Cities / Virginia / Alexandria

Alexandria, VA

156,976 people

Right Now

Weather

80.6°F

Partly Cloudy

Today: Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, high 85°F

Air Quality (PM2.5, Northern Virginia)

Good

Nearest reporting area, 23.6 mi away. Preliminary and may be revised. Source: EPA AirNow.

Active Weather Alerts

Nearest Major Airport

DCA

3 mi — Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport

Population & People

Population

156,976

Median age

37.7

Median household income

$119,681

Poverty rate

7.9%

Unemployment rate

3.2%

Bachelor's degree+

66.2%

Avg. commute

20 min

Hispanic or Latino

18.3%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

Housing & Rent

Median home value

$735,100

Median gross rent

$2,089/mo

Homeownership rate

42.14%

HUD FMR — 2 bedroom

$2,246

HUD Fair Market Rent (Alexandria city, 0 mi from Alexandria), 2026. Efficiency $1953, 1BR $2015, 2BR $2246, 3BR $2835, 4BR $3332. This is a different official figure from Census median gross rent above.

Energy

Virginia commercial electricity

9.55¢/kWh

Virginia industrial electricity

9.45¢/kWh

Virginia residential electricity

15.28¢/kWh

Economy

Gross Domestic Product: All Industry Total

798447.9

Real Gross Domestic Product: All Industry Total

623948.9

All-Transactions House Price Index for Virginia

768.03

Unemployment Rate

3.7%

Source: FRED, Virginia-specific series.

Nearby Airports

DCA

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport

3 mi away

IAD

Washington Dulles International Airport

24 mi away

BWI

Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport

33 mi away

Sources & Data: National Weather Service (weather, alerts), EPA AirNow (air quality), U.S. Census Bureau (population, housing), HUD (Fair Market Rent), U.S. Energy Information Administration (Virginia energy prices), Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Virginia economic indicators), OurAirports (airport directory).