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Chesterfield County, VA

383,876 Population
423.5 square miles 906.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.5 ±0.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Virginia: 39.3 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$45,997 ±$1,703 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Virginia: $48,689 ±$443
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$99,658 ±$5,135 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Virginia: $89,931 ±$970
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

6.6% ±1.3% (25,060  ±4,733) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Virginia: 10.2% 864,394 (±0.3% / ±26,897)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

25.8 minutes ±0.4 (4,093,510  ±156,584) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Virginia: 27.5 100,333,640 (±0.2 / ±835,122)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

143,255 ±1,796 Number of households
  • Virginia: 3,402,670 ±10,363
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.7 ±0 (379,008  ±1,142) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,479,742
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5.4% ±1.3% (4,911  ±1,179) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 5.3% 108,261 (±0.3% / ±5,659)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

148,929 ±434 Number of housing units
  • Virginia: 3,717,625 ±472
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$367,000 ±$6,081 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Virginia: $382,900 ±$2,468
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

10.7% ±1.7% (40,639  ±6,397.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 13% 1,122,831 (±0.3% / ±25,630.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

93.3% ±3.1% (242,553  ±8,004.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 91.5% 5,520,872 (±0.6% / ±37,318.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
44.6% ±2% (115,835  ±5,303.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Virginia: 42.4% 2,561,362 (±0.4% / ±23,827.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than 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

10.1% (38,587  ±5,123) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Virginia: 13.4% 1,163,486
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

8.1% ±0.8% (23,699  ±2,312) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 9.1% 612,622 (±0.2% / ±11,609)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
23,699 Total veterans ±2,312 20,825 Male ±2,283 2,874 Female ±872

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