11 Big Numbers That Explain Ashburn

ASHBURN, VA — One thing we don't need the U.S. Census Bureau to explain: Ashburn has grown over the last five years. We just have to look around.

The census performs monthly surveys of Ashburn residents and collects the findings over the past five years. The survey results include more than 40 topics, including demographic, housing, social and employment information.

Published earlier this month, the American Community Survey data collected survey results from 2011-2015. We've collected 11 of the big numbers below (along with data from the 2006-2010 report released 5 years ago).

What's different? There's nearly 7,000 more residents and more than 2,500 more households, but the median household income hasn't increased much in five years. Here's more:

• Estimated population in Ashburn: 49,000 (42,369 in 2010)
• There were 16,400 households in Ashburn (13,871 in 2010)
• Families made up 76 percent of the households in Ashburn (78 percent in 2010)
• 49 percent of all households have one or more people under the age of 18 (50 percent in 2010)
• 19 percent of all households have one or more people 65 years and over (12 percent in 2010)
• 33 percent of residents were born in Virginia (31 percent in 2010)
• 29 percent spoke a language other than English at home (27 percent in 2010)
• The total school enrollment in Ashburn was 14,400 (13,900 in 2010)
• The median income of households in Ashburn was $119,900 ($116,515 in 2010)
• The median monthly housing costs for mortgaged owners was $2,503 ($2,698 in 2010)
• The average commute to work was 32 minutes — that's average, results vary (32 minutes in 2010)

Find more data about Ashburn at the U.S. Census Bureau.

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