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Lynchburg, VA Urban Area

126,860 Population
91.6 square miles 1,385 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.6 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$32,434 ±$2,004 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$62,764 ±$8,050 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

15.9% ±2.6% (18,380  ±3,083) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

19 minutes ±0.7 (994,110  ±49,695) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

49,686 ±2,195 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (115,582  ±4,531) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.1% ±2.1% (1,684  ±689) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

56,626 ±1,842 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$264,400 ±$15,729 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

16.3% ±2.5% (20,483  ±3,198.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

93.6% ±4.2% (74,130  ±4,258.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
37.1% ±3.1% (29,348  ±2,653.6) 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

5.4% ±1.1% (6,871  ±1,364) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.3% ±1.5% (6,503  ±1,544) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
6,503 Total veterans ±1,544 5,936 Male ±1,422 567 Female ±395

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