Winchester city, Virginia (VA)
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).
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%
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- 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 | ![]() |
Females: 14,323 | ![]() |
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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 |
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
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%)
Winchester city: | 17.8% |
Virginia: | 10.6% |
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.
Neighboring counties: Anne Arundel County, Maryland , Hampshire County, West Virginia
, Cooper County, Missouri
, Frederick County
, Jefferson County, Kansas
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Here: | 2.5% |
Virginia: | 2.7% |
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
- 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%
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:
Winchester city: | 3.89 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 2.03 / 10,000 pop. |
Here: | 0.39 / 10,000 pop. |
Virginia: | 0.17 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 0.78 / 10,000 pop. |
Virginia: | 1.43 / 10,000 pop. |
Winchester city: | 4.67 / 10,000 pop. |
Virginia: | 4.03 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 17.14 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 7.65 / 10,000 pop. |
Winchester city: | 9.2% |
Virginia: | 9.3% |
Winchester city: | 27.0% |
State: | 26.7% |
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:
- 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%)
- 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%)
- 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%)
- 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%)
- 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%)
- El Salvador (36%)
- Mexico (15%)
- Jamaica (7%)
- Haiti (4%)
- Venezuela (3%)
- Guatemala (3%)
- Afghanistan (3%)
- American (11%)
- English (11%)
- German (8%)
- Irish (7%)
- Italian (6%)
- European (4%)
- Jamaican (2%)
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
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%
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2020 and 2021:
from Frederick County, VA | ![]() |
from Loudoun County, VA | ![]() |
from Berkeley County, WV | ![]() |
from Warren County, VA | ![]() |
from Fairfax County, VA | ![]() |
from Shenandoah County, VA | ![]() |
from Prince William County, VA | ![]() |
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%
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2020 and 2021:
to Frederick County, VA | ![]() |
to Berkeley County, WV | ![]() |
to Shenandoah County, VA | ![]() |
to Warren County, VA | ![]() |
to Loudoun County, VA | ![]() |
to Fairfax County, VA | ![]() |
to Clarke County, VA | ![]() |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.7
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 15.9
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
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 10.3
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 7.4
Persons under 19 years old without health insurance coverage in 2018: 6.0%
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%)
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 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: 1,990Here: | 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 |
Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.00 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)
Here: | 7.2 |
State: | 7.0 |
Here: | 4.4 |
State: | 4.3 |
- 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 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
- 2971 room
- 6402 rooms
- 9873 rooms
- 1,3134 rooms
- 1,2385 rooms
- 9086 rooms
- 3547 rooms
- 3958 rooms
- 2329+ rooms
- 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
- 299no bedroom
- 1,5421 bedroom
- 2,5472 bedrooms
- 1,7793 bedrooms
- 1574 bedrooms
- 355+ bedrooms
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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:
Here: | 13.2% |
Virginia: | 13.2% |
Here: | 1.4% |
Virginia: | 10.2% |
Here: | 49.7% |
Virginia: | 18.7% |
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 | ||
Name | Count | Lived (average) |
---|---|---|
Mary | 465 | 78.8 years |
John | 363 | 72.3 years |
William | 355 | 73.6 years |
James | 335 | 71.2 years |
Robert | 314 | 69.6 years |
Charles | 308 | 73.0 years |
George | 173 | 76.2 years |
Helen | 170 | 78.6 years |
Harry | 154 | 75.4 years |
Virginia | 152 | 80.8 years |
Most common last names in Winchester city, VA among deceased individuals | ||
Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
---|---|---|
Miller | 168 | 77.8 years |
Smith | 146 | 75.7 years |
Brown | 124 | 75.1 years |
Anderson | 114 | 75.6 years |
Williams | 102 | 75.2 years |
Dehaven | 99 | 77.9 years |
Johnson | 79 | 71.0 years |
Adams | 75 | 76.8 years |
Jenkins | 75 | 74.6 years |
Clark | 74 | 76.2 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"