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Big Stone Gap, VA

5,193 Population
4.8 square miles 1,082.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.1 ±5.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Wise County: 42.1 ±0.8
  • a little higher than the figure in Virginia: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$21,768 ±$3,675 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wise County: $24,622 ±$1,064
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $49,217 ±$253
$51,059 ±$2,046 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Wise County: $50,740 ±$1,717
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $90,974 ±$485

23.3% ±11.5% (887  ±438) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wise County: 17.7% † 5,807 (±2.6% / ±857)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 834,866 (±0.2% / ±13,292)

19.5 minutes ±2.6 (25,955  ±6,283) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wise County: 23.8 267,520 (±1.6 / ±24,406)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Virginia: 27.6 99,473,730 (±0.1 / ±440,621)

Families

1,708 ±205 Number of households
  • Wise County: 14,055 ±342
  • Virginia: 3,326,260 ±8,075
2.2 ±0.3 (3,793  ±58) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Wise County: 2.3 32,746 (±0.1 / ±85)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,421,111

14.1% ±10.6% (100  ±80) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Wise County: 5.4% † 391 (±2.1% / ±154)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,110 (±0.1% / ±2,842)

Housing

1,963 ±217 Number of housing units
  • Wise County: 16,659 ±46
  • Virginia: 3,654,784 ±946

$169,900 ±$14,653 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Wise County: $116,500 ±$6,382
  • about half the amount in Virginia: $360,700 ±$1,182

25.2% ±9.3% (1,300  ±479.2) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in Wise County: 12.9% † 4,588 (±2.5% / ±891.6)
  • nearly double the rate in Virginia: 13.5% 1,160,281 (±0.2% / ±13,601.2)

Social

80.9% ±10.5% (3,105  ±456.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wise County: 80.3% 20,751 (±3.9% / ±1,008.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 91.3% 5,442,729 (±0.3% / ±19,700.2)
18.8% ±6% (722  ±233.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wise County: 15.6% † 4,032 (±1.9% / ±495.5)
  • 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

1.9% ±1.7% (98  ±86) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wise County: 1.2% 430
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Virginia: 12.9% 1,120,207

6.8% ±3.1% (282  ±131) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Wise County: 6.8% † 1,976 (±1.2% / ±334)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Virginia: 9.6% 637,971 (±0.1% / ±5,935)
282 Total veterans ±131 264 Male ±121 18 Female ±30

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