 Hungarian: 766
 Moroccan: 746
 Ukrainian: 711
 Eastern European: 680
 Lebanese: 648
 West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 626
 Danish: 618
 Iranian: 598
 Lithuanian: 588
 Swiss: 588
 Arab/Arabic: 536
 Czech: 523
 Portuguese: 461
 Austrian: 449
 Northern European: 431
 Other Arab: 430
 Slovak: 401
 Turkish: 386
 Canadian: 367
 Romanian: 322
 Egyptian: 320
 Croatian: 260
 Other Subsaharan African: 249
 Finnish: 248
 Scandinavian: 245
 Syrian: 242
 Armenian: 238
 Jamaican: 227
 Czechoslovakian: 214
 Brazilian: 202
 Latvian: 174
 Palestinian: 169
 Afghan: 140
 Somalian: 136
 Yugoslavian: 123
 Serbian: 119
 Belgian: 116
 Ghanian: 113
 Estonian: 112
 Albanian: 103
 Nigerian: 100
 Australian: 97
 Basque: 93
 West Indian: 90
 Slavic: 80
 Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 76
 Sudanese: 73
 Haitian: 71
 Celtic: 70
 Jordanian: 66
 Barbadian: 63
 New Zealander: 63
 Icelander: 57
 Slovene: 57
 South African: 56
 Senegalese: 55
 British West Indian: 55
 Bulgarian: 47
 Guyanese: 45
 Kenyan: 42
 Israeli: 40
 Acadian/Cajun: 37
 Pennsylvania German: 36
 Bahamian: 34
 Luxemburger: 28
 Macedonian: 27
 Liberian: 27
 Maltese: 19
 Sierra Leonean: 19
 Ugandan: 19
 Cape Verdean: 17
 Alsatian: 14
 U.S. Virgin Islander: 10
 Zairian: 7
 Iraqi: 7
 Soviet Union: 6
 Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 5


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



  • El Salvador (19%)
  • Bolivia (10%)
  • Guatemala (4%)
  • India (4%)
  • Vietnam (4%)
  • Ethiopia (3%)
  • Mexico (3%)


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

  • This state: 30443
  • Northeast: 32663
  • Midwest: 18717
  • South: 41005
  • West: 10039

44% of Arlington residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 34% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 34% lived in Virginia.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 1,185
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 667
  • 5th and 6th grade: 1,414
  • 7th and 8th grade: 1,017
  • 9th grade: 1,007
  • 10th grade: 705
  • 11th grade: 623
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 1,887
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 7,021
  • Less than 1 year of college: 1,979
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 5,614
  • Associate degree: 2,179
  • Bachelor's degree: 20,579
  • Master's degree: 14,005
  • Professional school degree: 6,289
  • Doctorate degree: 3,146


Educational Attainment for Males


Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 1,193
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 734
  • 5th and 6th grade: 1,402
  • 7th and 8th grade: 1,217
  • 9th grade: 993
  • 10th grade: 785
  • 11th grade: 528
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 1,568
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 9,253
  • Less than 1 year of college: 2,609
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 6,855
  • Associate degree: 2,796
  • Bachelor's degree: 20,608
  • Master's degree: 13,036
  • Professional school degree: 4,413
  • Doctorate degree: 1,537


Educational Attainment for Females




Class of Workers


Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 1.6%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 1.6%


Unemployment rate for Black males: 8.3%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 5.4%


Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 3.2%


Unemployment rate for Asian males: 2.5%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 3.2%


Unemployment rate for other race males: 3.7%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 7.1%


Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 4.9%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 3.9%


Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 3.9%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 7.3%


Median household income in 2007 for:

  • White non-Hispanic householders: $110,372
  • Black householders: $56,748
  • American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $68,816
  • Asian householders: $77,291
  • Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $57,801
  • Some other race householders: $40,463
  • Two or more races householders: $61,250
  • Hispanic or Latino race householders: $46,230

Arlington household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Arlington household income for Black householders

Arlington household income for Asian householders

Arlington household income for Some other race householders

Arlington household income for Two or more races householders

Arlington household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Arlington marital status for males

Arlington marital status for females


Median 2007 house value for:

  • White Non-Hispanic householders: $705,861
  • Black or African American householders: $416,879
  • American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $516,951
  • Asian householders: $543,500
  • Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $617,022
  • Some other race householders: $448,790
  • Two or more races householders: $524,865
  • Hispanic or Latino householders: $490,912

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 27,668
  • One, attached: 9,214
  • Two: 1,070
  • 3 or 4: 4,415
  • 5 to 9: 6,999
  • 10 to 19: 7,375
  • 20 to 49: 3,372
  • 50 or more: 30,212
  • Mobile homes: 93
  • Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 8

Median worth of mobile homes: $32,477


Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%


Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Arlington:

 


Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
  • Utility gas (68%)
  • Electricity (26%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)


Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
  • Utility gas (49%)
  • Electricity (42%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
  • Other fuel (1%)
  • No fuel used (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,483
Here:  11.4%
Virginia:  9.5%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 745
Here:  11.4%
Virginia:  8.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3,029
Here:  40.5%
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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