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Rural Retreat, VA

1,614 Population
2.3 square miles 709.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.9 ±4.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wythe County: 45.9 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$29,051 ±$4,311 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wythe County: $33,564 ±$2,597
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $49,217 ±$253
$60,114 ±$14,177 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wythe County: $55,359 ±$3,184
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $90,974 ±$485

20.4% ±11.5% (324  ±201) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wythe County: 15.6% † 4,354 (±2.6% / ±730)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 834,866 (±0.2% / ±13,292)

24.8 minutes ±3.1 (17,910  ±6,074) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Wythe County: 24.6 285,345 (±1.4 / ±23,348)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 27.6 99,473,730 (±0.1 / ±440,621)

Families

651 ±143 Number of households
  • Wythe County: 12,396 ±324
  • Virginia: 3,326,260 ±8,075
2.5 ±0.3 (1,614  ±413) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wythe County: 2.3 28,002 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • about the same as the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,421,111

6.8% ±9.8% (25  ±37) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wythe County: 4.7% † 271 (±1.8% / ±102)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,110 (±0.1% / ±2,842)

Housing

768 ±153 Number of housing units
  • Wythe County: 14,016 ±42
  • Virginia: 3,654,784 ±946

$167,900 ±$16,929 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Wythe County: $172,100 ±$15,545
  • about half the amount in Virginia: $360,700 ±$1,182

13% ±9.2% (206  ±154.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wythe County: 8.5% † 2,369 (±1.9% / ±534.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Virginia: 13.5% 1,160,281 (±0.2% / ±13,601.2)

Social

94.3% ±25.7% (1,034  ±164.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Wythe County: 89.6% 18,574 (±4.5% / ±941.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Virginia: 91.3% 5,442,729 (±0.3% / ±19,700.2)
24.4% ±4.7% (268  ±78.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wythe County: 19.7% † 4,088 (±2.2% / ±456.2)
  • about three-fifths 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

1.1% ±1.1% (17  ±18) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wythe County: 1.2% 328
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Virginia: 12.9% 1,120,207

8.1% ±2.6% (99  ±39) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wythe County: 7% † 1,590 (±1.1% / ±248)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 9.6% 637,971 (±0.1% / ±5,935)
99 Total veterans ±39 99 Male ±39 N/A Female ±13

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