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Wythe County, VA

28,188 Population
462 square miles 61 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46 ±0.4 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

$34,875 ±$2,953 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$57,745 ±$4,590 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.2% ±2.8% (4,232  ±791) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.3 minutes ±1.7 (274,210  ±23,801) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 27.3 96,596,530 (±0.1 / ±539,621)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

12,533 ±302 Number of households
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (27,942  ±17) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,469,077
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.4% ±2.2% (312  ±127) 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)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

14,030 ±25 Number of housing units
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$171,200 ±$8,959 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.5% ±1.9% (2,097  ±524.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,126,399 (±0.2% / ±13,158)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.2% ±4.6% (18,713  ±959.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 91.6% 5,501,058 (±0.3% / ±19,683.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.4% ±2.1% (4,033  ±437.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half 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

1.4% (393  ±102) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,142,826
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.2% ±1% (1,636  ±236) 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)
1,636 Total veterans ±236 1,602 Male ±228 34 Female ±37

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