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Amherst County, VA

31,385 Population
474 square miles 66.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.3 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 38.8 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$36,275 ±$3,089 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Virginia: $49,217 ±$253
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$67,298 ±$4,455 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Virginia: $90,974 ±$485
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

10.8% ±1.7% (3,291  ±519) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 834,866 (±0.2% / ±13,292)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

26.4 minutes ±1.6 (350,585  ±26,289) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Virginia: 27.6 99,473,730 (±0.1 / ±440,621)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

12,702 ±319 Number of households
  • Virginia: 3,326,260 ±8,075
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.4 ±0.1 (30,342  ±26) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,421,111
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

3.6% ±1.4% (242  ±95) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,110 (±0.1% / ±2,842)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

14,301 ±33 Number of housing units
  • Virginia: 3,654,784 ±946
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$197,200 ±$6,236 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Virginia: $360,700 ±$1,182
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

10.6% ±2.2% (3,312  ±668.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 13.5% 1,160,281 (±0.2% / ±13,601.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

88.6% ±3.9% (19,792  ±863.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Virginia: 91.3% 5,442,729 (±0.3% / ±19,700.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
23% ±2.1% (5,134  ±472.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 41.5% 2,471,630 (±0.2% / ±12,953.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

1.7% (519  ±163) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Virginia: 12.9% 1,120,207
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

7.3% ±1.1% (1,829  ±283) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Virginia: 9.6% 637,971 (±0.1% / ±5,935)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
1,829 Total veterans ±283 1,689 Male ±256 140 Female ±75

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