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Bluefield, VA

5,016 Population
9.5 square miles 528.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.5 ±9.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 44 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Virginia: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$38,772 ±$11,589 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: $28,364 ±$1,234
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Virginia: $49,217 ±$253
$53,500 ±$9,900 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: $46,906 ±$2,433
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $90,974 ±$485

14.9% ±5.8% (700  ±271) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 18.5% 17,746 (±1.4% / ±1,367)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 834,866 (±0.2% / ±13,292)

22.1 minutes ±5.2 (39,375  ±11,909) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 24.7 843,585 (±1.2 / ±52,077)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Virginia: 27.6 99,473,730 (±0.1 / ±440,621)

Families

2,078 ±178 Number of households
  • the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 40,364 ±687
  • Virginia: 3,326,260 ±8,075
2.3 ±0.2 (4,705  ±16) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 2.4 96,070 (±0 / ±41)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,421,111

14% ±10.2% (194  ±144) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 5.5% † 1,137 (±1.5% / ±318)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,110 (±0.1% / ±2,842)

Housing

2,224 ±210 Number of housing units
  • the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 49,162 ±53
  • Virginia: 3,654,784 ±946

$161,100 ±$20,544 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: $117,500 ±$4,750
  • about half the amount in Virginia: $360,700 ±$1,182

7.9% ±3.2% (395  ±161.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 9.2% † 9,041 (±1.2% / ±1,173.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 13.5% 1,160,281 (±0.2% / ±13,601.2)

Social

90.6% ±10.3% (2,872  ±398.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 86.9% 61,474 (±2.7% / ±1,885.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 91.3% 5,442,729 (±0.3% / ±19,700.2)
31.7% ±6.9% (1,004  ±232.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 18.9% 13,384 (±1.3% / ±942.8)
  • about three-quarters 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

3.8% ±2.5% (190  ±126) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 1% 962
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Virginia: 12.9% 1,120,207

10.1% ±3.7% (399  ±146) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 7% 5,519 (±0.6% / ±506)
  • a little higher than the rate in Virginia: 9.6% 637,971 (±0.1% / ±5,935)
399 Total veterans ±146 377 Male ±140 22 Female ±30

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