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Total population: 163,186 (Urban population: 162,725, Rural population: 461 (6 farm, 456 nonfarm))

Vancouver, Washington Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 60,054 (56,640 occupied: 30,098 owner occupied, 26,542 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	47%
State:	35%

Housing density: 1403 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $344,370.

Median contract rent in 2007: $689 (lower quartile is $574, upper quartile is $869)

Housing units in Vancouver with a mortgage: 21,359 (2,877 second mortgage, 2,255 home equity loan, 117 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 5,572

Vancouver,WA index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $249,600 (it was $140,800 in 2000)

Vancouver:	$249,600
Washington:	$300,800

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $198,500 - $336,700

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $304,638
Here: $304,638
State: $389,314

Townhouses or other attached units: $266,221
Here: $266,221
State: $335,498

In 2-unit structures: $213,532
Here: $213,532
State: $357,000

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $254,905
Here: $254,905
State: $300,953

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $353,879
Here: $353,879
State: $299,543

Mobile homes: $43,940
Here: $43,940
State: $80,529

Median year house/condo built: 1979

Median year apartment built: 1981

Household type by relationship

Households: 141,150

In family households: 115,306 (26,920 male householders, 9,690 female householders)
27,106 spouses, 42,499 children (38,890 natural, 1,111 adopted, 2,498 stepchildren), 1,481 grandchildren, 1,234 brothers or sisters, 916 parents, 1,710 other relatives, 3,750 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 25,844 (9,440 male householders (6,895 living alone)), 10,555 female householders (8,729 living alone)), 5,849 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 2,076 (1,274 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 15,256 2-persons, 8,558 3-persons, 7,520 4-persons, 3,253 5-persons, 1,365 6-persons, 658 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 15,624 1-person, 3,566 2-persons, 553 3-persons, 166 4-persons, 50 5-persons, 20 6-persons, 16 7-or-more-persons.

24,965 married couples with children.
10,256 single-parent households (2,437 men, 7,819 women).

84.2% of residents of Vancouver speak English at home.
4.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (55% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
6.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (42% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 25% speak English not well, 10% don't speak English at all).
3.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (48% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (65% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 17,506 (12.2%)
(30.2% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.2
State:	6.3

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.1
State:	3.9

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Vancouver, Washington:
	1 room: 35 2 rooms: 239 3 rooms: 1,115 4 rooms: 2,454 5 rooms: 6,134 6 rooms: 7,610 7 rooms: 5,500 8 rooms: 3,736 9 or more rooms: 3,275

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Vancouver, Washington:
	1 room: 1,383 2 rooms: 2,766 3 rooms: 4,211 4 rooms: 8,171 5 rooms: 5,959 6 rooms: 2,453 7 rooms: 896 8 rooms: 432 9 or more rooms: 271

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 2,195
1995 to 1998: 8,422
1990 to 1994: 7,650
1980 to 1989: 9,468
1970 to 1979: 14,037
1960 to 1969: 6,160
1950 to 1959: 4,944
1940 to 1949: 3,531
1939 or earlier: 3,647

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Vancouver:
	no bedroom: 131 1 bedroom: 699 2 bedrooms: 5,902 3 bedrooms: 17,137 4 bedrooms: 5,449 5 or more bedrooms: 780

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Vancouver:
	no bedroom: 1,718 1 bedroom: 6,078 2 bedrooms: 12,413 3 bedrooms: 5,557 4 bedrooms: 598 5 or more bedrooms: 178

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Vancouver in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 1,021 1 vehicle: 8,388 2 vehicles: 14,174 3 vehicles: 4,871 4 vehicles: 1,144 5 or more vehicles: 500

Cars and other vehicles available in Vancouver in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 3,713 1 vehicle: 12,905 2 vehicles: 7,688 3 vehicles: 1,751 4 vehicles: 394 5 or more vehicles: 91

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Vancouver, WA:

Less than $10,000: 75
$10,000 to $14,999: 37
$15,000 to $19,999: 80
$20,000 to $24,999: 130
$25,000 to $29,999: 92
$30,000 to $34,999: 73
$35,000 to $39,999: 104
$40,000 to $49,999: 172
$50,000 to $59,999: 135
$60,000 to $69,999: 93
$70,000 to $79,999: 79
$80,000 to $89,999: 80
$90,000 to $99,999: 87
$100,000 to $124,999: 424
$125,000 to $149,999: 947
$150,000 to $174,999: 2083
$175,000 to $199,999: 3625
$200,000 to $249,999: 8663
$250,000 to $299,999: 7021
$300,000 to $399,999: 5866
$400,000 to $499,999: 1783
$500,000 to $749,999: 1417
$750,000 to $999,999: 396
$1,000,000 or more: 317

Vancouver rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Vancouver:

Less than $100: 295 people
$100 to $149: 370
$150 to $199: 336
$200 to $249: 225
$250 to $299: 235
$300 to $349: 276
$350 to $399: 413
$400 to $449: 354
$450 to $499: 1,116
$500 to $549: 1,770
$550 to $599: 2,413
$600 to $649: 3,092
$650 to $699: 3,472
$700 to $749: 2,707
$750 to $799: 1,870
$800 to $899: 3,527
$900 to $999: 2,343
$1,000 to $1,249: 1,743
$1,250 to $1,499: 351
$1,500 to $1,999: 249
$2,000 or more: 276
No cash rent: 470

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 6,533 1990 to 1994: 4,067 1985 to 1989: 2,050 1980 to 1984: 1,447 1975 to 1979: 1,115 1970 to 1974: 393 1970 to 1974: 485 1965 to 1969: 1,416

Vancouver, WA Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 62.0%
Number of people working at home: 2,416 (3.6% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 1506
5 to 9 minutes: 6719
10 to 14 minutes: 10980
15 to 19 minutes: 12704
20 to 24 minutes: 11212
25 to 29 minutes: 4021
30 to 34 minutes: 8027
35 to 39 minutes: 1256
40 to 44 minutes: 1596
45 to 59 minutes: 3538
60 to 89 minutes: 1696
90 or more minutes: 1344

Vancouver mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 51,565 (77%)
Carpooled: 8,450 (13%)
Bus or trolley bus: 2,341 (3%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 65 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 50 (0%)
Railroad: 8 (0%)
Taxi: 7 (0%)
Motorcycle: 75 (0%)
Bicycle: 317 (0%)
Walked: 1,225 (2%)
Other means: 496 (1%)
Worked at home: 2,416 (4%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 4504
$10,000 to $14,999: 3510
$15,000 to $19,999: 3400
$20,000 to $24,999: 3707
$25,000 to $29,999: 3998
$30,000 to $34,999: 3852
$35,000 to $39,999: 3853
$40,000 to $44,999: 3793
$45,000 to $49,999: 3386
$50,000 to $59,999: 5461
$60,000 to $74,999: 6673
$75,000 to $99,999: 5714
$100,000 to $124,999: 2521
$125,000 to $149,999: 869
$150,000 to $199,999: 735
$200,000 or more: 629

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 25468

German: 18642

English: 10432

Irish: 9598

United States or American: 8934

Norwegian: 5484

Italian: 3361

Russian: 3143

French (except Basque): 3094

Ukrainian: 2804

Swedish: 2695

Scottish: 2555

Scotch-Irish: 1816

European: 1766

Dutch: 1563

Polish: 1451

French Canadian: 1113

Danish: 1012

Finnish: 958

Welsh: 674

British: 628

Romanian: 607

Scandinavian: 511

Swiss: 463

Subsaharan African:: 437

Canadian: 399

Yugoslavian: 372

Northern European: 359

Arab:: 311

Hungarian: 307

Portuguese: 304

Iranian: 302

Greek: 296

Czech: 271

Austrian: 244

African: 244

Czechoslovakian: 121

Celtic: 119

Brazilian: 111

Belgian: 110

Lebanese: 107

Slovak: 106

Armenian: 97

Croatian: 96

Latvian: 77

Pennsylvania German: 71

Arab/Arabic: 63

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 60

Palestinian: 59

Lithuanian: 55

Icelander: 53

Nigerian: 52

Ethiopian: 45

Slovene: 44

Australian: 43

Slavic: 42

Egyptian: 37

Other Arab: 37

Turkish: 36

South African: 35

Basque: 35

Bulgarian: 34

Ugandan: 29

Estonian: 27

Eastern European: 20

New Zealander: 20

Jamaican: 20

Other Subsaharan African: 18

Alsatian: 18

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 17

Kenyan: 14

Acadian/Cajun: 9

Moroccan: 8

British West Indian: 8

Haitian: 8

Serbian: 7

Maltese: 7

Bahamian: 7

Israeli: 7

Luxemburger: 6

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

Mexico (18%)
Ukraine (15%)
Russia (10%)
Vietnam (7%)
Canada (4%)
Philippines (4%)
Korea (3%)

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

This state: 41341
Northeast: 4445
Midwest: 15217
South: 8703
West: 54441

40% of Vancouver residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 22% lived in Washington.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 385
Nursery to 4th grade: 148
5th and 6th grade: 436
7th and 8th grade: 662
9th grade: 681
10th grade: 1,081
11th grade: 1,054
12th grade, no diploma: 1,589
High school graduate (or equivalency): 11,182
Less than 1 year of college: 3,703
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 8,726
Associate degree: 3,374
Bachelor's degree: 7,192
Master's degree: 2,631
Professional school degree: 824
Doctorate degree: 290

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 382
Nursery to 4th grade: 191
5th and 6th grade: 469
7th and 8th grade: 922
9th grade: 754
10th grade: 1,351
11th grade: 1,127
12th grade, no diploma: 1,550
High school graduate (or equivalency): 12,873
Less than 1 year of college: 5,822
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 9,212
Associate degree: 3,592
Bachelor's degree: 5,821
Master's degree: 2,336
Professional school degree: 485
Doctorate degree: 168

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 6.3%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 5.9%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 11.6%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 10.9%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 8.4%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 17.4%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 4.7%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 8.0%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 10.4%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 9.7%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 9.3%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 14.3%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 8.2%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 9.1%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $49,125
Black householders: $41,719
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $35,793
Asian householders: $63,660
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $47,771
Some other race householders: $48,801
Two or more races householders: $29,958
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $44,877

Vancouver household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Vancouver household income for Black householders

Vancouver household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

Vancouver household income for Asian householders

Vancouver household income for Some other race householders

Vancouver household income for Two or more races householders

Vancouver household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Vancouver marital status for males

Vancouver marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $252,968
Black or African American householders: $274,063
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $262,895
Asian householders: $262,009
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $282,572
Some other race householders: $228,504
Two or more races householders: $250,840
Hispanic or Latino householders: $231,340

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 33,381
One, attached: 2,896
Two: 3,663
3 or 4: 3,600
5 to 9: 4,555
10 to 19: 3,128
20 to 49: 2,147
50 or more: 5,101
Mobile homes: 1,546
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 37

Median worth of mobile homes: $55,100

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Vancouver:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Electricity (56%) Utility gas (36%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%) Wood (2%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Electricity (87%) Utility gas (10%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%) Wood (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,169

Here:	6.9%
Washington:	9.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 481

Here:	6.8%
Washington:	7.0%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 718

Here:	11.5%
Washington:	15.7%

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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