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Southern district, Tazewell County, VA

8,579 Population
221.2 square miles 38.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.9 ±4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Tazewell County: 45 ±0.3
  • 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

$26,938 ±$3,031 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Tazewell County: $29,519 ±$1,422
  • about half the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$45,325 ±$7,076 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Tazewell County: $47,313 ±$3,483
  • about half the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19% ±5.9% (1,572  ±506) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Tazewell County: 18.5% † 7,018 (±2.1% / ±809)
  • nearly double the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.4 minutes ±3.4 (84,600  ±14,590) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Tazewell County: 27.1 351,770 (±2.1 / ±32,535)
  • 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

3,374 ±319 Number of households
  • Tazewell County: 16,290 ±438
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.3 (8,286  ±649) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Tazewell County: 2.3 37,966 (±0.1 / ±26)
  • about the same as the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,469,077
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.8% ±6% (165  ±103) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Tazewell County: 7.1% † 550 (±2.7% / ±206)
  • about double the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,021 (±0.2% / ±2,978)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,038 ±321 Number of housing units
  • Tazewell County: 19,768 ±33
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$120,100 ±$9,023 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Tazewell County: $118,300 ±$5,286
  • about one-third of the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.3% ±3.2% (532  ±274.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tazewell County: 5.7% † 2,255 (±1.2% / ±459.3)
  • 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

90.5% ±5.5% (5,459  ±541.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Tazewell County: 87.4% 25,078 (±3.5% / ±1,019.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 91.6% 5,501,058 (±0.3% / ±19,683.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.1% ±3.4% (1,033  ±218) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Tazewell County: 16.6% 4,765 (±1.7% / ±473.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 42.2% 2,532,890 (±0.2% / ±12,158.7)
  • about half 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

1.2% ±1.1% (103  ±98) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Tazewell County: 1.3% 499
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,142,826
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.2% ±2.5% (459  ±164) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Tazewell County: 6.8% † 2,153 (±0.9% / ±283)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Virginia: 9.4% 629,500 (±0.1% / ±6,297)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
459 Total veterans ±164 446 Male ±161 13 Female ±21

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