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Amherst County, VA

31,775 Population
474 square miles 67 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.8 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 38.2 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$26,712 ±$1,234 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $39,278 ±$183
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $34,103 ±$104
$52,888 ±$2,644 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $74,222 ±$341
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $62,843 ±$135

14% ±2.5% (4,327  ±785) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Virginia: 10.6% 865,691 (±0.2% / ±14,344)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 13.4% 42,510,843 (±0.1% / ±279,418)

27.3 minutes ±1.6 (379,305  ±27,637) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Virginia: 28.7 113,970,800 (±0.1 / ±433,038)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.9 3,901,729,885 (±0.1 / ±9,072,499)

Families

12,160 ±344 Number of households
  • Virginia: 3,151,045 ±7,497
  • United States: 120,756,048 ±236,892
2.5 ±0.1 (30,677  ±206) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Virginia: 2.6 8,210,230 (±0)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.6 316,606,796 (±0)

4.2% ±1.5% (285  ±101) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 5.1% 102,796 (±0.1% / ±2,270)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,987,092 (±0% / ±22,278)

Housing

14,190 ±85 Number of housing units
  • Virginia: 3,514,032 ±633
  • United States: 137,428,986 ±6,044

$155,600 ±$4,445 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $273,100 ±$819
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $217,500 ±$180

12.6% ±2.1% (3,973  ±651.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 15.3% 1,274,970 (±0.2% / ±12,678.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.2% 45,656,511 (±0.1% / ±147,539.6)

Social

85.6% ±3.8% (19,459  ±880.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Virginia: 89.7% 5,181,538 (±0.3% / ±16,422.7)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 88% 194,149,815 (±0.1% / ±259,935)
19.1% ±1.9% (4,339  ±426.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 38.8% 2,240,360 (±0.2% / ±10,566.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 32.2% 70,920,162 (±0.1% / ±154,967.5)

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

1.8% ±0.5% (570  ±169) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Virginia: 12.4% 1,051,559 (±0.1% / ±9,290)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 13.6% 44,011,870 (±0% / ±142,271)

10.1% ±1.1% (2,565  ±274) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Virginia: 10.5% 677,533 (±0.1% / ±4,653)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 7.3% 18,230,322 (±0% / ±50,396)
2,565 Total veterans ±274 2,405 Male ±268 160 Female ±72

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