Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Roanoke, VA Urban Area

214,019 Population
125.5 square miles 1,705.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

40.5 ±1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$38,820 ±$2,260 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$65,143 ±$3,942 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

13.1% ±2.4% (27,307  ±4,956) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

18.4 minutes ±0.9 (1,585,820  ±113,326) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

93,283 ±2,108 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.2 ±0.1 (208,797  ±3,925) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

7.4% ±2.9% (3,623  ±1,447) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

100,507 ±1,656 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$267,000 ±$10,321 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

9% ±1.8% (19,075  ±3,734.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

92.7% ±3.6% (141,369  ±6,159.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
32.9% ±2.2% (50,100  ±3,549.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

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

8.6% ±1.4% (18,474  ±2,901) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

8.4% ±1.1% (14,245  ±1,812) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
14,245 Total veterans ±1,812 12,208 Male ±1,711 2,037 Female ±805

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.