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Essex County, VA

10,623 Population
257.4 square miles 41.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.1 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,139 ±$5,529 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$56,520 ±$7,548 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.3% ±3.5% (1,296  ±371) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

38.5 minutes ±3.7 (146,585  ±20,016) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Virginia: 27.3 96,596,530 (±0.1 / ±539,621)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,447 ±215 Number of households
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (10,507  ±8) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,469,077
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.7% ±3.7% (131  ±86) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,021 (±0.2% / ±2,978)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,811 ±18 Number of housing units
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$238,100 ±$20,145 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.4% ±2.6% (876  ±272.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,126,399 (±0.2% / ±13,158)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.9% ±6.7% (6,656  ±532.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 91.6% 5,501,058 (±0.3% / ±19,683.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.6% ±3.2% (1,300  ±253.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 42.2% 2,532,890 (±0.2% / ±12,158.7)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

4.1% (438  ±227) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,142,826
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.3% ±2% (635  ±173) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Virginia: 9.4% 629,500 (±0.1% / ±6,297)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
635 Total veterans ±173 608 Male ±171 27 Female ±27

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