Arlington, VA

Census Place

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2023 Population

235,463

0.162% 1-year decline

US Senator

N/AMark Warner

Democratic Party

US Senator

N/ATim Kaine

Democratic Party

2023 Employed Population

145,584

0.934% 1-year decline

About

In 2023, Arlington, VA had a population of 235k people with a median age of N/A and a median household income of N/A. Between 2022 and 2023 the population of Arlington, VA declined from 235,845 to 235,463, a −0.162% decrease and its median household income N/A from N/A to N/A, a N/A% N/A.

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None of the households in Arlington, VA reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

Most people in Arlington, VA drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 26.6 minutes. The average car ownership in Arlington, VA was N/A per household.

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Economy

The economy of Arlington, VA employs 146k people. The largest industries in Arlington, VA are Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (39,821 people), Public Administration (25,070 people), and Educational Services (12,578 people), and the highest paying industries are .

Employment

Occupations

146k

2023 Value

± 2,951

−0.934%

1 Year decline

± 2.9%

From 2022 to 2023, employment in Arlington, VA declined at a rate of −0.934%, from 147k employees to 146k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Arlington, VA, are Management Occupations (26,323 people), Business & Financial Operations Occupations (22,495 people), and Computer & Mathematical Occupations (16,275 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Arlington, VA.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

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This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Virginia (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

146k

2023 Value

± 2,951

−0.934%

1 Year decline

± 2.9%

From 2022 to 2023, employment in Arlington, VA declined at a rate of −0.934%, from 147k employees to 146k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Arlington, VA, are Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (39,821 people), Public Administration (25,070 people), and Educational Services (12,578 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Arlington, VA, though some of these residents may live in Arlington, VA and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Employment by Industry Sector

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Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during N/A, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall N/A in employment by N/A%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in N/A.

Civics

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Virginia went to Kamala Harris with 51.8% of the vote. The runner-up was Donald J. Trump (46.1%), followed by Other (0.905%).

Mark Warner and Tim Kaine are the senators currently representing the state of Virginia. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Virginia is currently represented by 11 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Presidential Popular Vote Over Time

2024 Election Results

N/AKamala Harris (51.8%)
Democratic Party
N/ADonald J. Trump (46.1%)
Republican Party
N/AOther (0.905%)
Other Party

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Virginia went to Kamala Harris with 51.8% of the vote. The runner-up was Donald J. Trump (46.1%), followed by Other (0.905%).

The following chart shows the popular vote results in Virginia for each registered party from 1976 to 2024.

Senator Elections

US Senators from Virginia

N/AMark Warner

Senator from Virginia

Assumed office on January 3, 2009

N/ATim Kaine

Senator from Virginia

Assumed office on January 3, 2013

Mark Warner and Tim Kaine are the senators currently representing Virginia.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Virginia over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

US Representative Elections

US Representatives from Virginia

Virginia is currently represented by 11 members in the U.S. house.

Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for Virginia have changed over time starting in 2008.

Education

Most students graduating from Universities in Arlington, VA are Black or African American (739 and 31.4%), followed by White (695 and 29.6%), Unknown (405 and 17.2%), and Hispanic or Latino (273 and 11.6%).

The median tuition cost in N/A for private four year colleges is $37,400.

Completions

Student Diversity

University

In N/A, N/A men were awarded degrees from institutions in Arlington, VA, which is N/A times N/A than the N/A female students who received degrees in the same year.

In 2023, the most common race/ethnicity group awarded degrees at institutions was Black or African American students. These 739 degrees mean that there were 1.06 times more degrees awarded to Black or African American students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, White, with 695 degrees awarded.

Awarded Degrees over Time

The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.

Working Population

Educational Pyramid

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Measure

In N/A, N/A% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while N/A% of women were in the same situation.

This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.

Educational Attainment

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The most common educational levels obtained by the working population in 2022 were High School or Equivalent (1.71M), Bachelors Degree (1.47M), and Some college (1.4M).

This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.

Housing & Living

People in Arlington, VA have an average commute time of 26.6 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Arlington, VA is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of N/A per household.

Median household income in Arlington, VA is N/A. In N/A, the place with the highest median household income in Arlington, VA was Census Tract 1003 with a value of $250,001, followed by Census Tract 1004 and Census Tract 1002, with respective values of $250,001 and $243,109.

Housing

Rent vs Own

41.8%

Homeownership

2023

65.9%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2023

In 2023, 41.8% of the housing units in Arlington, VA were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 42.2%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Arlington, VA compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Income by Location

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Highest Median Household Income (Total)

Census Tract 1003
Census Tract 1004
Census Tract 1002

In N/A, the place with the highest Median Household Income (Total) in Arlington, VA was Census Tract 1003 with a value of $250,001, followed by Census Tract 1004 and Census Tract 1002, with respective values of $250,001 and $243,109.

The following map shows all of the places in Arlington, VA colored by their Median Household Income (Total).

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

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Median Household Income

± N/A

112k

Number of Households

± 2,451

In N/A, the median household income of the 112k households in Arlington, VA N/A N/A from the previous year's value of N/A.

The following chart displays the households in Arlington, VA distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $200k+ range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Arlington, VA is from Virginia.

0.475

2022 Wage GINI in Virginia

0.476

2021 Wage GINI in Virginia

In 2022, the income inequality in Virginia was 0.475 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.164% decline from 2021 to 2022, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Virginia was lower than than the national average of 1. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Virginia in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Virginia across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2023

Drove Alone (39.7%)
Worked At Home (31.5%)
Public Transit (15.9%)

In 2023, 39.7% of workers in Arlington, VA drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (31.5%) and those who used public transit to get to work (15.9%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

26.6 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Arlington, VA have a longer commute time (26.6 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.6 minutes). Additionally, N/A% of the workforce in Arlington, VA have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Arlington, VA compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

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The following chart displays the households in Arlington, VA distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Arlington, VA have N/A.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

N/A% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Arlington, VA (N/A out of N/A people) live below the poverty line, a number that is approximately the same as the national average of N/A%. The largest demographic living in poverty are N/A N/A, followed by N/A N/A and then N/A N/A.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Arlington, VA is White, followed by Hispanic and Asian.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

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Health

N/A% of the population of Arlington, VA has health coverage, with N/A% on employee plans, N/A% on Medicaid, N/A% on Medicare, N/A% on non-group plans, and N/A% on military or VA plans.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In N/A, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in .

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 49.7% were men and 50.3% were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

Uninsured People

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The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Arlington, VA changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.

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