Kingstowne, Virginia

Kingstowne, Virginia
Shops and office building in Kingstowne, August 2015
Shops and office building in Kingstowne, August 2015
Kingstowne is located in Northern Virginia
Kingstowne
Kingstowne
Location within Fairfax county
Kingstowne is located in Virginia
Kingstowne
Kingstowne
Kingstowne (Virginia)
Kingstowne is located in the United States
Kingstowne
Kingstowne
Kingstowne (the United States)
Coordinates: 38°46′37″N 77°8′11″W / 38.77694°N 77.13639°W / 38.77694; -77.13639
CountryUnited States
StateVirginia
CountyFairfax
Area
 • Total
2.9 sq mi (7.5 km2)
 • Land2.9 sq mi (7.4 km2)
 • Water0.039 sq mi (0.1 km2)
Elevation
200 ft (61 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
16,825
 • Density5,889/sq mi (2,273.6/km2)
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP code
22315
FIPS code51-42746
GNIS feature ID2584862

Kingstowne is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. It is a planned community amid the Washington, D.C. suburbs of Springfield, Alexandria, and Franconia, Virginia, and is centered on the intersection of South Van Dorn Street and Kingstowne Boulevard. The population as of the 2020 census was 16,825.[1]

Kingstowne has a town center containing office and retail businesses. The entire community comprises numerous subdivisions containing apartments, condominiums, single-family homes, and townhomes. It began construction in the 1980s through the Halle Companies and is still expanding today in the town center with commercial and office space and in the subdivisions with more single-family homes. Kingstowne has its own ZIP code, 22315, a substation of the Alexandria U.S. Post Office.

Geography

The Kingstowne CDP is in southeastern Fairfax County, bordered to the north and west by Franconia, to the northeast by Rose Hill, to the southeast by Hayfield, to the south by Fort Belvoir, and for a short distance at its southwestern end by Newington. Downtown Washington, D.C., is 13 miles (21 km) to the northeast.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Kingstowne CDP has a total area of 2.9 square miles (7.5 km2), of which 2.9 square miles (7.4 km2) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km2), or 1.49%, is water.[2]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
201015,556
202016,8258.2%
U.S. Decennial Census[3]
2010[4] 2020

Kingstowne was first listed as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. census formed from part of Franconia CDP and Rose Hill CDP.[4]

Racial and ethnic composition

Kingstowne CDP, Virginia – Racial and ethnic composition
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.
Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 2010[5] Pop 2020[6] % 2010 % 2020
White alone (NH) 8,887 8,172 57.13% 48.57%
Black or African American alone (NH) 2,563 3,328 16.48% 19.78%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 40 12 0.26% 0.07%
Asian alone (NH) 2,007 1,994 12.90% 11.85%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH) 7 24 0.04% 0.14%
Other race alone (NH) 65 105 0.42% 0.62%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) 592 1,120 3.81% 6.66%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,395 2,070 8.97% 12.30%
Total 15,556 16,825 100.00% 100.00%

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, Kingstowne had a population of 16,825. The median age was 39.3 years. 21.9% of residents were under the age of 18 and 12.1% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 87.9 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 84.2 males age 18 and over.[7][8]

100.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.0% lived in rural areas.[9]

There were 6,951 households in Kingstowne, of which 31.9% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 49.3% were married-couple households, 15.7% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 30.4% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 29.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.[7]

There were 7,181 housing units, of which 3.2% were vacant. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.0% and the rental vacancy rate was 3.5%.[7]

References

  1. ^ "U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Kingstowne CDP, Virginia". www.census.gov. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
  2. ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Kingstowne CDP, Virginia". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
  3. ^ "Decennial Census by Decade". United States Census Bureau.
  4. ^ a b "2010 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - Virginia" (PDF). United States Census Bureau.
  5. ^ "P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Kingstowne CDP, Virginia". United States Census Bureau.
  6. ^ "P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Kingstowne CDP, Virginia". United States Census Bureau.
  7. ^ a b c "2020 Decennial Census Demographic Profile (DP1)". United States Census Bureau. 2021. Retrieved April 27, 2026.
  8. ^ "2020 Decennial Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171)". United States Census Bureau. 2021. Retrieved April 27, 2026.
  9. ^ "2020 Decennial Census Demographic and Housing Characteristics (DHC)". United States Census Bureau. 2023. Retrieved April 27, 2026.