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Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area

183,318 Population
1,454.5 square miles 126 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.1 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$39,686 ±$2,788 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$65,518 ±$7,711 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

19% ±2% (31,848  ±3,341) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

22 minutes ±1.5 (1,758,550  ±144,148) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

70,948 ±2,621 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (167,713  ±3,209) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

2.6% ±1.2% (1,288  ±569) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

83,931 ±1,726 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$270,600 ±$14,062 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

15.1% ±1.7% (27,431  ±3,047.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

93.6% ±4% (103,893  ±4,878.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
36.5% ±2.5% (40,501  ±2,861) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

5.3% ±0.8% (9,669  ±1,525) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.8% ±0.9% (7,361  ±1,416) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
7,361 Total veterans ±1,416 6,386 Male ±1,154 975 Female ±604

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