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Bedford County, VA

81,525 Population
760.1 square miles 107.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

47 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 39.3 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$39,657 ±$2,835 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Virginia: $48,689 ±$443
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$73,456 ±$9,192 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Virginia: $89,931 ±$970
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

11.1% ±3.2% (9,009  ±2,559) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 10.2% 864,394 (±0.3% / ±26,897)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

26.5 minutes ±0.8 (863,435  ±37,591) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in Virginia: 27.6 99,473,730 (±0.1 / ±440,621)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

33,205 ±1,264 Number of households
  • Virginia: 3,402,670 ±10,363
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0.1 (80,910  ±26) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,479,742
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

3.2% ±1.7% (523  ±279) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 5.3% 108,261 (±0.3% / ±5,659)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

37,590 ±22 Number of housing units
  • Virginia: 3,717,625 ±472
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$295,100 ±$18,258 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Virginia: $382,900 ±$2,468
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

12.7% ±2.7% (10,268  ±2,206.4) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Virginia: 13% 1,122,831 (±0.3% / ±25,630.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

91.4% ±5.9% (55,017  ±3,581.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 91.5% 5,520,872 (±0.6% / ±37,318.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
32.5% ±3.5% (19,570  ±2,139.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Virginia: 42.4% 2,561,362 (±0.4% / ±23,827.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.9% (2,365  ±608) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Virginia: 13.4% 1,163,486
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

7.6% ±1.4% (4,973  ±940) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 9.1% 612,622 (±0.2% / ±11,609)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
4,973 Total veterans ±940 4,378 Male ±724 595 Female ±478

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