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Petersburg city, VA

33,365 Population
22.7 square miles 1,468.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.8 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 38.8 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$29,590 ±$1,785 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $49,217 ±$253
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$50,741 ±$2,593 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $90,974 ±$485
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

21.1% ±2.5% (6,930  ±828) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 834,866 (±0.2% / ±13,292)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

26.7 minutes ±2.5 (351,600  ±37,974) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Virginia: 27.6 99,473,730 (±0.1 / ±440,621)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

14,854 ±367 Number of households
  • Virginia: 3,326,260 ±8,075
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.2 ±0.1 (32,776  ±14) 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

5.4% ±2.1% (436  ±168) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,110 (±0.1% / ±2,842)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

18,026 ±30 Number of housing units
  • Virginia: 3,654,784 ±946
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$157,900 ±$14,966 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $360,700 ±$1,182
  • about half the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

22.6% ±3.7% (7,443  ±1,206.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 13.5% 1,160,281 (±0.2% / ±13,601.2)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

87% ±4.8% (19,927  ±1,091.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Virginia: 91.3% 5,442,729 (±0.3% / ±19,700.2)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
25% ±2.4% (5,732  ±539.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 41.5% 2,471,630 (±0.2% / ±12,953.7)
  • about two-thirds of 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

3.9% (1,307  ±316) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Virginia: 12.9% 1,120,207
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

9.5% ±1.4% (2,388  ±341) 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)
2,388 Total veterans ±341 1,982 Male ±286 406 Female ±147

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