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Amherst County, VA

31,882 Population
474 square miles 67.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.3 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 38.1 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 37.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,343 ±$1,087 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $37,763 ±$188
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $32,621 ±$91
$49,170 ±$3,347 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $71,564 ±$326
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $60,293 ±$140

14% ±2.2% (4,330  ±684) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 11% 893,580 (±0.2% / ±13,485)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 14.1% 44,257,979 (±0.1% / ±285,269)

25.1 minutes ±1.2 (351,070  ±21,316) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 28.4 112,173,755 (±0.1 / ±472,875)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,812,750,665 (±0.1 / ±8,669,516)

Families

12,044 ±313 Number of households
  • Virginia: 3,128,415 ±7,210
  • United States: 119,730,128 ±232,429
2.6 ±0.1 (30,776  ±200) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Virginia: 2.6 8,169,581 (±0)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.6 314,810,420 (±0)

5.5% ±1.9% (375  ±133) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Virginia: 5.2% 105,402 (±0.1% / ±2,321)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,995,512 (±0% / ±23,123)

Housing

14,167 ±86 Number of housing units
  • Virginia: 3,491,091 ±718
  • United States: 136,384,292 ±6,639

$153,300 ±$4,403 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $264,900 ±$1,004
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $204,900 ±$173

12.3% ±2% (3,888  ±626.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 15.5% 1,292,284 (±0.2% / ±13,345.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.5% 46,136,121 (±0.1% / ±152,246.9)

Social

85.2% ±3.8% (19,246  ±865.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Virginia: 89.3% 5,117,532 (±0.3% / ±15,466.3)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 87.7% 191,498,014 (±0.1% / ±242,772.9)
19.2% ±1.7% (4,342  ±387) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 38.2% 2,186,863 (±0.2% / ±9,936.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 31.5% 68,867,051 (±0.1% / ±145,216)

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

1.7% ±0.4% (527  ±135) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Virginia: 12.3% 1,038,160 (±0.1% / ±8,811)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.5% 43,539,499 (±0% / ±131,250)

9.9% ±1.1% (2,524  ±284) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 10.6% 684,480 (±0.1% / ±4,850)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 7.5% 18,611,432 (±0% / ±41,547)
2,524 Total veterans ±284 2,340 Male ±265 184 Female ±78

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