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Richlands, VA

5,188 Population
5.6 square miles 918.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.6 ±6.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 44 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$26,872 ±$5,526 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: $28,364 ±$1,234
  • about half the amount in Virginia: $49,217 ±$253
$37,382 ±$9,112 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: $46,906 ±$2,433
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $90,974 ±$485

28% ±6.6% (1,445  ±341) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 18.5% 17,746 (±1.4% / ±1,367)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 834,866 (±0.2% / ±13,292)

24.1 minutes ±4.9 (35,910  ±9,555) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 24.7 843,585 (±1.2 / ±52,077)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 27.6 99,473,730 (±0.1 / ±440,621)

Families

2,213 ±199 Number of households
  • the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 40,364 ±687
  • Virginia: 3,326,260 ±8,075
2.3 ±0.2 (5,165  ±57) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 2.4 96,070 (±0 / ±41)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,421,111

5.3% ±3.9% (60  ±45) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 5.5% † 1,137 (±1.5% / ±318)
  • a little higher than the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,110 (±0.1% / ±2,842)

Housing

2,711 ±223 Number of housing units
  • the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 49,162 ±53
  • Virginia: 3,654,784 ±946

$107,300 ±$8,230 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: $117,500 ±$4,750
  • about one-third of the amount in Virginia: $360,700 ±$1,182

4.8% ±2.8% (247  ±141.8) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 9.2% † 9,041 (±1.2% / ±1,173.9)
  • about one-third of the rate in Virginia: 13.5% 1,160,281 (±0.2% / ±13,601.2)

Social

86.6% ±7% (3,149  ±314.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 86.9% 61,474 (±2.7% / ±1,885.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Virginia: 91.3% 5,442,729 (±0.3% / ±19,700.2)
14.8% ±4.2% (540  ±156.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 18.9% 13,384 (±1.3% / ±942.8)
  • 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

0.8% ±0.9% (40  ±45) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 1% 962
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Virginia: 12.9% 1,120,207

5.5% ±2.5% (223  ±102) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 7% 5,519 (±0.6% / ±506)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 9.6% 637,971 (±0.1% / ±5,935)
223 Total veterans ±102 208 Male ±97 15 Female ±18

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