Population & Demographics
Dale City, VA
Dale City is home to 71,016 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 33,817 resident workers commute each day.
71,016 residents
Median age 35.2 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).
Dale City population & demographics
Who lives in Dale City — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.
Race & ethnicity in Dale City
How Dale City breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).
Race across Dale City
Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Dale City.
These figures are for Dale City proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.
How Dale City commutes
Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.
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How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.
Dale City
33,817 commutes, one dot at a time
Dale City
Where 33,817 workers commute
Where residents work
Top destinations for people who live in Dale City, by worker count.
Who commutes in
Top origin places for workers who travel into Dale City.
Top industries
The sectors that employ Dale City’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.
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