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Independence, VA

1,132 Population
2.3 square miles 483.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

58.4 ±5.7 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Grayson County: 48.4 ±0.5
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,934 ±$11,586 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Grayson County: $31,205 † ±$4,752
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$39,286 ±$18,141 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Grayson County: $47,730 † ±$6,163
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

23.6% ±10.8% (235  ±117) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Grayson County: 16.5% † 2,357 (±3% / ±423)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19 minutes ±11 (5,660  ±2,276) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Grayson County: 28.1 154,270 (±1.5 / ±13,221)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Virginia: 27.3 96,596,530 (±0.1 / ±539,621)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

472 ±95 Number of households
  • Grayson County: 6,337 ±237
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (976  ±200) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Grayson County: 2.3 14,251 (±0.1 / ±23)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,469,077
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.4% ±16% (15  ±26) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Grayson County: 6.4% † 167 (±3.3% / ±87)
  • nearly double the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,021 (±0.2% / ±2,978)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

568 ±110 Number of housing units
  • Grayson County: 8,961 ±46
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$122,400 ±$15,896 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Grayson County: $150,100 ±$9,553
  • about one-third of the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.3% ±6.3% (116  ±73.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Grayson County: 7.9% † 1,195 (±1.8% / ±274.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,126,399 (±0.2% / ±13,158)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.2% ±7.2% (744  ±135.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Grayson County: 85.6% 10,067 (±4.9% / ±584.9)
  • 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)
19.6% ±9.3% (169  ±85) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Grayson County: 15.5% † 1,818 (±2.4% / ±282.8)
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 42.2% 2,532,890 (±0.2% / ±12,158.7)
  • about half 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

1.3% ±2% (15  ±23) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Grayson County: 2.2% 336
  • 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

9.8% ±4.4% (90  ±43) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Grayson County: 7.4% † 949 (±1.4% / ±185)
  • a little higher than the rate in Virginia: 9.4% 629,500 (±0.1% / ±6,297)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
90 Total veterans ±43 83 Male ±40 7 Female ±13

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