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Roanoke County, VA

97,026 Population
250.5 square miles 387.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.9 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 39.3 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$44,117 ±$3,398 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Virginia: $48,689 ±$443
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$80,809 ±$6,409 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Virginia: $89,931 ±$970
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

6.9% ±2.1% (6,485  ±2,009) 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)

22 minutes ±0.9 (868,280  ±43,240) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Virginia: 27.6 99,473,730 (±0.1 / ±440,621)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

40,176 ±1,038 Number of households
  • Virginia: 3,402,670 ±10,363
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0.1 (94,969  ±115) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,479,742
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

8.6% ±4.1% (1,863  ±896) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 5.3% 108,261 (±0.3% / ±5,659)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

42,398 ±54 Number of housing units
  • Virginia: 3,717,625 ±472
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$296,800 ±$13,280 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Virginia: $382,900 ±$2,468
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

7.8% ±2.1% (7,480  ±2,027.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 13% 1,122,831 (±0.3% / ±25,630.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

95% ±5.6% (67,817  ±4,067) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than 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)
35.5% ±3.2% (25,335  ±2,324.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 42.4% 2,561,362 (±0.4% / ±23,827.5)
  • about the same as 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

8.3% (8,083  ±1,697) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 13.4% 1,163,486
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

7.7% ±1.6% (6,049  ±1,235) 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)
6,049 Total veterans ±1,235 5,498 Male ±1,108 551 Female ±444

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