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Amherst County, VA

31,782 Population
474 square miles 67.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.9 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 38.4 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$28,866 ±$1,431 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $41,255 ±$272
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$57,368 ±$4,546 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Virginia: $76,398 ±$361
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

10.9% ±1.9% (3,393  ±593) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 10% 826,708 (±0.2% / ±14,162)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

29 minutes ±2 (414,000  ±33,095) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Virginia: 28.6 110,956,265 (±0.1 / ±540,678)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

12,161 ±357 Number of households
  • Virginia: 3,184,121 ±7,450
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.5 ±0.1 (30,723  ±212) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Virginia: 2.6 8,264,926 (±0)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

3.3% ±1.5% (221  ±101) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Virginia: 5% 100,668 (±0.1% / ±2,317)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

14,237 ±90 Number of housing units
  • Virginia: 3,537,788 ±739
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$159,900 ±$4,498 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $282,800 ±$1,117
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

12.4% ±2% (3,915  ±629) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 14.8% 1,243,222 (±0.2% / ±14,246.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

86.6% ±3.8% (19,831  ±877) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Virginia: 90.3% 5,268,348 (±0.3% / ±18,788.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
21.3% ±2% (4,882  ±450.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 39.5% 2,304,490 (±0.2% / ±11,733.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

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

1.8% ±0.6% (583  ±181) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Virginia: 12.6% 1,068,489 (±0.1% / ±9,828)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

9% ±1.3% (2,310  ±319) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 10.4% 674,242 (±0.1% / ±6,199)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
2,310 Total veterans ±319 2,139 Male ±285 171 Female ±100

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