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Pennington Gap, VA

1,798 Population
1.7 square miles 1,078 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.3 ±16.7 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Lee County: 45.5 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$15,060 ±$4,225 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Lee County: $24,828 ±$1,582
  • about one-third of the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$21,633 ±$6,970 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Lee County: $41,827 ±$3,806
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

56.8% ±20.4% (951  ±431) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in Lee County: 28.8% † 5,840 (±4% / ±816)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

31.3 minutes ±8.5 (8,625  ±4,274) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Lee County: 26.2 152,200 (±1.6 / ±16,358)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 27.3 96,596,530 (±0.1 / ±539,621)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

682 ±132 Number of households
  • Lee County: 8,527 ±282
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.5 (1,677  ±464) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Lee County: 2.4 20,315 (±0.1 / ±43)
  • about the same as the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,469,077
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.5% ±4.2% (16  ±20) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lee County: 5.9% † 234 (±2.6% / ±103)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,021 (±0.2% / ±2,978)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

868 ±145 Number of housing units
  • Lee County: 10,851 ±29
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$92,900 ±$11,115 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Lee County: $98,900 † ±$10,129
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.5% ±6.8% (242  ±136.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lee County: 9.2% † 2,016 (±2% / ±444.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,126,399 (±0.2% / ±13,158)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

74% ±6.1% (793  ±156.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lee County: 83.8% 13,823 (±4.8% / ±803)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 91.6% 5,501,058 (±0.3% / ±19,683.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
14.4% ±6.4% (154  ±73.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lee County: 14.1% † 2,322 (±1.9% / ±319.5)
  • about one-third of the rate in Virginia: 42.2% 2,532,890 (±0.2% / ±12,158.7)
  • about two-fifths of 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

0.7% ±1% (13  ±19) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Lee County: 1% 219
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,142,826
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.9% ±4.7% (96  ±60) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Lee County: 8.3% † 1,489 (±1.5% / ±266)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 9.4% 629,500 (±0.1% / ±6,297)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
96 Total veterans ±60 92 Male ±61 4 Female ±8

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