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Chilhowie, VA

2,462 Population
2.5 square miles 971.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.4 ±7.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Smyth County: 46.2 ±0.4
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$27,545 ±$4,036 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Smyth County: $29,369 ±$2,164
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $49,217 ±$253
$53,250 ±$18,894 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Smyth County: $46,859 ±$3,066
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $90,974 ±$485

12% ±5.2% (270  ±125) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Smyth County: 16.5% † 4,772 (±2.4% / ±679)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 834,866 (±0.2% / ±13,292)

21.2 minutes ±3.7 (21,665  ±5,513) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Smyth County: 22.7 249,365 (±1.6 / ±22,249)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Virginia: 27.6 99,473,730 (±0.1 / ±440,621)

Families

891 ±151 Number of households
  • Smyth County: 12,530 ±338
  • Virginia: 3,326,260 ±8,075
2.5 ±0.6 (2,253  ±375) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Smyth County: 2.3 28,821 (±0.1 / ±72)
  • about the same as the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,421,111

4.4% ±3.5% (21  ±18) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Smyth County: 3.3% † 196 (±1.2% / ±72)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,110 (±0.1% / ±2,842)

Housing

951 ±164 Number of housing units
  • Smyth County: 15,080 ±56
  • Virginia: 3,654,784 ±946

$158,600 ±$26,151 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Smyth County: $125,800 ±$9,832
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $360,700 ±$1,182

12.8% ±7.2% (313  ±180.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Smyth County: 8.9% † 2,611 (±1.5% / ±452)
  • a little less than the rate in Virginia: 13.5% 1,160,281 (±0.2% / ±13,601.2)

Social

88.2% ±17.8% (1,588  ±225) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Smyth County: 86.1% 18,687 (±3.8% / ±824.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Virginia: 91.3% 5,442,729 (±0.3% / ±19,700.2)
26.4% ±6.3% (476  ±132) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Smyth County: 18.1% 3,919 (±1.7% / ±379.1)
  • about two-thirds 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% ±2.4% (74  ±61) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Smyth County: 1.6% 467
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Virginia: 12.9% 1,120,207

4.5% ±2% (91  ±42) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Smyth County: 7.6% † 1,820 (±1% / ±248)
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 9.6% 637,971 (±0.1% / ±5,935)
91 Total veterans ±42 91 Male ±42 N/A Female ±13

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