This report combines countywide data sources and provides a comprehensive outlook of the most current data on population, housing, employment, development, transportation, and community services. The Profile data are used to obtain an understanding of community; for planning future services and needs; to guide policy decisions; and to secure grant funding.
Some tidbits from the report include:
- For ARL as a whole, single-family housing takes up 80% of our very small land area; no wonder we urgently need more density in the remaining areas;
- In CC/PC 10 of residents are owners and 90% are renters;
- Less than 10% are 65 and above; less than 10% are 55-64; so more than 80% are 54 or younger;
- The household sizes and number of children remain very small, in contrast with the single-family neighborhoods;
- The County uses the concept of Metro Station Areas (MSAs), which here in CC coincides with the Sector Plan boundaries; in Pentagon City it happens to include a number of single-family houses on 16th St, near River House and Virginia Highlands Park; so the proportion of SF homes in the overall area becomes 0.3 %, whereas the apartment buildings constitute 99.7 %