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Pennington Gap, VA

2,020 Population
1.7 square miles 1,211.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.5 ±8.6 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Lee County: 45.4 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Virginia: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$20,830 ±$9,611 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lee County: $25,439 ±$1,915
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $49,217 ±$253
$22,857 ±$8,325 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Lee County: $42,269 ±$3,974
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Virginia: $90,974 ±$485

59.5% ±22% (1,129  ±522) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Lee County: 27.6% † 5,617 (±4.2% / ±854)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 834,866 (±0.2% / ±13,292)

22.6 minutes ±3.3 (8,235  ±3,775) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Lee County: 26.5 166,735 (±1.5 / ±19,656)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Virginia: 27.6 99,473,730 (±0.1 / ±440,621)

Families

708 ±119 Number of households
  • Lee County: 8,446 ±348
  • Virginia: 3,326,260 ±8,075
2.7 ±0.6 (1,899  ±528) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lee County: 2.4 20,491 (±0.1 / ±41)
  • a little higher than the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,421,111

6.7% ±11% (34  ±57) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lee County: 4.4% † 175 (±2.8% / ±111)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,110 (±0.1% / ±2,842)

Housing

909 ±155 Number of housing units
  • Lee County: 10,857 ±32
  • Virginia: 3,654,784 ±946

$86,900 ±$8,433 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lee County: $98,700 † ±$9,944
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Virginia: $360,700 ±$1,182

22.5% ±18.1% (452  ±382) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Lee County: 10.3% † 2,261 (±2.4% / ±518.8)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 13.5% 1,160,281 (±0.2% / ±13,601.2)

Social

73% ±20.5% (838  ±159) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lee County: 82.3% 13,668 (±5% / ±832)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 91.3% 5,442,729 (±0.3% / ±19,700.2)
10% ±4.5% (115  ±56.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lee County: 12.7% † 2,104 (±1.8% / ±291.4)
  • about one-quarter 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

0.7% ±1% (14  ±20) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lee County: 1.2% 268
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Virginia: 12.9% 1,120,207

7.2% ±3.4% (98  ±52) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lee County: 7.9% † 1,415 (±1.5% / ±273)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Virginia: 9.6% 637,971 (±0.1% / ±5,935)
98 Total veterans ±52 84 Male ±52 14 Female ±21

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