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Blackwater district, Franklin County, VA

8,286 Population
124.9 square miles 66.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.5 ±4.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Franklin County: 48.4 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,889 ±$4,560 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Franklin County: $39,903 ±$2,185
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$64,070 ±$9,237 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Franklin County: $68,849 ±$3,573
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.4% ±7.1% (1,681  ±612) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Franklin County: 12.7% † 6,819 (±1.8% / ±978)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.7 minutes ±6.2 (92,450  ±13,710) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Franklin County: 30.2 638,200 (±1.4 / ±38,074)
  • a little higher than the figure in Virginia: 27.3 96,596,530 (±0.1 / ±539,621)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,128 ±308 Number of households
  • Franklin County: 22,999 ±482
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.1 (8,283  ±905) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Franklin County: 2.3 53,905 (±0.1 / ±32)
  • a little higher than the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,469,077
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

15% ±9.8% (237  ±160) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Franklin County: 7% † 735 (±2.1% / ±218)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,021 (±0.2% / ±2,978)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,512 ±329 Number of housing units
  • Franklin County: 28,408 ±48
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$257,500 ±$20,861 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Franklin County: $240,400 ±$10,259
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

2.8% ±1.5% (227  ±124.1) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Franklin County: 9.2% † 4,994 (±1.8% / ±996.6)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,126,399 (±0.2% / ±13,158)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.4% ±5.2% (5,059  ±539.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Franklin County: 91.3% 36,823 (±3.6% / ±1,471.9)
  • about the same as 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)
22.6% ±5.3% (1,224  ±309) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Franklin County: 25.2% 10,142 (±1.9% / ±769.2)
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 42.2% 2,532,890 (±0.2% / ±12,158.7)
  • about three-fifths 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

2.4% ±1.3% (198  ±110) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Franklin County: 2.1% 1,176
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,142,826
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.1% ±2.8% (385  ±177) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Franklin County: 7.9% † 3,525 (±1% / ±433)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Virginia: 9.4% 629,500 (±0.1% / ±6,297)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
385 Total veterans ±177 348 Male ±138 37 Female ±59

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