Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety59#382/924
Economy97#33/925
Housing29#658/925
Health100#4/925
Healthcare88#110/923
Environment26#679/917
Education90#89/925
Infrastructure94#57/925
Community76#225/925
Leisure & amenities73#250/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Frequent mental distress · low14.1%
100/100District of Columbia 13.7%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Median household income · high$126,684
99/100District of Columbia $109,289United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013
Public transit commuters · high7.0%
99/100District of Columbia 20.3%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301
Average weekly wage · high$1,957
99/100District of Columbia $2,479United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bachelor's degree or higher · high54.4%
99/100District of Columbia 64.3%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Adult smoking · low9.2%
99/100District of Columbia 9.5%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Average commute time · high32.4 min
2/100District of Columbia 30.0 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Job growth · low-2.6%
9/100District of Columbia -4.5%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data
Public libraries · low0.3 /10k
10/100District of Columbia 0.4 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesAggregated from counties
Drought exposure · high83%
13/100District of Columbia 67%United States 43%Nov 2025–Oct 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAAggregated from counties
Days with unhealthy air · high1.9%
17/100District of Columbia 1.1%2025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Home price to income ratio · high4.6×
18/100District of Columbia 6.7×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 83% (Nov 2025–Oct 2026)
+82 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Drug overdose deathsImproving
23.2 /100k (2021) → 11.9 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−48%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Homicide rateImproving
8.7 /100k (2021) → 4.6 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−47%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
26.6% (Dec 2021) → 34.0% (Aug 2026)
+7.5 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
Mental health providersImproving
267 /100k (2021) → 357 /100k (2025)
+34%4 yearsUS 282 /100k → 348 /100k
Public transit commutersWorsening
13.4% (2015-2019) → 7.0% (2020-2024)
−6.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B08301US 5.0% → 3.2%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area improved on 14 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 6. 5 moved within the margin of error and 6 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved14

Commute−2.6 min35.0 min → 32.4 min
Restaurants+8.7%7.7 /10k → 8.3 /10k
Grocery stores+9.5%1.6 /10k → 1.7 /10k
Overdose deaths−47%22.6 /100k → 11.9 /100k
Arts & recreation+19%3.9 /10k → 4.6 /10k

Declined6

Transit use−6.4 points13.4% → 7.0%
Property crime+8.2%1,498 /100k → 1,621 /100k
Traffic deaths+17%5.9 /100k → 6.9 /100k
Suicides+12%8.1 /100k → 9.1 /100k
Pharmacies−13%1.8 /10k → 1.6 /10k

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.9 /10k2020	4.6 /10k2025	+19%	Improved	73%
Average commute time	35.0 min2015-2019	32.4 min2020-2024	−2.6 min	Improved	98%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.9%2015-2019	54.4%2020-2024	+3.4 points	Improved	65%
Broadband subscriptions	90.0%2015-2019	94.7%2020-2024	+4.6 points	Improved	7%
Child poverty rate	9.9%2015-2019	10.1%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	22%
Distance to an airport	14 mi2020	15 mi2025	+0 mi	Little change	7%
Drug overdose deaths	22.6 /100k2020	11.9 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−47%	Improved	78%
Effective property tax rate	0.95%2015-2019	0.85%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	40%
Firearm deaths	9.4 /100k2020	8.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−15%	Improved	75%
Grocery stores	1.6 /10k2020	1.7 /10k2025	+9.5%	Improved	76%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.4 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	+4.6%	Little change	52%
High school diploma or higher	90.9%2015-2019	91.4%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	16%
Home price to income ratio	4.1×2015-2019	4.6×2020-2024	+0.5×	Declined	44%
Homicide rate	7.2 /100k2020	4.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−36%	Improved	63%
Income adjusted for local prices	$65,9592019	$86,1532024	+31%	Improved	41%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4442015-2019	0.4492020-2024	+0.005	Little change	40%
Median household income	$103,7512015-2019	$126,6842020-2024	+22%	Improved	23%
New business applications	16.7 /1k2020	17.8 /1k2025	+6.2%	Improved	7%
Pharmacies	1.8 /10k2020	1.6 /10k2025	−13%	Declined	39%
Poverty rate	7.8%2015-2019	8.1%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Little change	21%
Property crime rate	1,498 /100k2020	1,621 /100k2025	+8.2%	Declined	3%
Public libraries	0.3 /10k2019	0.3 /10k2024	+0.7%	Little change	69%
Public transit commuters	13.4%2015-2019	7.0%2020-2024	−6.4 points	Declined	1%
Rent as share of income	28.9%2015-2019	29.1%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	54%
Rent-burdened households	47.3%2015-2019	47.8%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	54%
Restaurants and bars	7.7 /10k2020	8.3 /10k2025	+8.7%	Improved	76%
Suicide rate	8.1 /100k2020	9.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+12%	Declined	36%
Traffic deaths	5.9 /100k2015-2019	6.9 /100k2020-2024	+17%	Declined	32%
Unemployment rate	6.4%2020	3.8%2025	−2.6 points	Improved	39%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	8.4%2015-2019	8.3%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	46%
Violent crime rate	272 /100k2020	256 /100k2025	−6%	Improved	35%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 708 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 925 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Metro and micro areas like Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area itself moved −0.5 points in standing on average over the same 30 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

6,318,377 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 70–79 men (+0.5 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

6,318,377 residents

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area
United States share

White41%2,594,686
Black24%1,528,380
Hispanic or Latino18%1,139,644

Education

4,348,200 residents (±617)

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area
United States share

No high school diploma8.6%372,090
High school or GED17%747,481
Some college14%616,377

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

2,373,022 households (±4,247)

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area
United States share

Under $25k8.6%204,466
$25k–50k9.1%216,878
$50k–75k11%251,777
$75k–100k11%257,489
$100k–150k19%442,341
$150k–200k14%326,618
$200k or more28%673,453

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+9.4 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

2,373,022 households (±4,247)

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area
United States share

Own64%1,510,742
Rent36%862,280

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

838,733 households (±6,686)

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area
United States share

Under $7505.5%45,773
$750–1,0002.6%21,796
$1,000–1,50013%108,930

Home values

1,510,742 homes (±8,444)

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area
United States share

Under $150k3.4%51,941
$150k–250k4.1%62,607
$250k–400k17%257,995

Age of homes

2,506,631 homes (±429)

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area
United States share

2010 or later13%329,414
2000–200914%351,472
1980–199927%686,125

Size of homes

2,506,631 homes (±429)

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area
United States share

Studio4.0%100,240
1 bedroom14%361,939
2 bedrooms20%513,123

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

3,345,074 workers (±8,119)

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area
United States share

Drive alone55%1,830,762
Carpool7.7%259,192
Public transit7.0%232,978
Walk2.6%87,676
Bike0.7%21,857
Work from home25%850,812
Other1.8%61,797

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+19.6 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

2,494,262 workers (±9,991)

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area
United States share

Under 15 min16%387,057
15–29 min31%783,057
30–44 min26%658,434

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The 10 largest occupations in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV employ 655,010 people. 10 pay a median above the US median.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
General and Operations Managers112,530 jobs	112,530	$156,460US $105,770	+48%	1.59×
Business Operations Specialists, All Other76,600 jobs	76,600	$104,770US $83,050	+26%	3.49×
Software Developers69,060 jobs	69,060	$154,930US $135,980	+14%	2.03×
Retail Salespersons66,920 jobs	66,920	$36,610US $35,410	+3%	0.85×
Management Analysts62,360 jobs	62,360	$126,830US $101,860	+25%	3.44×
Fast Food and Counter Workers60,560 jobs	60,560	$34,600US $31,200	+11%	0.78×
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners59,090 jobs	59,090	$37,840US $36,840	+3%	1.33×
Cashiers50,600 jobs	50,600	$35,470US $32,880	+8%	0.81×
Home Health and Personal Care Aides50,450 jobs	50,450	$38,530US $35,800	+8%	0.58×
Lawyers46,840 jobs	46,840	$195,190US $159,670	+22%	3.08×

Look up any occupation

Search more than 800 occupations and see what they pay in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV.

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025-05 (all industries and ownerships) bls.gov/oes

Reference period: 2025-05. BLS publishes metro areas, states and the nation (not counties or cities), so a county or city page shows its metro area.
Pay is not adjusted for the cost of living, so a higher median does not mean more purchasing power.
BLS caps the highest wages it publishes: where a figure is shown as “or more”, the real value is at least that much.
Some occupations (teachers, performers) are published by the hour or school year and shown here as an annual figure.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV has 159,002 employer establishments, 251 for every 10,000 residents (1.01× the US rate of 248), with 2,863,486 paid employees at an average annual pay of $84,848. The Census Bureau also counts 688,662 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 159,002; 688,662 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 251; US 248
Paid employees: 2,863,486
Average annual pay: $84,848; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	13,788	21.8	1.05×About typical	163,935	$73,114	35,631
Restaurants and other eating places	11,776	18.6	1.01×About typical	228,133	$27,329	3,709
Computer systems design and related services	10,828	17.1	3.95×More than typical	228,209	$119,035	12,641
Management, scientific and technical consulting	8,287	13.1	1.95×More than typical	146,547	$121,193	42,939
Specialty trade contractors	8,058	12.7	0.82×About typical	110,795	$75,637	38,663
Lessors of real estate	8,047	12.7	1.03×About typical	48,052	$92,542	55,631
Limited-service restaurants	5,577	8.8	1.10×About typical	96,382	$23,246	1,289
Full-service restaurants	4,821	7.6	0.99×About typical	112,604	$31,617	1,770
Construction of buildings	4,815	7.6	1.01×About typical	38,221	$92,629	20,366
Offices of physicians	4,245	6.7	1.04×About typical	48,445	$102,636	5,247
Legal services	4,097	6.5	1.20×About typical	49,567	$188,778	7,694
Services to buildings and dwellings	3,951	6.2	0.93×About typical	68,545	$37,202	30,871

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 6,328,730 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $138.1B on contracts performed in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area: $21,365 per resident (US $2,008).

Obligations: $138.1B; −6.7% vs FY2025
Per resident: $21,365; US $2,008
Sole-source: 14%; US 30%
Single offer: 13%; US 8.7%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of Veterans Affairs$38.8B28%
Department of the Navy$10.5B7.6%
Federal Acquisition Service$9.5B6.9%
Department of the Air Force$6.1B4.4%
Department of the Army$5.6B4.0%
Department of State$4.2B3.1%
Federal Aviation Administration$4.1B3.0%
National Institutes of Health$3.6B2.6%

Top recipients

OPTUM PUBLIC SECTOR SOLUTIONS, INC.$22.5B16%
TRIWEST HEALTHCARE ALLIANCE CORP$10.7B7.7%
BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC$3.4B2.4%
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$3.2B2.3%
ACCENTURE FEDERAL SERVICES LLC$3.1B2.2%

Spending by fiscal year

77.2BFY2017
82.6BFY2018
86.4BFY2019
98.7BFY2020
112.8BFY2021
127BFY2022
140.7BFY2023
148.9B

Top industries (NAICS)

Computer systems design and related services · 5415$37.6B27%
Insurance carriers · 5241$33.2B24%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$10.5B7.6%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$8.6B6.2%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$8.3B6.0%

Largest awards

CY24 AVSC SUPPLY SUPPORT$7.7B
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION· Arlington County, VA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jun 27, 2024 – May 28, 2026· N0001924C0039
OPER OF GOVT R&D GOCO FACILITIES$4.8B
LEIDOS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INC· Frederick County, MD· Facilities & utilities· Nov 29, 2016 – Aug 7, 2026· HHSN261200800001E
CONTACT CENTER OPERATIONS$3.3B
MAXIMUS FEDERAL SERVICES, INC.· Fairfax County, VA· Professional services· Aug 31, 2022 – Oct 6, 2026· 75FCMC22C0038
SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, INTEGRATION AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT SUPPORT FOR THE ICBM SYSTEMS DIRECTORATE.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $39.8B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area: $6,158 per resident (US $12,990).

Assistance · FY2026: $39.8B; −15% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,158; US $12,990
Loan face value: $5.1B; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.2%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$19.5B49%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$5B12%
20.315 · National Railroad Passenger Corporation Grants$2.4B6.1%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$1.5B3.8%
93.770 · Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage$1.4B3.4%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$1.3B3.3%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$863.1M2.2%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$727.4M1.8%

Top recipients (organizations)

NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION$2.6B6.5%
WASHINGTON, DC
DC HOUSING AUTHORITY$439.3M1.1%
WASHINGTON, DC
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK$284.9M0.7%
COLLEGE PARK, MD
BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION$276.2M0.7%
WASHINGTON, DC
MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$23.1B58%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$5.7B14%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Railroad Administration$2.7B6.8%
Department of Transportation
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$1.8B4.6%
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Education

Assistance by fiscal year

34.6BFY2021
31.6BFY2022
35.7BFY2023
50.3BFY2024
46.7BFY2025
39.8BFY2026
0FY2027

County aggregates

77%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2021–FY2027.

Counties in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

States

The share of the area's residents living in each state.

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-10-06
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
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Strengths · Weaknesses

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What changed in five years

Improved14

Declined6

Metro and micro areas like Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Getting to work

How people get to work

Time to get to work

Jobs and pay

Look up any occupation

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

States

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved14

Declined6

Household income

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

How people get to work

Time to get to work

Look up any occupation

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought