Winchester, VA (Virginia) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 25,733 (All urban)

Winchester, Virginia Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 10,587 (10,001 occupied: 4,571 owner occupied, 5,430 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	54%
State:	32%

Housing density: 1134 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: $621 (lower quartile is $492, upper quartile is $821)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $591

Median gross rent in Winchester, VA in 2007: $750

Housing units in Winchester with a mortgage: 2,667 (288 second mortgage, 327 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,620

Winchester,VA index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $258,051 (it was $109,800 in 2000)

Winchester:	$258,051
Virginia:	$262,100

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $166,870 - $383,493

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $310,951
Here: $310,951
State: $357,398

Townhouses or other attached units: $271,147
Here: $271,147
State: $371,438

In 2-unit structures: $297,765
Here: $297,765
State: $295,743

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $639,769
Here: $639,769
State: $316,638

Mobile homes: $9,500
Here: $9,500
State: $37,843

Household type by relationship

Households: 22,805

In family households: 17,410 (4,018 male householders, 1,646 female householders)
4,075 spouses, 6,010 children (5,616 natural, 102 adopted, 292 stepchildren), 386 grandchildren, 187 brothers or sisters, 115 parents, 360 other relatives, 613 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 5,395 (1,919 male householders (1,454 living alone)), 2,411 female householders (2,006 living alone)), 1,065 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 780 (111 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 2,549 2-persons, 1,382 3-persons, 988 4-persons, 501 5-persons, 169 6-persons, 75 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 3,460 1-person, 725 2-persons, 95 3-persons, 32 4-persons, 9 5-persons, 9 6-persons.

3,055 married couples with children.
1,449 single-parent households (307 men, 1,142 women).

90.0% of residents of Winchester speak English at home.
6.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (37% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 26% don't speak English at all).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (27% speak English very well, 55% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

Foreign born population: 1,604 (6.8%)
(18.6% 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:	4.2
State:	4.3

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Winchester, Virginia:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 0 3 rooms: 62 4 rooms: 175 5 rooms: 771 6 rooms: 1,276 7 rooms: 789 8 rooms: 681 9 or more rooms: 817

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Winchester, Virginia:
	1 room: 210 2 rooms: 417 3 rooms: 946 4 rooms: 1,619 5 rooms: 1,105 6 rooms: 713 7 rooms: 258 8 rooms: 108 9 or more rooms: 54

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 110
1995 to 1998: 552
1990 to 1994: 521
1980 to 1989: 1,489
1970 to 1979: 1,398
1960 to 1969: 1,432
1950 to 1959: 1,698
1940 to 1949: 1,188
1939 or earlier: 2,199

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Winchester:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 79 2 bedrooms: 603 3 bedrooms: 2,636 4 bedrooms: 1,015 5 or more bedrooms: 238

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Winchester:
	no bedroom: 246 1 bedroom: 1,502 2 bedrooms: 2,286 3 bedrooms: 1,175 4 bedrooms: 190 5 or more bedrooms: 31

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Winchester in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 255 1 vehicle: 1,347 2 vehicles: 1,896 3 vehicles: 800 4 vehicles: 203 5 or more vehicles: 70

Cars and other vehicles available in Winchester in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 977 1 vehicle: 2,567 2 vehicles: 1,506 3 vehicles: 281 4 vehicles: 67 5 or more vehicles: 32

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

Less than $10,000: 7
$10,000 to $14,999: 3
$15,000 to $19,999: 3
$20,000 to $24,999: 8
$25,000 to $29,999: 10
$30,000 to $34,999: 6
$35,000 to $39,999: 0
$40,000 to $49,999: 22
$50,000 to $59,999: 29
$60,000 to $69,999: 18
$70,000 to $79,999: 10
$80,000 to $89,999: 4
$90,000 to $99,999: 24
$100,000 to $124,999: 123
$125,000 to $149,999: 206
$150,000 to $174,999: 507
$175,000 to $199,999: 671
$200,000 to $249,999: 955
$250,000 to $299,999: 637
$300,000 to $399,999: 705
$400,000 to $499,999: 399
$500,000 to $749,999: 457
$750,000 to $999,999: 91
$1,000,000 or more: 91

Winchester rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Winchester:

Less than $100: 99 people
$100 to $149: 59
$150 to $199: 87
$200 to $249: 71
$250 to $299: 81
$300 to $349: 110
$350 to $399: 206
$400 to $449: 298
$450 to $499: 426
$500 to $549: 573
$550 to $599: 614
$600 to $649: 505
$650 to $699: 450
$700 to $749: 442
$750 to $799: 476
$800 to $899: 671
$900 to $999: 291
$1,000 to $1,249: 237
$1,250 to $1,499: 6
$1,500 to $1,999: 34
$2,000 or more: 4
No cash rent: 161

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 797 1990 to 1994: 342 1985 to 1989: 153 1980 to 1984: 147 1975 to 1979: 58 1970 to 1974: 23 1970 to 1974: 19 1965 to 1969: 65

Winchester, VA Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 50.9%
Number of people working at home: 371 (3.1% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 734
5 to 9 minutes: 2496
10 to 14 minutes: 2747
15 to 19 minutes: 1989
20 to 24 minutes: 962
25 to 29 minutes: 244
30 to 34 minutes: 545
35 to 39 minutes: 108
40 to 44 minutes: 176
45 to 59 minutes: 456
60 to 89 minutes: 807
90 or more minutes: 282

Winchester mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 8,604 (72%)
Carpooled: 2,027 (17%)
Bus or trolley bus: 124 (1%)
Railroad: 4 (0%)
Taxi: 101 (1%)
Bicycle: 37 (0%)
Walked: 575 (5%)
Other means: 74 (1%)
Worked at home: 371 (3%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 1075
$10,000 to $14,999: 683
$15,000 to $19,999: 797
$20,000 to $24,999: 870
$25,000 to $29,999: 894
$30,000 to $34,999: 773
$35,000 to $39,999: 572
$40,000 to $44,999: 647
$45,000 to $49,999: 434
$50,000 to $59,999: 768
$60,000 to $74,999: 963
$75,000 to $99,999: 679
$100,000 to $124,999: 311
$125,000 to $149,999: 173
$150,000 to $199,999: 155
$200,000 or more: 200

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 4444

United States or American: 2697

German: 2503

English: 2196

Irish: 1957

Italian: 596

Scottish: 574

Scotch-Irish: 506

Polish: 270

French (except Basque): 269

Subsaharan African:: 219

European: 216

African: 198

Dutch: 160

Swedish: 136

Welsh: 107

Russian: 101

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 75

Jamaican: 75

British: 71

Canadian: 61

Portuguese: 56

French Canadian: 54

Norwegian: 48

Slovene: 41

Guyanese: 34

Czech: 33

Austrian: 32

Ukrainian: 31

Greek: 30

Scandinavian: 26

Swiss: 26

Ghanian: 13

Finnish: 12

Afghan: 11

Hungarian: 10

Iranian: 10

Eastern European: 9

Yugoslavian: 9

Other Subsaharan African: 8

Brazilian: 8

Danish: 7

Lebanese: 7

Arab:: 7

Latvian: 7

Slovak: 6

Pennsylvania German: 6

Lithuanian: 5

Romanian: 4

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

Mexico (46%)
El Salvador (10%)
Jamaica (5%)
Vietnam (5%)
Japan (5%)
Honduras (4%)
Germany (3%)

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

This state: 12574
Northeast: 2443
Midwest: 1170
South: 4890
West: 595

46% of Winchester residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 16% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 66% lived in Virginia.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 64
Nursery to 4th grade: 64
5th and 6th grade: 241
7th and 8th grade: 511
9th grade: 270
10th grade: 326
11th grade: 253
12th grade, no diploma: 245
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,801
Less than 1 year of college: 400
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 973
Associate degree: 313
Bachelor's degree: 1,022
Master's degree: 428
Professional school degree: 227
Doctorate degree: 104

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 76
Nursery to 4th grade: 54
5th and 6th grade: 148
7th and 8th grade: 384
9th grade: 273
10th grade: 351
11th grade: 299
12th grade, no diploma: 216
High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,285
Less than 1 year of college: 674
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,023
Associate degree: 439
Bachelor's degree: 1,135
Master's degree: 616
Professional school degree: 69
Doctorate degree: 32

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 3.2%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 4.9%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 8.4%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 12.4%

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: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 18.3%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 3.2%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 6.2%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 2.3%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 3.1%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $45,918
Black householders: $37,296
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $51,176
Asian householders: $27,352
Some other race householders: $39,328
Two or more races householders: $30,672
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $34,194

Winchester household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Winchester household income for Black householders

Winchester household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

Winchester household income for Asian householders

Winchester household income for Some other race householders

Winchester household income for Two or more races householders

Winchester household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Winchester marital status for males

Winchester marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $247,980
Black or African American householders: $177,601
Asian householders: $256,805
Some other race householders: $209,591
Two or more races householders: $167,011
Hispanic or Latino householders: $232,536

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 5,898
One, attached: 999
Two: 418
3 or 4: 845
5 to 9: 958
10 to 19: 1,015
20 to 49: 258
50 or more: 132
Mobile homes: 64

Median worth of mobile homes: $14,675

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Winchester:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (40%) Electricity (28%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (27%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%) Wood (2%) Other fuel (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Electricity (49%) Utility gas (35%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (12%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%) Other fuel (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 83

Here:	3.7%
Virginia:	9.5%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 44

Here:	3.9%
Virginia:	8.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 830

Here:	57.6%
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)

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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