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Emporia, VA Urban Area

6,795 Population
6.6 square miles 1,033.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35 ±4.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,675 ±$3,258 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$55,388 ±$11,319 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.4% ±3.7% (858  ±245) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.3 minutes ±2.4 (57,720  ±9,146) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,623 ±306 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.3 (6,428  ±456) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.7% ±5.4% (113  ±92) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,253 ±339 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$183,900 ±$30,193 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.7% ±4.1% (788  ±282) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.3% ±6.1% (3,673  ±417.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.6% ±4.2% (853  ±197) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half 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

2.3% ±1.8% (157  ±122) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.8% ±3% (375  ±146) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
375 Total veterans ±146 375 Male ±146 N/A Female ±19

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