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Amherst County, VA

31,381 Population
474 square miles 66.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.9 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 38.5 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$31,583 ±$2,332 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Virginia: $43,267 ±$239
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $37,638 ±$102
$60,876 ±$3,561 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Virginia: $80,615 ±$377
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $69,021 ±$146

11.3% ±2.2% (3,452  ±668) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 828,664 (±0.2% / ±13,372)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,661,636 (±0.1% / ±274,456)

28.3 minutes ±1.5 (388,945  ±24,899) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Virginia: 28.2 106,607,616 (±0.1 / ±554,577)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,757,208,800 (±0.1 / ±8,102,155)

Families

12,538 ±346 Number of households
  • Virginia: 3,248,528 ±6,651
  • United States: 124,010,990 ±196,755
2.4 ±0.1 (30,397  ±230) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Virginia: 2.6 8,346,977 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 321,899,260

4.2% ±1.5% (271  ±99) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 4.9% 99,799 (±0.1% / ±2,354)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,971,395 (±0% / ±22,692)

Housing

14,229 ±98 Number of housing units
  • Virginia: 3,596,100 ±557
  • United States: 139,647,020 ±3,504

$163,800 ±$4,667 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Virginia: $295,500 ±$973
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $244,900 ±$316

12.5% ±2% (3,886  ±613.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 14.4% 1,221,175 (±0.2% / ±14,167.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 13.4% 43,820,703 (±0% / ±133,972.5)

Social

87.7% ±3.7% (19,875  ±852.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Virginia: 90.8% 5,342,922 (±0.3% / ±17,984.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.9% 200,101,962 (±0.1% / ±254,727.4)
21.8% ±2% (4,946  ±456.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 40.3% 2,372,397 (±0.2% / ±11,374.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 33.7% 75,808,835 (±0.1% / ±157,731.9)

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

2% ±0.7% (640  ±210) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Virginia: 12.6% 1,076,919 (±0.1% / ±9,999)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 13.6% 44,844,808 (±0% / ±126,423)

7.8% ±1% (1,974  ±255) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Virginia: 10.2% 671,519 (±0.1% / ±5,249)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,431,290 (±0% / ±48,418)
1,974 Total veterans ±255 1,837 Male ±247 137 Female ±63

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