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District 5, Bedford County, VA

12,245 Population
176.5 square miles 69.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.4 ±3.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Bedford County: 47.2 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$54,439 ±$9,124 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Bedford County: $42,461 ±$1,633
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$98,314 ±$16,443 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Bedford County: $78,937 ±$3,263
  • a little higher than the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.3% ±4.4% (896  ±538) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Bedford County: 8.1% † 6,464 (±1.4% / ±1,118)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.9 minutes ±4.3 (115,570  ±24,788) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Bedford County: 26.5 850,925 (±0.8 / ±40,166)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 27.3 96,596,530 (±0.1 / ±539,621)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,799 ±362 Number of households
  • Bedford County: 33,127 ±394
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.3 (12,224  ±909) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Bedford County: 2.4 80,348 (±0 / ±22)
  • about the same as the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,469,077
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.4% ±2.8% (145  ±78) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Bedford County: 5% † 804 (±1.5% / ±243)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,021 (±0.2% / ±2,978)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,190 ±356 Number of housing units
  • Bedford County: 37,484 ±66
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$364,900 ±$25,198 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Bedford County: $297,400 ±$9,741
  • a little less than the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.5% ±2.6% (788  ±324.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Bedford County: 10% † 8,018 (±1.5% / ±1,186.4)
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,126,399 (±0.2% / ±13,158)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.2% ±5.1% (8,449  ±727.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Bedford County: 92.9% 55,190 (±2.6% / ±1,576.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Virginia: 91.6% 5,501,058 (±0.3% / ±19,683.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
48.4% ±5.3% (4,208  ±541.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Bedford County: 33.7% 20,015 (±1.6% / ±963.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 42.2% 2,532,890 (±0.2% / ±12,158.7)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2.2% ±1.1% (264  ±132) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Bedford County: 2.8% 2,265
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,142,826
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

11% ±3.1% (1,034  ±301) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Bedford County: 8.3% 5,402 (±0.8% / ±500)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 9.4% 629,500 (±0.1% / ±6,297)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,034 Total veterans ±301 900 Male ±261 134 Female ±111

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