Dunn Loring, Virginia

Coordinates: 38°53′31″N 77°13′52″W / 38.89194°N 77.23111°W / 38.89194; -77.23111
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Dunn Loring, Virginia
FIPS code
51-23984[2]
GNIS feature ID1495484[3]

Dunn Loring is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population was 9,464 as of the 2020 census.[1] This suburban area is bordered by Merrifield to the south, Vienna to the west, Tysons to the north, and Idylwood to the east. Dunn Loring is located within the Washington metropolitan area.

History

Office building in Dunn Loring

Dunn Loring (archaic "Dunn-Loring"), the earliest platted

railroad station and a post office, but shortly thereafter General Dunn died, and the development stagnated. During the Spanish–American War, the founding of Camp Russell A. Alger brought growth and prosperity to Dunn Loring, and among the troops trained at Camp Alger was the celebrated author-poet Carl Sandburg, after whom the present Sandburg Street was named. In 1912, Fairfax Shield McCandlish bought out the interests of the developers, consolidated parcels, and subdivided the land into its current platting. Following World War II, the area began to develop as part of Metropolitan Washington, D.C.[4]

Up until the mid-1990s, large portions of the land (mainly between Lee Hwy and Gallows Rd.) had been horse farms and plantations before becoming gentrified.

Geography

Dunn Loring is located in northeastern Fairfax County at 38°53′31″N 77°13′52″W / 38.89194°N 77.23111°W / 38.89194; -77.23111 (38.891982, −77.231150).

Capital Beltway, and to the south by Interstate 66
. Dunn Loring is 14 miles (23 km) west of downtown Washington, D.C.

According to the

U.S. Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.4 square miles (6.1 km2), all of it land.[1] Several perennial streams of Accotink Creek's Long Branch stream run through the subdivision.[6]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
20007,861—
20108,80312.0%
20209,4647.5%
2020 Census Data[1]

2020 census

At the

Latino of any race was 7.40% of the population.[1]

Of the households, 75.8% were married couple families, 7.8% were a male family householder with no spouse, and 12.9% were a female family householder with no spouse. The average family household had 3.27 people.[1]

The median age was 42.0, 23.8% of people were under the age of 18, and 16.4% were 65 years of age or older. The largest ancestry is the 12.5% who had

naturalized citizens.[1]

The median income for a household in the CDP was $238,734, and the median income for a family was $246,716. 5.8% of the population were

poverty line, including 3.9% of those under the age of 18 and 2.6% of those aged 65 or over, with 1.6% of the population without health insurance.[1]

2000 census

As of the

Latino
of any race were 9.87% of the population.

There were 2,668 households, out of which 35.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.8% were married couples living together, 6.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.6% were non-families. 14.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.90 and the average family size was 3.18.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 24.0% under the age of 18, 6.2% from 18 to 24, 34.1% from 25 to 44, 24.8% from 45 to 64, and 10.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.0 males.

Like other surrounding areas in Fairfax County, Dunn Loring is an affluent neighborhood with the median income for a household in the CDP at $204,797 (2013), and the median income for a family at $219,490 (2013). About 0.4% of families and 3.1% of the population were below the

poverty line
, including 0.7% of those under age 18 and 1.4% of those age 65 or over.

Transportation

Interstate 495
form the southern and eastern boundaries of Dunn Loring, respectively, and serve as the major roadways providing access to Dunn Loring.

Dunn Loring is roughly equidistant from

Washington Dulles International Airport, 16 miles (26 km) to the west, and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, 12 miles (19 km) to the east. It is also served by the Dunn Loring station on the Washington Metro's Orange Line
.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Dunn Loring CDP, Virginia". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. ^ "HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 312". Virginia Legislative Information Services. February 13, 2006. Retrieved March 20, 2016.
  5. ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  6. ^ "North Branch Walk January 2008". accotink.org. accotink.org.
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