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South Hill, VA

4,737 Population
9.8 square miles 481.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.1 ±7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mecklenburg County: 48.8 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$42,017 ±$8,081 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Mecklenburg County: $33,014 ±$1,812
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Virginia: $49,217 ±$253
$58,633 ±$12,659 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mecklenburg County: $51,691 ±$4,187
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $90,974 ±$485

19.7% ±6.7% (909  ±309) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mecklenburg County: 17.4% † 5,111 (±2.6% / ±750)
  • about double the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 834,866 (±0.2% / ±13,292)

19.3 minutes ±2.6 (37,485  ±7,616) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Mecklenburg County: 26 292,425 (±1.2 / ±21,725)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Virginia: 27.6 99,473,730 (±0.1 / ±440,621)

Families

2,204 ±241 Number of households
  • Mecklenburg County: 13,395 ±476
  • Virginia: 3,326,260 ±8,075
2.1 ±0.2 (4,618  ±19) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Mecklenburg County: 2.2 29,416 (±0.1 / ±46)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,421,111

10.9% ±8.2% (94  ±74) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in Mecklenburg County: 5.6% † 312 (±2.2% / ±125)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,110 (±0.1% / ±2,842)

Housing

2,464 ±248 Number of housing units
  • Mecklenburg County: 19,184 ±32
  • Virginia: 3,654,784 ±946

$182,100 ±$57,996 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mecklenburg County: $169,400 ±$10,936
  • about half the amount in Virginia: $360,700 ±$1,182

10.5% ±5.3% (488  ±245.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mecklenburg County: 7.3% † 2,205 (±1.6% / ±482.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 13.5% 1,160,281 (±0.2% / ±13,601.2)

Social

86.8% ±10.2% (3,086  ±420.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Mecklenburg County: 86% 19,606 (±4% / ±907.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Virginia: 91.3% 5,442,729 (±0.3% / ±19,700.2)
23.9% ±5.7% (851  ±211.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mecklenburg County: 21.2% 4,827 (±2% / ±449.7)
  • 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

10.9% ±4.5% (517  ±215) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Mecklenburg County: 3.3% 1,009
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 12.9% 1,120,207

8.5% ±3.1% (323  ±118) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mecklenburg County: 7.9% † 1,946 (±1% / ±237)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 9.6% 637,971 (±0.1% / ±5,935)
323 Total veterans ±118 300 Male ±112 23 Female ±22

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