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Pulaski, VA

8,893 Population
8.1 square miles 1,102 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.5 ±3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 35.1 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,011 ±$5,094 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: $36,750 ±$958
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$49,491 ±$8,114 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: $65,839 ±$2,266
  • about half the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

21.2% ±5.5% (1,850  ±482) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 19.7% 32,776 (±1% / ±1,623)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.7 minutes ±2.4 (74,885  ±11,592) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 21.2 1,592,635 (±0.6 / ±54,080)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Virginia: 27.3 96,596,530 (±0.1 / ±539,621)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,741 ±296 Number of households
  • the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 70,282 ±938
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (8,798  ±25) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 2.4 166,438 (±0 / ±230)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,469,077
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.3% ±4.9% (113  ±90) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 3.3% † 1,541 (±0.7% / ±302)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,021 (±0.2% / ±2,978)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,191 ±319 Number of housing units
  • the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 82,624 ±114
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$160,500 ±$35,938 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: $240,900 ±$6,059
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.8% ±4.6% (861  ±407.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 17.1% 30,857 (±0.9% / ±1,614.3)
  • about three-quarters 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

90.1% ±7.4% (5,804  ±549.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 93.8% 105,868 (±2.2% / ±2,464.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 91.6% 5,501,058 (±0.3% / ±19,683.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.7% ±3.5% (1,074  ±228.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 35.9% 40,541 (±1.4% / ±1,552.9)
  • about two-fifths of 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

1.9% ±1.6% (166  ±146) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 6.1% 11,019
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,142,826
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.4% ±1.6% (379  ±116) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 5.3% 8,055 (±0.4% / ±592)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 9.4% 629,500 (±0.1% / ±6,297)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
379 Total veterans ±116 361 Male ±114 18 Female ±22

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