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Blue Ridge district, Franklin County, VA

6,953 Population
147.5 square miles 47.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40 ±3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Franklin County: 48.5 ±0.5
  • a little higher than the figure in Virginia: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$30,405 ±$5,697 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Franklin County: $38,202 ±$1,951
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $49,217 ±$253
$51,512 ±$15,860 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Franklin County: $68,348 ±$3,730
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $90,974 ±$485

14.8% ±7.3% (897  ±455) 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)

31.5 minutes ±1.4 (92,350  ±16,767) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Franklin County: 31 663,815 (±1.3 / ±38,135)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 27.6 99,473,730 (±0.1 / ±440,621)

Families

2,554 ±316 Number of households
  • Franklin County: 22,484 ±541
  • Virginia: 3,326,260 ±8,075
2.4 ±0.1 (6,053  ±770) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Franklin County: 2.4 53,634 (±0.1 / ±27)
  • a little less than the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,421,111

4.6% ±4.4% (70  ±69) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Franklin County: 7.1% † 733 (±2.3% / ±239)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,110 (±0.1% / ±2,842)

Housing

3,128 ±339 Number of housing units
  • Franklin County: 28,344 ±49
  • Virginia: 3,654,784 ±946

$152,700 ±$27,170 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Franklin County: $222,800 ±$8,922
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $360,700 ±$1,182

9.3% ±2.6% (639  ±192.6) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Franklin County: 9.3% † 5,037 (±1.9% / ±1,017.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Virginia: 13.5% 1,160,281 (±0.2% / ±13,601.2)

Social

85.3% ±1.6% (3,822  ±468.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Franklin County: 90.6% 36,303 (±3.4% / ±1,376.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 91.3% 5,442,729 (±0.3% / ±19,700.2)
23.8% ±5.1% (1,065  ±263.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Franklin County: 24.3% 9,751 (±1.9% / ±761.4)
  • about three-fifths of 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

0.8% ±0.7% (55  ±48) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Franklin County: 2.3% 1,252
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Virginia: 12.9% 1,120,207

7.4% ±2% (427  ±121) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Franklin County: 7.9% † 3,524 (±0.9% / ±377)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Virginia: 9.6% 637,971 (±0.1% / ±5,935)
427 Total veterans ±121 354 Male ±103 73 Female ±58

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