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Rural Retreat, VA

1,644 Population
2.3 square miles 722.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41 ±5.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wythe County: 46 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,173 ±$4,277 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wythe County: $34,875 ±$2,953
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$61,979 ±$15,507 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wythe County: $57,745 ±$4,590
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

22.3% ±11.4% (361  ±199) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wythe County: 15.2% † 4,232 (±2.8% / ±791)
  • 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)

26.1 minutes ±4.7 (18,915  ±6,279) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wythe County: 24.3 274,210 (±1.7 / ±23,801)
  • a little less than the figure in Virginia: 27.3 96,596,530 (±0.1 / ±539,621)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

665 ±140 Number of households
  • Wythe County: 12,533 ±302
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (1,644  ±355) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wythe County: 2.2 27,942 (±0.1 / ±17)
  • about the same as the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,469,077
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.7% ±11.5% (31  ±42) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Wythe County: 5.4% † 312 (±2.2% / ±127)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,021 (±0.2% / ±2,978)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

743 ±146 Number of housing units
  • Wythe County: 14,030 ±25
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$185,800 ±$16,971 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wythe County: $171,200 ±$8,959
  • about half the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.8% ±9% (174  ±149.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wythe County: 7.5% † 2,097 (±1.9% / ±524.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,126,399 (±0.2% / ±13,158)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.6% ±23.7% (1,023  ±155.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Wythe County: 90.2% 18,713 (±4.6% / ±959.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Virginia: 91.6% 5,501,058 (±0.3% / ±19,683.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
22.7% ±4.8% (245  ±71.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wythe County: 19.4% † 4,033 (±2.1% / ±437.4)
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 42.2% 2,532,890 (±0.2% / ±12,158.7)
  • about two-thirds 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

0.9% ±1% (14  ±17) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wythe County: 1.4% 393
  • 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

7.5% ±2.5% (90  ±35) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Wythe County: 7.2% † 1,636 (±1% / ±236)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 9.4% 629,500 (±0.1% / ±6,297)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
90 Total veterans ±35 90 Male ±35 N/A Female ±13

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