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Northumberland County, VA

12,085 Population
191.4 square miles 63.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

59.5 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Virginia: 38.8 ±0.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$47,191 ±$6,842 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Virginia: $49,217 ±$253
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$69,500 ±$9,935 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

10.3% ±3.3% (1,238  ±399) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 834,866 (±0.2% / ±13,292)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

34.2 minutes ±4 (131,115  ±22,786) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 27.6 99,473,730 (±0.1 / ±440,621)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

5,436 ±340 Number of households
  • Virginia: 3,326,260 ±8,075
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.2 ±0.1 (12,085  ±21) 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

0.3% ±0.5% (6  ±10) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,110 (±0.1% / ±2,842)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

9,009 ±16 Number of housing units
  • Virginia: 3,654,784 ±946
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$333,100 ±$41,311 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Virginia: $360,700 ±$1,182
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

8.7% ±2.4% (1,052  ±284.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Virginia: 13.5% 1,160,281 (±0.2% / ±13,601.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

90.4% ±7.1% (8,582  ±691.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as 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)
33.9% ±4.7% (3,217  ±450.5) 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

3.6% (432  ±224) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Virginia: 12.9% 1,120,207
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

10.3% ±2.1% (1,050  ±211) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than 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)
1,050 Total veterans ±211 962 Male ±188 88 Female ±73

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