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Blackwater district, Franklin County, VA

8,075 Population
124.9 square miles 64.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.5 ±5.7 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Franklin County: 48.5 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in Virginia: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$32,868 ±$5,184 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Franklin County: $38,202 ±$1,951
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $49,217 ±$253
$66,573 ±$6,537 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Franklin County: $68,348 ±$3,730
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Virginia: $90,974 ±$485

15.5% ±6.1% (1,247  ±509) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Franklin County: 11.5% † 6,179 (±1.8% / ±967)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 834,866 (±0.2% / ±13,292)

27.6 minutes ±6.4 (83,885  ±12,878) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Franklin County: 31 663,815 (±1.3 / ±38,135)
  • about the same as the figure in Virginia: 27.6 99,473,730 (±0.1 / ±440,621)

Families

2,988 ±300 Number of households
  • Franklin County: 22,484 ±541
  • Virginia: 3,326,260 ±8,075
2.7 ±0.1 (8,073  ±831) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Franklin County: 2.4 53,634 (±0.1 / ±27)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,421,111

15.1% ±10% (238  ±163) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Franklin County: 7.1% † 733 (±2.3% / ±239)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,110 (±0.1% / ±2,842)

Housing

3,426 ±356 Number of housing units
  • Franklin County: 28,344 ±49
  • Virginia: 3,654,784 ±946

$235,100 ±$25,064 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Franklin County: $222,800 ±$8,922
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $360,700 ±$1,182

2.4% ±1.6% (190  ±126) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Franklin County: 9.3% † 5,037 (±1.9% / ±1,017.3)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Virginia: 13.5% 1,160,281 (±0.2% / ±13,601.2)

Social

93.3% ±5.5% (4,805  ±525.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Franklin County: 90.6% 36,303 (±3.4% / ±1,376.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 91.3% 5,442,729 (±0.3% / ±19,700.2)
21.8% ±5.4% (1,122  ±297.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Franklin County: 24.3% 9,751 (±1.9% / ±761.4)
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 41.5% 2,471,630 (±0.2% / ±12,953.7)

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

1.8% ±1.4% (147  ±113) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Franklin County: 2.3% 1,252
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Virginia: 12.9% 1,120,207

5.9% ±2% (360  ±124) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Franklin County: 7.9% † 3,524 (±0.9% / ±377)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 9.6% 637,971 (±0.1% / ±5,935)
360 Total veterans ±124 360 Male ±124 N/A Female ±19

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