VIRGINIA SQUARE Metro Station Area Demographics

N . N E L N N . S K . A O KI L N S N I R S N A K S T S C N W S . T O T I O . V . Y L O ST N WASHINGTON D . N R WASHINGTON BLVD. R D . LVD. N B D AX Q . F N . IR U M A . F I N N O E C N L Y S R Metro Station Area Demographics ST O O VIRGINIA SQUARE N . E . ST. N S 11TH T S KEN . T . N 2010 Census (Summary File 1) M . E IV N ST O . N R R KA D . E . N J . N D AC . N . ST SA L ST ST V H I . L K 0T N S . 1 SO C B ST X O N N A N F . L N O . IR A S I F IL VY W 8TH RD. N. N The Virginia Square Metro Station Area (MSA) is situated on the Orange Metrorail line between the ST . KE . N N . M L I Clarendon and Ballston Stations. In the mid-1900s, Virginia Square served as an important commercial O N R C E . O T. N. N L 9 H S H ST S T N 8T T . district for the County. More recently, Virginia Square has become the cultural and educational center with- ST . N in the Rosslyn-Ballston Corridor, with developments such as the Virginia Square campus of George Mason ST H WILSON BLVD. 7T T University, Arlington Central Library, and the Arlington Arts Center. Within the last 10 years, there has been N . O . N M ST . 6TH RD. N. ED . N ST ST significant residential development in Virginia Square, adding over 2,200 housing units since 2000. PI TH Y N 6 6 N C T . H . ST . O O N N. I . AKL 5TH XF U N PL. ST . Q N. N O . PE ST D AN R N H D 5T I AR D D L ST M S . L N O T N . N D. The 2010 Census shows the demographics of Virginia Square to be similar to its neighboring Metro Station R . H N T N M . 5 PO . G T O N N L N N ST E E O R L B R . N SO O areas. The residents of Virginia Square are young, apartment dwellers, with the majority living in one and two E W . ST . E R N O N . S H ST . D 5T O N ST T . D . O . person households. XF . T. N . N. 4 D S ST O TH 3R . N 4TH ST. N R N. R D . D D R G PI G Virginia Square L E ST IN E N BE D SH O M . R O PE S R . D N N Virginia Square Arlington R Virginia Square. T Arlington E ST D . Number Percent Number Percent N Number Percent Number Percent E TOTAL POPULATION 6,120 100.0% 207,627 100.0% TOTAL HOUSEHOLDS H 3,390 100.0% 98,050 100.0% Total Non‐Hispanic or Latino 5,667 92.6% 176,245 84.9% Household Type White alone 4,457 72.8% 132,961 64.0% Family households: 996 29.4% 41,607 42.4% Black or African‐American alone 306 5.0% 17,088 8.2% Husband‐wife family 831 24.5% 33,218 33.9% American Indian or Alaska Native alone 5 0.1% 394 0.2% Other family: 165 4.9% 8,389 8.6% Asian alone 731 11.9% 19,762 9.5% Male householder, no wife present 57 1.7% 2,623 2.7% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander Alone 2 0.0% 133 0.1% Female householder, no husband present 108 3.2% 5,766 5.9% Some other Race alone 16 0.3% 611 0.3% Nonfamily households: 2,394 70.6% 56,443 57.6% Two or more Races 150 2.5% 5,296 2.6% Householder living alone 1,589 46.9% 40,516 41.3% Householder not living alone 805 23.7% 15,927 16.2% Total Hispanic or Latino 453 7.4% 31,382 15.1% Household Size Age Distribution 1‐person household 1,589 46.9% 40,516 41.3% Under 5 years 188 3.1% 11,782 5.7% 2‐person household 1,292 38.1% 31,738 32.4% 5 to 17 years 279 4.6% 20,844 10.0% 3‐person household 311 9.2% 11,633 11.9% 18 to 24 years 733 12.0% 20,315 9.8% 4‐person household 144 4.2% 8,793 9.0% 25 to 34 years 2,478 40.5% 57,402 27.6% 5‐person household 35 1.0% 3,286 3.4% 35 to 44 years 829 13.5% 32,868 15.8% 6‐person household 15 0.4% 1,203 1.2% 45 to 54 years 574 9.4% 25,717 12.4% 7‐or‐more‐person household 4 0.1% 881 0.9% 55 to 64 years 473 7.7% 20,645 9.9% 65 to 74 years 257 4.2% 10,086 4.9% TOTAL HOUSING UNITS 3,659 100.0% 105,404 100.0% 75 to 84 years 177 2.9% 5,153 2.5% Occupied Housing Units 3,390 92.6% 98,050 93.0% 85 years and over 132 2.2% 2,815 1.4% Owner‐Occupied 1,059 28.9% 42,457 40.3% Renter‐Occupied 2,331 63.7% 55,593 52.7% Sex Vacant Housing Units 269 7.4% 7,354 7.0% Male 3,077 50.3% 103,501 49.8% Female 3,043 49.7% 104,126 50.2% Prepared by Department of Community Planning, Housing and Development, Planning Division: Planning Research and Analysis Team (August 2011).

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