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Big Stone Gap, VA

5,162 Population
4.8 square miles 1,075.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41 ±4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Wise County: 41.8 ±0.5
  • a little higher than the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$21,181 ±$3,185 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wise County: $25,953 ±$1,489
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$54,581 ±$6,288 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Wise County: $52,943 ±$2,440
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

26.2% ±12.3% (981  ±459) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wise County: 17.2% † 5,579 (±2.5% / ±804)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.8 minutes ±5.6 (25,140  ±8,942) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Wise County: 24.6 272,815 (±1.7 / ±26,566)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Virginia: 27.3 96,596,530 (±0.1 / ±539,621)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,562 ±191 Number of households
  • Wise County: 13,905 ±356
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.3 (3,721  ±61) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Wise County: 2.3 32,405 (±0.1 / ±91)
  • 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

14.3% ±12.2% (101  ±91) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Wise County: 4.6% † 337 (±1.9% / ±136)
  • 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

1,924 ±218 Number of housing units
  • Wise County: 16,627 ±48
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$163,000 ±$8,606 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Wise County: $118,600 ±$6,535
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

18.4% ±9.3% (940  ±476.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wise County: 11.7% † 4,112 (±2.6% / ±911.8)
  • 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

80.9% ±10.9% (3,043  ±453) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wise County: 81.1% 20,850 (±3.8% / ±971.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 91.6% 5,501,058 (±0.3% / ±19,683.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
15.8% ±5.8% (595  ±222.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wise County: 15.8% † 4,055 (±1.8% / ±467.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 42.2% 2,532,890 (±0.2% / ±12,158.7)
  • about two-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

1.5% ±1.3% (79  ±69) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Wise County: 1.5% 539
  • 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

7.1% ±2.8% (289  ±115) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Wise County: 7% † 2,007 (±1.1% / ±323)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Virginia: 9.4% 629,500 (±0.1% / ±6,297)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
289 Total veterans ±115 273 Male ±105 16 Female ±26

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