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Blue Ridge district, Botetourt County, VA

6,371 Population
20.4 square miles 312.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.7 ±2.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Botetourt County: 48.1 ±0.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,600 ±$3,437 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Botetourt County: $41,217 ±$1,922
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$89,140 ±$9,484 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Botetourt County: $81,213 ±$6,175
  • a little less than the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

2.7% ±1.6% (174  ±105) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Botetourt County: 6.2% † 2,069 (±1.4% / ±463)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.1 minutes ±5.8 (60,100  ±9,685) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Botetourt County: 24.3 328,110 (±0.9 / ±21,799)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 27.3 96,596,530 (±0.1 / ±539,621)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,356 ±236 Number of households
  • Botetourt County: 13,220 ±344
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.1 (6,358  ±661) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Botetourt County: 2.5 33,568 (±0.1 / ±8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,469,077
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.2% ±8.4% (132  ±123) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Botetourt County: 5.1% † 326 (±2.1% / ±133)
  • nearly double the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,021 (±0.2% / ±2,978)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,583 ±196 Number of housing units
  • Botetourt County: 15,069 ±29
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$297,400 ±$19,187 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Botetourt County: $289,200 ±$11,996
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.1% ±3.4% (378  ±214.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Botetourt County: 7.2% † 2,429 (±1.4% / ±463.3)
  • 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

95% ±1.5% (4,101  ±460) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Botetourt County: 94.3% 23,893 (±4.1% / ±1,035.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Virginia: 91.6% 5,501,058 (±0.3% / ±19,683.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
32% ±5.4% (1,380  ±277.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Botetourt County: 28.5% 7,217 (±2.2% / ±549.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Virginia: 42.2% 2,532,890 (±0.2% / ±12,158.7)
  • about 90 percent of 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

3.8% ±2.4% (239  ±157) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Botetourt County: 1.9% 659
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,142,826
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.6% ±3.2% (456  ±159) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Botetourt County: 9.3% † 2,561 (±1.2% / ±327)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 9.4% 629,500 (±0.1% / ±6,297)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
456 Total veterans ±159 402 Male ±145 54 Female ±57

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