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Independence, VA

1,144 Population
2.3 square miles 488.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

58 ±10.5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Grayson County: 48.5 ±0.6
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Virginia: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$32,747 ±$12,597 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Grayson County: $27,087 † ±$3,102
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $49,217 ±$253
$36,250 ±$10,671 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Grayson County: $42,864 ±$3,634
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $90,974 ±$485

17.6% ±7.6% (177  ±86) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Grayson County: 18% † 2,595 (±3.5% / ±499)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 834,866 (±0.2% / ±13,292)

20.3 minutes ±1.4 (6,490  ±2,613) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Grayson County: 25.3 139,070 (±1.2 / ±10,715)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Virginia: 27.6 99,473,730 (±0.1 / ±440,621)

Families

456 ±100 Number of households
  • Grayson County: 6,202 ±270
  • Virginia: 3,326,260 ±8,075
2.2 ±0.1 (995  ±224) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Grayson County: 2.3 14,315 (±0.1 / ±23)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,421,111

10.8% ±14.5% (15  ±21) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Grayson County: 6.9% † 180 (±3.4% / ±89)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,110 (±0.1% / ±2,842)

Housing

559 ±112 Number of housing units
  • Grayson County: 8,961 ±28
  • Virginia: 3,654,784 ±946

$115,700 ±$9,201 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Grayson County: $132,300 † ±$14,105
  • about one-third of the amount in Virginia: $360,700 ±$1,182

8.8% ±5.2% (99  ±61.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Grayson County: 8% † 1,211 (±2.2% / ±328.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Virginia: 13.5% 1,160,281 (±0.2% / ±13,601.2)

Social

87.3% ±24.1% (754  ±144.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Grayson County: 84.3% 9,875 (±4.5% / ±528.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Virginia: 91.3% 5,442,729 (±0.3% / ±19,700.2)
18.1% ±9.1% (156  ±84.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Grayson County: 13.9% † 1,634 (±2.2% / ±255.3)
  • about two-fifths 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

0.4% ±1.2% (5  ±14) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Grayson County: 1.7% 254
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Virginia: 12.9% 1,120,207

14.1% ±6.6% (129  ±66) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Grayson County: 8.1% † 1,032 (±1.1% / ±145)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 9.6% 637,971 (±0.1% / ±5,935)
129 Total veterans ±66 121 Male ±64 8 Female ±13

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