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Shenandoah County, VA

44,037 Population
508.1 square miles 86.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.2 ±0.7 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

$31,364 ±$1,809 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
$58,609 ±$3,681 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Virginia: $80,615 ±$377
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $69,021 ±$146

11.4% ±1.6% (4,965  ±693) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 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)

29.8 minutes ±1.1 (567,550  ±29,393) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Virginia: 28.2 106,607,616 (±0.1 / ±554,577)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,757,208,800 (±0.1 / ±8,102,155)

Families

17,487 ±324 Number of households
  • Virginia: 3,248,528 ±6,651
  • United States: 124,010,990 ±196,755
2.5 ±0.1 (43,707  ±125) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Virginia: 2.6 8,346,977 (±0)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.6 321,899,260

5.1% ±1.7% (455  ±152) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Virginia: 4.9% 99,799 (±0.1% / ±2,354)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,971,395 (±0% / ±22,692)

Housing

21,114 ±68 Number of housing units
  • Virginia: 3,596,100 ±557
  • United States: 139,647,020 ±3,504

$223,600 ±$7,719 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Virginia: $295,500 ±$973
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $244,900 ±$316

12.4% ±1.8% (5,407  ±767.3) 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

89% ±3.2% (28,075  ±1,044) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as 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)
20.4% ±1.6% (6,437  ±515.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 40.3% 2,372,397 (±0.2% / ±11,374.1)
  • about three-fifths 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

4.3% ±0.7% (1,872  ±300) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Virginia: 12.6% 1,076,919 (±0.1% / ±9,999)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 13.6% 44,844,808 (±0% / ±126,423)

9.8% ±1.1% (3,381  ±363) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Virginia: 10.2% 671,519 (±0.1% / ±5,249)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,431,290 (±0% / ±48,418)
3,381 Total veterans ±363 3,045 Male ±325 336 Female ±119

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