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(Urban population: 56,447, Rural population: 0)

Reston, Virginia Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 24,184 (23,285 occupied: 15,516 owner occupied, 7,769 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	33%
State:	32%

Housing density: 1410 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: $1,339 (lower quartile is $1,067, upper quartile is $1,732)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $1,371

Median gross rent in Reston, VA in 2007: $1,417

Housing units in Reston with a mortgage: 11,592 (1,589 second mortgage, 1,364 home equity loan, 35 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 978

Reston,VA index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $529,251 (it was $206,900 in 2000)

Reston:	$529,251
Virginia:	$262,100

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $385,341 - $753,862

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $824,192
Here: $824,192
State: $357,398

Townhouses or other attached units: $486,784
Here: $486,784
State: $371,438

In 2-unit structures: $332,897
Here: $332,897
State: $295,743

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $325,589
Here: $325,589
State: $305,320

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $290,966
Here: $290,966
State: $316,638

Mobile homes: $113,000
Here: $113,000
State: $37,843

Household type by relationship

Households: 55,918

In family households: 44,850 (11,128 male householders, 3,501 female householders)
12,198 spouses, 14,649 children (13,407 natural, 621 adopted, 621 stepchildren), 357 grandchildren, 580 brothers or sisters, 383 parents, 907 other relatives, 1,147 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 11,068 (4,044 male householders (2,916 living alone)), 4,673 female householders (3,923 living alone)), 2,351 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 529 (369 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 6,319 2-persons, 3,630 3-persons, 2,895 4-persons, 1,161 5-persons, 393 6-persons, 231 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 6,839 1-person, 1,601 2-persons, 213 3-persons, 46 4-persons, 13 5-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons.

9,355 married couples with children.
2,480 single-parent households (463 men, 2,017 women).

76.1% of residents of Reston speak English at home.
9.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (45% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 23% speak English not well, 9% don't speak English at all).
7.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
4.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (60% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak other language at home (81% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 12,413 (22.0%)
(37.8% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	7.5
State:	6.6

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.2
State:	4.3

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Reston, Virginia:
	1 room: 24 2 rooms: 146 3 rooms: 606 4 rooms: 919 5 rooms: 1,923 6 rooms: 1,756 7 rooms: 2,475 8 rooms: 2,966 9 or more rooms: 4,701

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Reston, Virginia:
	1 room: 312 2 rooms: 920 3 rooms: 1,404 4 rooms: 1,715 5 rooms: 1,754 6 rooms: 763 7 rooms: 410 8 rooms: 298 9 or more rooms: 193

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 999
1995 to 1998: 1,929
1990 to 1994: 1,969
1980 to 1989: 6,737
1970 to 1979: 9,390
1960 to 1969: 2,878
1950 to 1959: 168
1940 to 1949: 73
1939 or earlier: 41

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Reston:
	no bedroom: 79 1 bedroom: 580 2 bedrooms: 2,743 3 bedrooms: 5,710 4 bedrooms: 4,848 5 or more bedrooms: 1,556

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Reston:
	no bedroom: 370 1 bedroom: 2,211 2 bedrooms: 3,272 3 bedrooms: 1,393 4 bedrooms: 481 5 or more bedrooms: 42

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Reston in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 216 1 vehicle: 4,833 2 vehicles: 7,925 3 vehicles: 1,916 4 vehicles: 543 5 or more vehicles: 83

Cars and other vehicles available in Reston in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 838 1 vehicle: 3,770 2 vehicles: 2,581 3 vehicles: 478 4 vehicles: 72 5 or more vehicles: 30

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Reston, 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: 3
$30,000 to $34,999: 4
$35,000 to $39,999: 3
$40,000 to $49,999: 4
$50,000 to $59,999: 0
$60,000 to $69,999: 6
$70,000 to $79,999: 7
$80,000 to $89,999: 0
$90,000 to $99,999: 6
$100,000 to $124,999: 34
$125,000 to $149,999: 119
$150,000 to $174,999: 295
$175,000 to $199,999: 444
$200,000 to $249,999: 948
$250,000 to $299,999: 840
$300,000 to $399,999: 2701
$400,000 to $499,999: 1903
$500,000 to $749,999: 3718
$750,000 to $999,999: 2483
$1,000,000 or more: 1999

Reston rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Reston:

Less than $100: 78 people
$100 to $149: 37
$150 to $199: 19
$200 to $249: 27
$250 to $299: 50
$300 to $349: 116
$350 to $399: 65
$400 to $449: 67
$450 to $499: 98
$500 to $549: 67
$550 to $599: 70
$600 to $649: 78
$650 to $699: 84
$700 to $749: 92
$750 to $799: 93
$800 to $899: 123
$900 to $999: 147
$1,000 to $1,249: 1,714
$1,250 to $1,499: 1,938
$1,500 to $1,999: 1,975
$2,000 or more: 717
No cash rent: 108

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 4,421 1990 to 1994: 2,084 1985 to 1989: 1,757 1980 to 1984: 1,451 1975 to 1979: 869 1970 to 1974: 596 1970 to 1974: 404 1965 to 1969: 831

Reston, VA Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 66.5%
Number of people working at home: 1,816 (5.4% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 489
5 to 9 minutes: 2746
10 to 14 minutes: 4026
15 to 19 minutes: 5251
20 to 24 minutes: 4530
25 to 29 minutes: 1971
30 to 34 minutes: 4422
35 to 39 minutes: 1171
40 to 44 minutes: 1265
45 to 59 minutes: 2839
60 to 89 minutes: 2234
90 or more minutes: 573

Reston mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 25,472 (76%)
Carpooled: 3,800 (11%)
Bus or trolley bus: 615 (2%)
Subway or elevated: 869 (3%)
Railroad: 14 (0%)
Ferryboat: 8 (0%)
Taxi: 73 (0%)
Motorcycle: 5 (0%)
Bicycle: 81 (0%)
Walked: 455 (1%)
Other means: 125 (0%)
Worked at home: 1,816 (5%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 739
$10,000 to $14,999: 531
$15,000 to $19,999: 546
$20,000 to $24,999: 553
$25,000 to $29,999: 643
$30,000 to $34,999: 788
$35,000 to $39,999: 820
$40,000 to $44,999: 799
$45,000 to $49,999: 856
$50,000 to $59,999: 1694
$60,000 to $74,999: 2751
$75,000 to $99,999: 3874
$100,000 to $124,999: 2719
$125,000 to $149,999: 1886
$150,000 to $199,999: 2296
$200,000 or more: 1851

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 15200

German: 5408

English: 5194

Irish: 4987

United States or American: 2603

Italian: 2384

Subsaharan African:: 1225

Scottish: 1210

Polish: 1150

French (except Basque): 857

Scotch-Irish: 851

European: 811

Russian: 787

African: 642

Arab:: 638

British: 565

Iranian: 561

Swedish: 440

Norwegian: 424

Dutch: 355

French Canadian: 352

Welsh: 337

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 300

Afghan: 283

Greek: 275

Ukrainian: 206

Hungarian: 202

Eastern European: 195

Canadian: 185

Austrian: 180

Ghanian: 157

Lebanese: 153

Egyptian: 148

Liberian: 148

Swiss: 135

Danish: 129

Northern European: 125

Other Subsaharan African: 123

Lithuanian: 121

Jamaican: 109

Czech: 107

Czechoslovakian: 103

Scandinavian: 103

Romanian: 102

Finnish: 93

Slovak: 93

Jordanian: 90

Other Arab: 86

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 85

Portuguese: 84

Croatian: 79

Armenian: 76

Latvian: 72

Haitian: 71

Australian: 71

Arab/Arabic: 69

Nigerian: 64

Slovene: 54

Turkish: 52

Syrian: 46

Yugoslavian: 36

Sierra Leonean: 35

Ethiopian: 32

Moroccan: 24

Bulgarian: 22

Guyanese: 18

Belizean: 18

Basque: 17

Palestinian: 16

Estonian: 15

Israeli: 14

Maltese: 13

Luxemburger: 13

Slavic: 13

Belgian: 13

Serbian: 11

Barbadian: 11

South African: 10

Icelander: 9

Pennsylvania German: 8

Acadian/Cajun: 7

Cape Verdean: 7

Ugandan: 7

Alsatian: 6

Iraqi: 6

West Indian: 6

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

India (12%)
El Salvador (12%)
Korea (4%)
Philippines (4%)
Iran (4%)
United Kingdom (3%)
Bolivia (3%)

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

This state: 11385
Northeast: 11255
Midwest: 6084
South: 10525
West: 3575

47% of Reston residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 47% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 30% lived in Virginia.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 178
Nursery to 4th grade: 39
5th and 6th grade: 170
7th and 8th grade: 167
9th grade: 108
10th grade: 137
11th grade: 129
12th grade, no diploma: 234
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,406
Less than 1 year of college: 613
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,671
Associate degree: 824
Bachelor's degree: 6,884
Master's degree: 4,618
Professional school degree: 971
Doctorate degree: 965

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 94
Nursery to 4th grade: 70
5th and 6th grade: 242
7th and 8th grade: 212
9th grade: 158
10th grade: 262
11th grade: 154
12th grade, no diploma: 348
High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,231
Less than 1 year of college: 996
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,949
Associate degree: 1,445
Bachelor's degree: 7,144
Master's degree: 3,448
Professional school degree: 608
Doctorate degree: 447

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 2.4%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 2.5%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 3.8%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 2.5%

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

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 1.6%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 8.3%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 7.4%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 4.7%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 3.5%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 2.2%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 4.9%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 3.9%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $116,359
Black householders: $70,250
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $33,598
Asian householders: $88,088
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $5,255
Some other race householders: $69,040
Two or more races householders: $94,941
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $66,700

Reston household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Reston household income for Black householders

Reston household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

Reston household income for Asian householders

Reston household income for Some other race householders

Reston household income for Two or more races householders

Reston household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Reston marital status for males

Reston marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $635,408
Black or African American householders: $462,742
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $652,290
Asian householders: $582,201
Some other race householders: $339,702
Two or more races householders: $364,771
Hispanic or Latino householders: $376,026

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 6,712
One, attached: 8,369
Two: 43
3 or 4: 501
5 to 9: 3,559
10 to 19: 2,572
20 to 49: 1,129
50 or more: 1,259
Mobile homes: 40

Median worth of mobile homes: $226,288

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Reston:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (56%) Electricity (40%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (49%) Electricity (48%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 417

Here:	7.7%
Virginia:	9.5%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 418

Here:	15.0%
Virginia:	8.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 416

Here:	19.4%
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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