Jump to a detailed profile or search site with Google Custom Search

Winchester city, Virginia (VA)

County population in 2022: 28,295 (all urban); it was 23,585 in 2000
County owner-occupied with a mortgage or a loan houses and condos in 2010: 3,268
County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 1,593
County owner-occupied houses and condos in 2000: 4,571
Renter-occupied apartments: 5,746 (it was 5,430 in 2000)
% of renters here:

54%
State:

33%

Land area: 9 sq. mi.

Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.

Population density: 3031 people per square mile   (very high).

March 2022 cost of living index in Winchester city: 91.5 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

Industries providing employment: Educational, health and social services (24.6%), Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services (12.7%), Retail trade (12.1%), Manufacturing (11.7%).

Type of workers:

  • Private wage or salary: 80%
  • Government: 15%
  • Self-employed, not incorporated: 5%
  • Unpaid family work: 0%
  • OSM Map
  • General Map
  • Google Map
  • MSN Map

  • Races in Winchester city, VA (2022)
    • 17,68762.2%White Non-Hispanic Alone
    • 5,50119.3%Hispanic or Latino
    • 2,7349.6%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
    • 1,5385.4%Two or more races
    • 6052.1%Asian alone
    • 3061.1%Some other race alone
    • 590.2%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
Median resident age:

36.9 years
Virginia median age:

39.0 years
Males: 13,972  (49.4%)
Females: 14,323  (50.6%)
Average household size:
Winchester city:

2.0 people
Virginia:

3 people

Estimated median household income in 2022: $61,509 ($34,335 in 1999)
This county:

$61,509
Virginia:

$85,873

Median contract rent in 2022 for apartments: $1,023 (lower quartile is $827, upper quartile is $1,261)
This county:

$1023
State:

$1270


Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $322,759 (it was $109,800 in 2000)
Winchester city:

$322,759
Virginia:

$365,700
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $225,957 - $479,319
Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $1,597
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $550

Institutionalized population: 157
Winchester city, VA map from a distance

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $2,389 (0.7%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $2,508 (0.8%)

Distribution of median household income in Winchester city, VA in 2022
Distribution of house value in Winchester city, VA in 2022
Distribution of rent paid by renters in Winchester city, VA in 2022
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2022: 17.8%
Winchester city:

17.8%
Virginia:

10.6%
(12.7% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 21.4% for Black residents, 33.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 31.8% for other race residents, 29.1% for two or more races residents)

Median age of residents in 2022: 36.9 years old
(Males: 36.4 years old, Females: 37.9 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 43.8 years old, Black residents: 40.9 years old, American Indian residents: 28.8 years old, Asian residents: 33.5 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 22.3 years old, Other race residents: 31.7 years old)

Area name: Winchester, VA HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Winchester city is $490 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $647 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $893 a month.

Winchester city has a predicted average indoor radon screening level greater than 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Highest Potential

Click to draw/clear Winchester city borders

Neighboring counties: Anne Arundel County, Maryland , Hampshire County, West Virginia , Cooper County, Missouri , Frederick County , Jefferson County, Kansas .

Unemployment in December 2023:
Here:

2.5%
Virginia:

2.7%

Unemployment by year in Winchester city, VA

Current college students: 1,688
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 87.0%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 32.3%

Number of foreign born residents: 3,469 (30.4% naturalized citizens)

Winchester city:

12.3%
Whole state:

12.7%
Year of entry for the foreign-born population
  • Year of entry for the foreign-born population
  • 1,1942010 or later
  • 1,3172000 to 2009
  • 4481990 to 1999
  • 3001980 to 1989
  • 811970 to 1979
  • 84Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute):  minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 96.3%

Winchester city marital status for males Winchester city marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 7,337
  • One, attached: 1,166
  • Two: 205
  • 3 or 4: 1,025
  • 5 to 9: 1,027
  • 10 to 19: 1,133
  • 20 to 49: 167
  • 50 or more: 432

Housing units in Winchester city with a mortgage: 3,178 (422 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 338 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 71

Here:

4.1% with mortgage
State:

97.2% with mortgage

Food Environment Statistics:

Number of grocery stores: 10
Winchester city:

3.89 / 10,000 pop.
State:

2.03 / 10,000 pop.

Number of supercenters and club stores: 1
Here:

0.39 / 10,000 pop.
Virginia:

0.17 / 10,000 pop.

Number of convenience stores (no gas): 2
This county:

0.78 / 10,000 pop.
Virginia:

1.43 / 10,000 pop.

Number of convenience stores (with gas): 12
Winchester city:

4.67 / 10,000 pop.
Virginia:

4.03 / 10,000 pop.

Number of full-service restaurants: 44
This county:

17.14 / 10,000 pop.
State:

7.65 / 10,000 pop.

Adult diabetes rate:
Winchester city:

9.2%
Virginia:

9.3%

Adult obesity rate:
Winchester city:

27.0%
State:

26.7%

Low-income preschool obesity rate:
Here:

22.4%
State:

18.6%

Earthquake activity:

Winchester city-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Virginia state average. It is 52% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 8/23/2011 at 17:51:04, a magnitude 5.8 (5.8 MW, Depth: 3.7 mi, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 88.6 miles away from Winchester city center
On 9/25/1998 at 19:52:52, a magnitude 5.2 (4.8 MB, 4.3 MS, 5.2 LG, 4.5 MW, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 198.5 miles away from the county center
On 8/25/2011 at 05:07:52, a magnitude 4.5 (4.5 ML, Depth: 4.2 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 85.9 miles away from the county center
On 12/9/2003 at 20:59:18, a magnitude 4.5 (4.5 ML, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 97.2 miles away from the county center
On 12/9/2003 at 20:59:14, a magnitude 4.5 (4.5 MB, 4.5 LG) earthquake occurred 111.0 miles away from Winchester city center
On 1/16/1994 at 01:49:16, a magnitude 4.6 (4.6 MB, 4.6 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 138.5 miles away from the county center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)
Means of transportation to work in 2022 - Winchester city

Means of transportation to work:

  • Drove a car alone: 20,050 (77.4%)
  • Carpooled: 1,890 (7.3%)
  • Bus: 75 (0.3%)
  • Ferryboat: 34 (0.1%)
  • Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means: 163 (0.6%)
  • Bicycle: 90 (0.3%)
  • Walked: 837 (3.2%)
  • Worked at home: 2,200 (8.5%)
Class of Workers in 2022
Most common industries in 2022 (%)
Males Females
Most common industries for males in 2022


  • Health care and social assistance (21%)
  • Educational services (15%)
  • Retail trade (13%)
  • Manufacturing (8%)
  • Public administration (7%)
  • Finance and insurance (6%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)

Most common industries for females in 2022


  • Health care and social assistance (22%)
  • Educational services (16%)
  • Retail trade (13%)
  • Manufacturing (8%)
  • Public administration (7%)
  • Finance and insurance (6%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)

Most common occupations in 2022 (%)
Males Females
Most common occupations for males in 2022


  • Construction and extraction occupations (11%)
  • Management occupations (11%)
  • Production occupations (8%)
  • Sales and related occupations (7%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
  • Food preparation and serving related occupations (6%)
  • Material moving occupations (6%)

Most common occupations for females in 2022


  • Educational instruction, and library occupations (13%)
  • Sales and related occupations (11%)
  • Office and administrative support occupations (10%)
  • Management occupations (9%)
  • Health diagnosing and treating practitioners and other technical occupations (7%)
  • Healthcare support occupations (6%)
  • Computer and mathematical occupations (5%)

Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents


  • El Salvador (36%)
  • Mexico (15%)
  • Jamaica (7%)
  • Haiti (4%)
  • Venezuela (3%)
  • Guatemala (3%)
  • Afghanistan (3%)

Most common first ancestries reported in Winchester city


  • American (11%)
  • English (11%)
  • German (8%)
  • Irish (7%)
  • Italian (6%)
  • European (4%)
  • Jamaican (2%)

Owners and renters by unit type
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

People in group quarters in Winchester city, Virginia in 2010:

  • 747 people in college/university student housing
  • 125 people in nursing facilities/skilled-nursing facilities
  • 34 people in group homes intended for adults
  • 32 people in group homes for juveniles (non-correctional)
  • 23 people in emergency and transitional shelters (with sleeping facilities) for people experiencing homelessness
  • 8 people in other noninstitutional facilities
  • 7 people in residential treatment centers for adults

People in group quarters in Winchester city, Virginia in 2000:

  • 585 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
  • 148 people in nursing homes
  • 35 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
  • 9 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
  • 8 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2020 was $72,604.

13.63% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($53,582 average adjusted gross income)

Here:

13.63%
Virginia average:

10.16%


10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
8.53% relocated from other counties in Virginia ($31,786 average AGI)
5.10% relocated from other states ($21,797 average AGI)
Winchester city:

5.10%
Virginia average:

3.91%

Residents relocating <b>from</b> other counties or countries

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2020 and 2021:
from Frederick County, VA  4.29% ($44,728 average AGI)
from Loudoun County, VA  0.80% ($64,544)
from Berkeley County, WV  0.71% ($42,050)
from Warren County, VA  0.58% ($35,923)
from Fairfax County, VA  0.47% ($89,774)
from Shenandoah County, VA  0.40% ($39,733)
from Prince William County, VA  0.27% ($73,367)


14.11% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($50,918 average adjusted gross income)

Here:

14.11%
Virginia average:

10.20%


10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
8.55% relocated to other counties in Virginia ($29,336 average AGI)
5.56% relocated to other states ($21,581 average AGI)
Winchester city:

5.56%
Virginia average:

3.98%

Residents relocating <b>to</b> other counties or countries

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2020 and 2021:
to Frederick County, VA  5.39% ($54,977 average AGI)
to Berkeley County, WV  1.43% ($49,259)
to Shenandoah County, VA  0.41% ($46,674)
to Warren County, VA  0.39% ($36,841)
to Loudoun County, VA  0.39% ($102,705)
to Fairfax County, VA  0.30% ($53,529)
to Clarke County, VA  0.26% ($44,793)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.7
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 15.9

Births per 1000 population in Winchester city

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 10.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 9.9

Deaths per 1000 population in Winchester city

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 10.3
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 7.4

Infant deaths per 1000 population in Winchester city
Population without health insurance coverage in 2018: 14.2%
Persons under 19 years old without health insurance coverage in 2018: 6.0%
Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Winchester city
All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19
Population without health insurance coverage in Winchester city
18-64 population without health insurance coverage in Winchester city
40-64 population without health insurance coverage in Winchester city
50-64 population without health insurance coverage in Winchester city
Population under 19 years without health insurance coverage in Winchester city

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2007: 4,233 (3,613 aged, 620 disabled)
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2007: 570 (9%)
Persons enrolled in Medicare
Aged persons enrolled in Medicare
Disabled persons enrolled in Medicare

Most common underlying causes of death in Winchester city, Virginia in 1999 - 2019:

  • Bronchus or lung, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (344)
  • Atherosclerotic heart disease (312)
  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unspecified (207)
  • Acute myocardial infarction, unspecified (189)
  • Unspecified dementia (180)
  • Alzheimer disease, unspecified (89)
  • Pneumonia, unspecified (21)
  • Other lack of expected normal physiological development (14)
  • Stroke, not specified as haemorrhage or infarction (13)
  • Breast, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (12)

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12%

Short term general hospitals per 100,000 population in 2004: 4.04
Short term general hospital admissions per 100,000 population in 2004: 96,844
Short term general hospital beds per 100,000 population in 2004: 1,659
Emergency room visits per 100,000 population in 2004: 248,343

General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1,632
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1,031
Dentists per 100,000 population in 1998: 12

Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 102
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 227

Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 16
Beer, wine & liquor stores per 100,000 population in 2005: 1

Suicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 143.8. This is more than state average.

Household type by relationship:

Households: 28,295
  • Male householders: 5,548 (1,875 living alone), Female householders: 5,980 (2,284 living alone)
  • 4,052 spouses (4,025 opposite-sex spouses), 1,252 unmarried partners, (1,241 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 7,056 children (6,663 natural, 95 adopted, 303 stepchildren), 752 grandchildren, 387 brothers or sisters, 373 parents, 0 foster children, 450 other relatives, 1,326 non-relatives
  • In group quarters: 1,111

Size of family households: 2,755 2-persons, 1,437 3-persons, 1,030 4-persons, 452 5-persons, 162 6-persons, 315 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 4,159 1-person, 896 2-persons, 329 3-persons, 7 4-persons, 15 6-persons.

2,878 married couples with children.
2,386 single-parent households (720 men, 1,666 women).

80.0% of residents of Winchester city speak English at home.
15.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
3.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (49% speak English very well, 41% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (53% speak English very well, 47% speak English well).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (33% speak English very well, 67% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $195,628,000 ($7,895 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $28,698,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $91,138,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $37,291,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $18,000
Federal grants: $27,163,000
Federal procurement contracts: $15,651,000 ($1,988,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $24,367,000 ($14,006,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $25,988,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $13,194,000
Federal Government insurance: $9,554,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Births: 1,990
Here:

79 per 1000 residents
State:

70 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 1,261
Here:

50 per 1000 residents
State:

40 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: +731
Here:

+29 per 1000 residents
State:

+18 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: +138
Here:

+5 per 1000 residents
State:

+14 per 1000 residents
Population growth in Winchester city

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.00 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:

7.2
State:

7.0

Median number of rooms in apartments:
Here:

4.4
State:

4.3

Year house built in Winchester city, Virginia
  • Year house built in Winchester city, Virginia
  • 272020 or later
  • 4102010 to 2019
  • 1,2582000 to 2009
  • 1,1471990 to 1999
  • 1,5681980 to 1989
  • 1,4421970 to 1979
  • 1,3781960 to 1969
  • 1,3511950 to 1959
  • 1,3191940 to 1949
  • 2,4121939 or earlier
Rooms in houses/apartments in Winchester city, Virginia
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Winchester city, Virginia
  • Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Winchester city, Virginia
  • 01 room
  • 02 rooms
  • 513 rooms
  • 2364 rooms
  • 1,0225 rooms
  • 7046 rooms
  • 7307 rooms
  • 6828 rooms
  • 1,6629+ rooms
Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Winchester city, Virginia
  • Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Winchester city, Virginia
  • 2971 room
  • 6402 rooms
  • 9873 rooms
  • 1,3134 rooms
  • 1,2385 rooms
  • 9086 rooms
  • 3547 rooms
  • 3958 rooms
  • 2329+ rooms
Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Winchester city, Virginia
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Winchester city, Virginia
  • Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Winchester city, Virginia
  • 0no bedroom
  • 171 bedroom
  • 6372 bedrooms
  • 2,4573 bedrooms
  • 1,4104 bedrooms
  • 5825+ bedrooms
Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Winchester city, Virginia
  • Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Winchester city, Virginia
  • 299no bedroom
  • 1,5421 bedroom
  • 2,5472 bedrooms
  • 1,7793 bedrooms
  • 1574 bedrooms
  • 355+ bedrooms
Cars and other vehicles available in Winchester city, Virginia in houses/condos/apartments
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Cars and other vehicles available in Winchester city in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Winchester city in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • 173no vehicle
  • 1,3751 vehicle
  • 2,1342 vehicles
  • 9013 vehicles
  • 4084 vehicles
  • 1255+ vehicles
Cars and other vehicles available in Winchester city in renter-occupied apartments
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Winchester city in renter-occupied apartments
  • 977no vehicle
  • 3,3181 vehicle
  • 1,6082 vehicles
  • 4523 vehicles
  • 74 vehicles
  • 215+ vehicles

85.3% of Winchester city residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 17% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 71% lived in Virginia.

Winchester city:

85.3%
State average:

86.6%

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

  • This state: 13,741
  • Other state: 10,394
  • Northeast: 3,518
  • Midwest: 1,455
  • South: 4,253
  • West: 1,167
Year householders moved into unit in Winchester city, VA
Most commonly used house heating fuel in Winchester city
Houses and condos Apartments
Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos
  • 50.6%Utility gas
  • 33.7%Electricity
  • 11.3%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
  • 1.7%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 1.7%Other fuel
  • 0.9%Wood
Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments
  • 58.4%Electricity
  • 27.4%Utility gas
  • 7.5%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
  • 4.9%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 0.7%No fuel used
  • 0.6%Other fuel
  • 0.6%Wood

Private vs. public school enrollment:


Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 350
Here:

13.2%
Virginia:

13.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 22
Here:

1.4%
Virginia:

10.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 854
Here:

49.7%
Virginia:

18.7%

Educational Attainment
School Enrollment by Level of School
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Noninstitutionalized Residents with Employment Disability

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2004:

  • Total number of recipients: 527
  • Number of aged recipients: 71
  • Number of blind and disabled recipients: 456
  • Number of recipients under 18: 74
  • Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 326
  • Number of recipients older than 64: 127
  • Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 240
  • Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 185
Most common first names in Winchester city, VA among deceased individuals
NameCountLived (average)
Mary46578.8 years
John36372.3 years
William35573.6 years
James33571.2 years
Robert31469.6 years
Charles30873.0 years
George17376.2 years
Helen17078.6 years
Harry15475.4 years
Virginia15280.8 years
Most common last names in Winchester city, VA among deceased individuals
Last nameCountLived (average)
Miller16877.8 years
Smith14675.7 years
Brown12475.1 years
Anderson11475.6 years
Williams10275.2 years
Dehaven9977.9 years
Johnson7971.0 years
Adams7576.8 years
Jenkins7574.6 years
Clark7476.2 years

Winchester city on our top lists:

  • #31 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to other counties in 2011"
  • #36 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from other counties between 2010 and 2011"