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Pearisburg, VA

2,864 Population
3.2 square miles 897.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.3 ±6.4 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 34.9 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$36,052 ±$5,958 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: $34,816 ±$1,027
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Virginia: $49,217 ±$253
$72,924 ±$7,595 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: $64,627 ±$2,441
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Virginia: $90,974 ±$485

11.2% ±4.9% (320  ±139) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 19.9% 33,063 (±0.9% / ±1,547)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 834,866 (±0.2% / ±13,292)

24.3 minutes ±6.9 (29,275  ±9,799) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 21.2 1,599,225 (±0.6 / ±56,078)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 27.6 99,473,730 (±0.1 / ±440,621)

Families

1,240 ±132 Number of households
  • the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 70,035 ±866
  • Virginia: 3,326,260 ±8,075
2.3 ±0.2 (2,847  ±14) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 2.4 166,614 (±0 / ±221)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,421,111

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,418 ±196 Number of housing units
  • the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 81,987 ±128
  • Virginia: 3,654,784 ±946

$160,200 ±$14,850 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: $228,400 ±$5,106
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $360,700 ±$1,182

6% ±3.8% (171  ±108.4) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 17.7% 31,877 (±1% / ±1,862.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 13.5% 1,160,281 (±0.2% / ±13,601.2)

Social

96% ±14.5% (2,138  ±369.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 93.5% 105,492 (±2.2% / ±2,488.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Virginia: 91.3% 5,442,729 (±0.3% / ±19,700.2)
13.8% ±6% (307  ±135.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 35.9% 40,462 (±1.3% / ±1,487.8)
  • about one-third 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

2.7% ±2.9% (78  ±83) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 5.9% 10,770
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Virginia: 12.9% 1,120,207

12.7% ±5.9% (303  ±142) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 5.5% 8,420 (±0.3% / ±512)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Virginia: 9.6% 637,971 (±0.1% / ±5,935)
303 Total veterans ±142 303 Male ±142 N/A Female ±13

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