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Nelson County, VA

14,777 Population
470.7 square miles 31.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.3 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Virginia: 38.8 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$45,251 ±$3,642 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Virginia: $49,217 ±$253
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$68,525 ±$9,514 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Virginia: $90,974 ±$485
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

14.4% ±2.7% (2,118  ±393) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 834,866 (±0.2% / ±13,292)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

30.3 minutes ±0.7 (149,760  ±13,901) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 27.6 99,473,730 (±0.1 / ±440,621)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

6,470 ±318 Number of households
  • Virginia: 3,326,260 ±8,075
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.3 ±0.1 (14,667  ±4) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,421,111
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

11.3% ±5.8% (279  ±143) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,110 (±0.1% / ±2,842)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

9,947 ±24 Number of housing units
  • Virginia: 3,654,784 ±946
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$283,000 ±$27,091 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Virginia: $360,700 ±$1,182
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

10.7% ±3.6% (1,560  ±524.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 13.5% 1,160,281 (±0.2% / ±13,601.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

88.7% ±6% (9,880  ±680.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Virginia: 91.3% 5,442,729 (±0.3% / ±19,700.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
33.7% ±3.5% (3,753  ±390.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 41.5% 2,471,630 (±0.2% / ±12,953.7)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

5.2% (761  ±338) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 12.9% 1,120,207
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

9.4% ±1.7% (1,142  ±208) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 9.6% 637,971 (±0.1% / ±5,935)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
1,142 Total veterans ±208 1,030 Male ±191 112 Female ±78

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