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Brightwood, VA

1,325 Population
5 square miles 266.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.8 ±10.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Madison County: 46.4 ±0.8
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,338 ±$6,137 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Madison County: $40,341 ±$3,199
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$70,625 ±$35,878 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Madison County: $84,323 † ±$8,904
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10% ±8.6% (132  ±119) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Madison County: 10.8% † 1,479 (±2.7% / ±368)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

33.1 minutes ±3 (17,780  ±7,334) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Madison County: 29 171,005 (±1.9 / ±16,840)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 27.3 96,596,530 (±0.1 / ±539,621)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

488 ±120 Number of households
  • Madison County: 5,482 ±172
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.2 (1,325  ±338) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Madison County: 2.5 13,746 (±0.1 / ±22)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,469,077
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.3% ±10.8% (25  ±39) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Madison County: 6.6% † 191 (±2.8% / ±81)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,021 (±0.2% / ±2,978)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

522 ±132 Number of housing units
  • Madison County: 6,140 ±29
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$328,800 ±$71,505 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Madison County: $370,300 ±$23,921
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

85.7% ±3% (848  ±199.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Madison County: 89.3% 9,080 (±5.9% / ±603.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Virginia: 91.6% 5,501,058 (±0.3% / ±19,683.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
22.6% ±10.4% (224  ±115.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Madison County: 27% † 2,747 (±3.4% / ±345)
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 42.2% 2,532,890 (±0.2% / ±12,158.7)
  • about three-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

0.2% ±0.5% (3  ±6) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Madison County: 3.2% 442
  • 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

7.2% ±3.8% (78  ±45) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Madison County: 7.6% † 853 (±1.7% / ±191)
  • 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)
78 Total veterans ±45 78 Male ±45 N/A Female ±13

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