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Basye, VA

1,481 Population
8.7 square miles 170.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.7 ±19.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Shenandoah County: 42.9 ±0.4
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,256 ±$6,450 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Shenandoah County: $36,615 ±$2,065
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$74,393 ±$37,328 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Shenandoah County: $67,191 ±$6,235
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.6% ±8.1% (128  ±126) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Shenandoah County: 11.8% † 5,252 (±1.8% / ±795)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.9 minutes ±19.3 (14,455  ±7,976) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Shenandoah County: 28.5 535,630 (±1.3 / ±31,766)
  • 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

613 ±142 Number of households
  • Shenandoah County: 17,962 ±424
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.5 (1,473  ±448) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Shenandoah County: 2.5 44,515 (±0.1 / ±6)
  • a little less than the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,469,077
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.1% ±4.2% (10  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Shenandoah County: 3% † 275 (±0.9% / ±85)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,021 (±0.2% / ±2,978)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,592 ±223 Number of housing units
  • Shenandoah County: 21,395 ±38
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$297,300 ±$36,709 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Shenandoah County: $294,900 ±$11,048
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

18% ±19.5% (265  ±297.2) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in Shenandoah County: 9% † 3,989 (±1.5% / ±677)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,126,399 (±0.2% / ±13,158)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

99.1% ±35.5% (1,103  ±247.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Shenandoah County: 89.8% 28,829 (±3.4% / ±1,112.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 91.6% 5,501,058 (±0.3% / ±19,683.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
40.6% ±3.6% (452  ±132.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Shenandoah County: 21.6% 6,935 (±1.7% / ±560.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Virginia: 42.2% 2,532,890 (±0.2% / ±12,158.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

0.7% ±0.9% (11  ±13) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Shenandoah County: 5.2% 2,321
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,142,826
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

16.5% ±6.2% (197  ±99) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Shenandoah County: 9.5% † 3,339 (±1.1% / ±384)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 9.4% 629,500 (±0.1% / ±6,297)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
197 Total veterans ±99 190 Male ±98 7 Female ±11

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