The median household income and poverty rate for the Washington, D.C. metro area remained steady from 2011 to 2012, according to the latest American Community Survey from the U.S. Census Bureau.

In 2012, the median household income was $88,233, down slightly from $88,505 in 2011. The news was basically the same for the poverty rate, which was 8.4 percent in 2012 and 8.3 percent in 2011.

Indeed, it seems not much has changed, at least significantly, in the area between 2011 and 2012. The median gross rent (which is rent plus utilities) was $1,424, up from $1,417 in 2011. The percentage of Washington area people older than 25 with a bachelor’s degree (or higher!) was 48.2 in 2012, up from 48 in 2011.

In the District of Columbia alone, an estimated 292,860 people used public transportation to get to work in 2012, with over 51 percent of those commuters between the ages of 25 and 44. Of the estimated 155,981 people in renting in D.C., just over 50 percent are living alone.