Housing density: 5,257 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2019: $948,568.
Median contract rent in 2019: $1,514 (lower quartile is $953, upper quartile is over $2,000)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2019: $1,947
Median gross rent in Washington, DC in 2019: $1,603
Housing units in Washington with a mortgage: 92,531 (3,079 second mortgage, 10,789 home equity loan, 499 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 28,457
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $157,050
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $100,885
54,336 married couples with children.
49,057 single-parent households (7,210 men, 41,847 women).
83.9% of residents of Washington speak English at home.
8.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
3.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (90% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 1% speak English not well).
2.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (65% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
1.8% of residents speak other language at home (69% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
Foreign born population: 85,333 (12.1%)
(48.7% of them are naturalized citizens)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Washington, District of Columbia
30,2502010 or later
21,7202000 to 2009
16,0331990 to 1999
18,7121980 to 1989
9,0711970 to 1979
8,245Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
European: 15,329 (3.7%)
Irish: 9,924 (2.4%)
American: 8,164 (2.0%)
German: 8,121 (1.9%)
English: 7,090 (1.7%)
Italian: 6,797 (1.6%)
Ethiopian: 6,228 (1.5%)
African: 6,084 (1.5%)
Eastern European: 5,064 (1.2%)
Polish: 3,276 (0.8%)
Jamaican: 3,036 (0.7%)
British: 2,961 (0.7%)
Nigerian: 2,798 (0.7%)
French: 2,232 (0.5%)
Russian: 1,860 (0.4%)
Iranian: 1,714 (0.4%)
Scottish: 1,484 (0.4%)
Haitian: 1,331 (0.3%)
Northern European: 1,293 (0.3%)
Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 1,143 (0.3%)
Ukrainian: 1,081 (0.3%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,047 (0.3%)
Greek: 957 (0.2%)
Dutch: 912 (0.2%)
Brazilian: 908 (0.2%)
Norwegian: 844 (0.2%)
Swedish: 758 (0.2%)
Serbian: 635 (0.2%)
French Canadian: 611 (0.1%)
Egyptian: 578 (0.1%)
Ghanaian: 571 (0.1%)
Canadian: 533 (0.1%)
West Indian: 524 (0.1%)
Lebanese: 523 (0.1%)
Turkish: 514 (0.1%)
Hungarian: 511 (0.1%)
Lithuanian: 508 (0.1%)
Armenian: 477 (0.1%)
Albanian: 440 (0.1%)
Moroccan: 418 (0.1%)
Sudanese: 410 (0.10%)
Romanian: 399 (0.10%)
Portuguese: 373 (0.09%)
Danish: 351 (0.08%)
Arab: 347 (0.08%)
Czech: 346 (0.08%)
Scandinavian: 342 (0.08%)
Welsh: 326 (0.08%)
Guyanese: 325 (0.08%)
Austrian: 325 (0.08%)
Slovak: 323 (0.08%)
Bulgarian: 290 (0.07%)
Syrian: 274 (0.07%)
Australian: 269 (0.06%)
Sierra Leonean: 255 (0.06%)
Kenyan: 228 (0.05%)
Israeli: 210 (0.05%)
Finnish: 201 (0.05%)
Croatian: 190 (0.05%)
Bahamian: 188 (0.05%)
Palestinian: 173 (0.04%)
Liberian: 151 (0.04%)
Swiss: 141 (0.03%)
Belgian: 137 (0.03%)
South African: 134 (0.03%)
Senegalese: 132 (0.03%)
British West Indian: 127 (0.03%)
Latvian: 117 (0.03%)
Ugandan: 108 (0.03%)
Icelander: 105 (0.03%)
Maltese: 95 (0.02%)
Slovene: 92 (0.02%)
Cape Verdean: 85 (0.02%)
Iraqi: 84 (0.02%)
Cajun: 83 (0.02%)
Barbadian: 81 (0.02%)
Cypriot: 79 (0.02%)
Yugoslavian: 78 (0.02%)
Afghan: 67 (0.02%)
Pennsylvania German: 63 (0.02%)
U.S. Virgin Islander: 61 (0.01%)
Macedonian: 60 (0.01%)
Czechoslovakian: 49 (0.01%)
Bermudan: 42 (0.01%)
Slavic: 41 (0.01%)
Zimbabwean: 38 (0.01%)
Somali: 34 (0.01%)
Estonian: 33 (0.01%)
Luxembourger: 26 (0.01%)
Assyrian: 24 (0.01%)
Jordanian: 21 (0.01%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
El Salvador
Washington:
12.3% (11,940)
District of Columbia:
12.3% (11,678)
Ethiopia
Washington:
6.0% (5,827)
District of Columbia:
6.0% (5,685)
Mexico
Washington:
4.0% (3,908)
District of Columbia:
4.2% (4,022)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Washington:
3.9% (3,813)
District of Columbia:
3.9% (3,665)
India
Washington:
3.6% (3,517)
District of Columbia:
3.5% (3,352)
Guatemala
Washington:
3.0% (2,928)
District of Columbia:
2.7% (2,580)
Dominican Republic
Washington:
3.0% (2,907)
District of Columbia:
2.9% (2,780)
Colombia
Washington:
2.6% (2,563)
District of Columbia:
2.5% (2,415)
Jamaica
Washington:
2.4% (2,326)
District of Columbia:
2.3% (2,234)
Canada
Washington:
2.4% (2,281)
District of Columbia:
2.4% (2,314)
Philippines
Washington:
2.3% (2,279)
District of Columbia:
2.3% (2,211)
Nigeria
Washington:
2.3% (2,277)
District of Columbia:
2.1% (2,031)
Honduras
Washington:
2.3% (2,262)
District of Columbia:
2.1% (1,975)
United Kingdom, excluding England and Scotland
Washington:
2.2% (2,127)
District of Columbia:
2.2% (2,129)
France
Washington:
2.2% (2,105)
District of Columbia:
2.3% (2,230)
Vietnam
Washington:
1.8% (1,790)
District of Columbia:
1.8% (1,730)
Germany
Washington:
1.7% (1,696)
District of Columbia:
1.9% (1,768)
Korea
Washington:
1.7% (1,635)
District of Columbia:
1.7% (1,645)
Brazil
Washington:
1.7% (1,633)
District of Columbia:
1.5% (1,410)
Iran
Washington:
1.6% (1,528)
District of Columbia:
1.6% (1,516)
Peru
Washington:
1.5% (1,457)
District of Columbia:
1.6% (1,474)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 262,594
Other state: 343,198
Northeast: 101,058
Midwest: 54,868
South: 147,476
West: 39,796
80.5% of Washington residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 35.4% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 0.0% lived in District of Columbia.
Washington:
80.5%
State average:
80.5%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 3,397
Nursery to 4th grade: 1,364
5th and 6th grade: 1,473
7th and 8th grade: 1,890
9th grade: 1,841
10th grade: 2,169
11th grade: 6,003
12th grade, no diploma: 3,373
High school graduate (or equivalency): 36,627
Less than 1 year of college: 7,348
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 19,624
Associate degree: 8,169
Bachelor's degree: 62,428
Master's degree: 49,132
Professional school degree: 22,426
Doctorate degree: 9,688
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 3,393
Nursery to 4th grade: 1,104
5th and 6th grade: 2,125
7th and 8th grade: 1,713
9th grade: 2,352
10th grade: 2,307
11th grade: 3,490
12th grade, no diploma: 3,174
High school graduate (or equivalency): 43,254
Less than 1 year of college: 9,019
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 29,754
Associate degree: 8,753
Bachelor's degree: 67,397
Master's degree: 58,480
Professional school degree: 21,814
Doctorate degree: 10,064
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 37,010
One, attached: 77,927
Two: 10,687
3 or 4: 21,833
5 to 9: 24,129
10 to 19: 32,320
20 to 49: 22,747
50 or more: 95,757
Mobile homes: 404
Median worth of mobile homes: $144,644
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2019: 0.9%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2019: 1.3%
House/condo owner moved in on average 11 years ago