Huntington, Virginia

Huntington is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Huntington had a population of 13,749. It is located adjacent to the southern border of the city of Alexandria and is part of the Washington metropolitan area. Its main component is the namesake Huntington subdivision, a late-1940s neighborhood of mainly duplex homes.

In June 2006, the lower-lying northern section was ravaged by floods due to a torrential rainstorm that sent adjoining Cameron Run over its banks.

The Washington Metro's Yellow Line terminates at the Huntington Metro station. There are also several high-rise apartment and condominium complexes on and near U.S. Route 1 where much of the CDP's population resides. The area is included in ZIP code 22303 and has an Alexandria mailing address, although it is outside the city limits.

Geography

Huntington is located in southeastern Fairfax County at (38.792563, −77.072120). It is bordered to the north by the city of Alexandria, to the southeast by Belle Haven, and to the west by Rose Hill. U.S. Route 1 forms the border between Huntington and Belle Haven, and the boundary with Rose Hill is drawn to follow Poag Street, Shaffer Drive, Florence Lane, and Telegraph Road. Downtown Alexandria (Old Town) is to the northeast, and downtown Washington, D.C. is to the north.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the Huntington CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 3.47%, is water.

Demographics

Racial and ethnic composition

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|+Huntington CDP, Virginia – Racial and ethnic composition

!Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)

!Pop 2000

!Pop 2010

!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |Pop 2020

!% 2000

!% 2010

!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020

|White alone (NH)

|4,944

|5,896

|style='background: #ffffe6; |6,439

|59.39%

|52.33%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |46.83%

|Black or African American alone (NH)

|1,356

|1,485

|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,094

|16.29%

|13.18%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |15.23%

|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)

|23

|30

|style='background: #ffffe6; |19

|0.28%

|0.27%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.14%

|Asian alone (NH)

|580

|1,064

|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,435

|6.97%

|9.44%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |10.44%

|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)

|12

|style='background: #ffffe6; |12

|0.14%

|0.06%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.09%

|Other race alone (NH)

|10

|25

|style='background: #ffffe6; |96

|0.12%

|0.22%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.70%

|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)

|234

|315

|style='background: #ffffe6; |694

|2.81%

|2.80%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |5.05%

|Hispanic or Latino (any race)

|1,166

|2,445

|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,960

|14.01%

|21.70%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |21.53%

|Total

|8,325

|11,267

|style='background: #ffffe6; |13,749

|100.00%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, Huntington had a population of 13,749. The median age was 35.4 years. 15.2% of residents were under the age of 18 and 12.2% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females, there were 99.6 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.1 males age 18 and over.

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

There were 7,113 households in Huntington, of which 18.1% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 30.5% were married-couple households, 29.5% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 31.7% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 45.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.