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Lynchburg city, VA

79,535 Population
49 square miles 1,623.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.2 ±0.7 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Virginia: 39.3 ±0.1
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$29,574 ±$2,440 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $48,689 ±$443
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$61,693 ±$8,102 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $89,931 ±$970
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

20.3% ±4.8% (13,851  ±3,291) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in Virginia: 10.2% 864,394 (±0.3% / ±26,897)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

16.8 minutes ±0.7 (535,215  ±31,203) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Virginia: 27.6 99,473,730 (±0.1 / ±440,621)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

28,916 ±1,128 Number of households
  • Virginia: 3,402,670 ±10,363
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0.1 (68,594  ±134) 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

5.7% ±2.6% (1,343  ±614) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 5.3% 108,261 (±0.3% / ±5,659)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

34,308 ±65 Number of housing units
  • Virginia: 3,717,625 ±472
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$247,100 ±$20,969 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $382,900 ±$2,468
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

17.2% ±3.7% (13,477  ±2,916.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Virginia: 13% 1,122,831 (±0.3% / ±25,630.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

93.5% ±6.4% (41,241  ±2,992.2) 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)
42.3% ±4.6% (18,657  ±2,087.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 42.4% 2,561,362 (±0.4% / ±23,827.5)
  • about 20 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

4.5% (3,566  ±1,196) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Virginia: 13.4% 1,163,486
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

5.7% ±1.2% (3,659  ±756) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 9.1% 612,622 (±0.2% / ±11,609)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
3,659 Total veterans ±756 3,153 Male ±634 506 Female ±346

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