Jefferson, VA (Virginia) Houses and Residents

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(Urban population: 27,339, Rural population: 0)

Jefferson, Virginia Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 10,229 (10,011 occupied: 6,571 owner occupied, 3,440 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	34%
State:	32%

Housing density: 2023 houses/condos per square mile

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

Median contract rent in 2007: $1,266 (lower quartile is $1,060, upper quartile is $1,504)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $1,569

Median gross rent in Jefferson, VA in 2007: $1,333

Housing units in Jefferson with a mortgage: 4,328 (527 second mortgage, 521 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,309

Jefferson,VA index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $466,324 (it was $182,300 in 2000)

Jefferson:	$466,324
Virginia:	$262,100

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $389,714 - $522,334

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $475,548
Here: $475,548
State: $357,398

Townhouses or other attached units: $460,505
Here: $460,505
State: $371,438

In 2-unit structures: $192,341
Here: $192,341
State: $295,743

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $397,709
Here: $397,709
State: $305,320

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $333,760
Here: $333,760
State: $316,638

Mobile homes: $147,212
Here: $147,212
State: $37,843

Household type by relationship

Households: 27,334

In family households: 22,593 (5,000 male householders, 1,561 female householders)
5,155 spouses, 7,282 children (6,922 natural, 156 adopted, 204 stepchildren), 387 grandchildren, 636 brothers or sisters, 336 parents, 1,190 other relatives, 1,046 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 4,741 (1,599 male householders (1,034 living alone)), 1,926 female householders (1,582 living alone)), 1,216 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 5 (0 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 2,447 2-persons, 1,494 3-persons, 1,264 4-persons, 628 5-persons, 344 6-persons, 384 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,616 1-person, 717 2-persons, 132 3-persons, 53 4-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons.

4,378 married couples with children.
874 single-parent households (218 men, 656 women).

53.8% of residents of Jefferson speak English at home.
21.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (39% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 27% speak English not well, 10% don't speak English at all).
6.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
16.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (42% speak English very well, 38% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.5% of residents speak other language at home (77% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 10,378 (38.0%)
(38.9% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.4
State:	6.6

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	3.9
State:	4.3

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Jefferson, Virginia:
	1 room: 14 2 rooms: 119 3 rooms: 384 4 rooms: 519 5 rooms: 1,030 6 rooms: 1,378 7 rooms: 1,159 8 rooms: 1,007 9 or more rooms: 961

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Jefferson, Virginia:
	1 room: 144 2 rooms: 548 3 rooms: 702 4 rooms: 739 5 rooms: 622 6 rooms: 335 7 rooms: 134 8 rooms: 152 9 or more rooms: 64

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 26
1995 to 1998: 123
1990 to 1994: 166
1980 to 1989: 1,416
1970 to 1979: 973
1960 to 1969: 1,739
1950 to 1959: 3,398
1940 to 1949: 2,095
1939 or earlier: 293

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Jefferson:
	no bedroom: 101 1 bedroom: 294 2 bedrooms: 1,386 3 bedrooms: 2,817 4 bedrooms: 1,516 5 or more bedrooms: 457

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Jefferson:
	no bedroom: 232 1 bedroom: 1,031 2 bedrooms: 1,438 3 bedrooms: 515 4 bedrooms: 213 5 or more bedrooms: 11

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Jefferson in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 177 1 vehicle: 2,041 2 vehicles: 2,770 3 vehicles: 1,059 4 vehicles: 386 5 or more vehicles: 138

Cars and other vehicles available in Jefferson in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 337 1 vehicle: 1,404 2 vehicles: 1,239 3 vehicles: 292 4 vehicles: 131 5 or more vehicles: 37

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Jefferson, VA:

Less than $10,000: 0
$10,000 to $14,999: 0
$15,000 to $19,999: 0
$20,000 to $24,999: 0
$25,000 to $29,999: 0
$30,000 to $34,999: 0
$35,000 to $39,999: 2
$40,000 to $49,999: 9
$50,000 to $59,999: 1
$60,000 to $69,999: 0
$70,000 to $79,999: 4
$80,000 to $89,999: 13
$90,000 to $99,999: 3
$100,000 to $124,999: 19
$125,000 to $149,999: 22
$150,000 to $174,999: 74
$175,000 to $199,999: 98
$200,000 to $249,999: 206
$250,000 to $299,999: 263
$300,000 to $399,999: 1204
$400,000 to $499,999: 2030
$500,000 to $749,999: 2006
$750,000 to $999,999: 416
$1,000,000 or more: 200

Jefferson rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Jefferson:

Less than $100: 13 people
$100 to $149: 9
$150 to $199: 26
$200 to $249: 16
$250 to $299: 12
$300 to $349: 14
$350 to $399: 3
$400 to $449: 8
$450 to $499: 24
$500 to $549: 17
$550 to $599: 13
$600 to $649: 10
$650 to $699: 15
$700 to $749: 30
$750 to $799: 39
$800 to $899: 56
$900 to $999: 158
$1,000 to $1,249: 1,111
$1,250 to $1,499: 1,095
$1,500 to $1,999: 552
$2,000 or more: 133
No cash rent: 87

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 2,852 1990 to 1994: 2,195 1985 to 1989: 1,947 1980 to 1984: 1,388 1975 to 1979: 978 1970 to 1974: 470 1970 to 1974: 213 1965 to 1969: 335

Jefferson, VA Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 51.1%
Number of people working at home: 411 (2.7% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 117
5 to 9 minutes: 737
10 to 14 minutes: 1386
15 to 19 minutes: 2055
20 to 24 minutes: 2611
25 to 29 minutes: 1084
30 to 34 minutes: 2848
35 to 39 minutes: 620
40 to 44 minutes: 807
45 to 59 minutes: 1464
60 to 89 minutes: 836
90 or more minutes: 151

Jefferson mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 10,806 (71%)
Carpooled: 2,388 (16%)
Bus or trolley bus: 419 (3%)
Subway or elevated: 695 (5%)
Taxi: 23 (0%)
Motorcycle: 24 (0%)
Bicycle: 4 (0%)
Walked: 221 (1%)
Other means: 136 (1%)
Worked at home: 411 (3%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 253
$10,000 to $14,999: 268
$15,000 to $19,999: 269
$20,000 to $24,999: 304
$25,000 to $29,999: 428
$30,000 to $34,999: 495
$35,000 to $39,999: 467
$40,000 to $44,999: 476
$45,000 to $49,999: 550
$50,000 to $59,999: 1005
$60,000 to $74,999: 1213
$75,000 to $99,999: 1858
$100,000 to $124,999: 1102
$125,000 to $149,999: 579
$150,000 to $199,999: 550
$200,000 or more: 269

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 11472

German: 1877

Irish: 1782

English: 1545

United States or American: 1292

Italian: 851

Polish: 462

Arab:: 418

Scottish: 411

European: 384

French (except Basque): 383

Scotch-Irish: 255

Russian: 210

Subsaharan African:: 176

Norwegian: 176

French Canadian: 151

Greek: 142

Swedish: 142

British: 138

Hungarian: 126

Dutch: 126

Welsh: 111

Portuguese: 92

Iranian: 89

Other Arab: 88

Northern European: 72

Ukrainian: 69

Syrian: 68

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 64

Canadian: 57

Arab/Arabic: 55

African: 55

Moroccan: 54

Egyptian: 52

Danish: 50

Slovak: 49

Guyanese: 47

Ethiopian: 46

Yugoslavian: 46

Eastern European: 44

Lebanese: 43

Czech: 40

Afghan: 38

Iraqi: 37

Ghanian: 36

Armenian: 35

Serbian: 32

Romanian: 29

Nigerian: 27

Austrian: 24

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 23

Albanian: 22

Palestinian: 21

Lithuanian: 21

Czechoslovakian: 20

Slavic: 17

Scandinavian: 16

Belgian: 16

Celtic: 15

Brazilian: 14

British West Indian: 14

West Indian: 14

Finnish: 13

Other Subsaharan African: 12

Slovene: 9

Swiss: 9

Latvian: 9

Estonian: 8

Alsatian: 8

Jamaican: 8

Turkish: 8

Israeli: 7

Croatian: 6

Other West Indian: 5

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

El Salvador (20%)
Vietnam (19%)
Bolivia (8%)
India (6%)
Philippines (4%)
Peru (4%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (3%)

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

This state: 5982
Northeast: 3179
Midwest: 1708
South: 4866
West: 751

58% of Jefferson residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 45% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 53% lived in Virginia.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 236
Nursery to 4th grade: 157
5th and 6th grade: 259
7th and 8th grade: 231
9th grade: 218
10th grade: 135
11th grade: 144
12th grade, no diploma: 397
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,703
Less than 1 year of college: 466
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,133
Associate degree: 468
Bachelor's degree: 2,213
Master's degree: 1,211
Professional school degree: 382
Doctorate degree: 172

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 143
Nursery to 4th grade: 142
5th and 6th grade: 446
7th and 8th grade: 249
9th grade: 165
10th grade: 137
11th grade: 141
12th grade, no diploma: 373
High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,098
Less than 1 year of college: 496
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,085
Associate degree: 491
Bachelor's degree: 2,260
Master's degree: 1,135
Professional school degree: 282
Doctorate degree: 135

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 1.4%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 1.5%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 12.7%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 2.3%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 33.3%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 2.1%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 5.7%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 7.1%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 5.6%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 4.1%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 8.4%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 5.3%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 6.4%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $96,314
Black householders: $56,651
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $23,249
Asian householders: $77,167
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $119,819
Some other race householders: $76,440
Two or more races householders: $84,556
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $71,516

Jefferson household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Jefferson household income for Black householders

Jefferson household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

Jefferson household income for Asian householders

Jefferson household income for Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders

Jefferson household income for Some other race householders

Jefferson household income for Two or more races householders

Jefferson household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Jefferson marital status for males

Jefferson marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $493,694
Black or African American householders: $442,790
Asian householders: $474,765
Some other race householders: $430,000
Two or more races householders: $453,022
Hispanic or Latino householders: $439,465

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 6,102
One, attached: 1,119
Two: 73
3 or 4: 163
5 to 9: 1,055
10 to 19: 1,194
20 to 49: 157
50 or more: 340
Mobile homes: 26

Median worth of mobile homes: $343,167

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Jefferson:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (81%) Electricity (16%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (57%) Electricity (37%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%) 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): 380

Here:	15.2%
Virginia:	9.5%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 129

Here:	9.9%
Virginia:	8.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 267

Here:	22.6%
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)

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