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Amherst County, VA

31,819 Population
474 square miles 67.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.9 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 38 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$24,296 ±$1,374 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $36,268 ±$168
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $31,177 ±$89
$49,677 ±$3,603 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Virginia: $68,766 ±$319
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $57,652 ±$138

13.4% ±2.3% (4,172  ±720) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 11.2% 906,838 (±0.2% / ±12,605)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.6% 45,650,345 (±0.1% / ±281,297)

24.1 minutes ±1.3 (336,515  ±21,406) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Virginia: 28.2 110,651,070 (±0.1 / ±476,299)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,730,653,340 (±0.1 / ±8,097,359)

Families

12,110 ±333 Number of households
  • Virginia: 3,105,636 ±8,001
  • United States: 118,825,921 ±229,026
2.5 ±0.1 (30,694  ±215) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Virginia: 2.6 8,123,404 (±0)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.6 312,916,765 (±0)

4.6% ±1.6% (319  ±111) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 5.2% 105,067 (±0.1% / ±2,534)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,994,223 (±0% / ±20,838)

Housing

14,138 ±89 Number of housing units
  • Virginia: 3,466,921 ±511
  • United States: 135,393,564 ±8,863

$151,500 ±$5,604 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $255,800 ±$1,036
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $193,500 ±$156

11.6% ±1.8% (3,645  ±581.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Virginia: 15.7% 1,294,838 (±0.2% / ±13,420.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.6% 46,393,683 (±0.1% / ±153,382.7)

Social

84.1% ±3.6% (18,885  ±822.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Virginia: 89% 5,056,828 (±0.3% / ±15,831.7)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 87.3% 188,834,530 (±0.1% / ±238,605.4)
20% ±1.8% (4,479  ±414.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 37.6% 2,133,497 (±0.2% / ±9,924.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 30.9% 66,887,603 (±0.1% / ±142,152.9)

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

1.7% ±0.4% (546  ±117) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Virginia: 12.1% 1,014,966 (±0.1% / ±8,651)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 13.4% 43,028,127 (±0% / ±123,858)

9.7% ±1.1% (2,468  ±269) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 10.8% 688,536 (±0.1% / ±5,202)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 7.7% 18,939,219 (±0% / ±40,490)
2,468 Total veterans ±269 2,287 Male ±252 181 Female ±75

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