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Buena Vista city, VA

6,593 Population
6.4 square miles 1,024.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.9 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,609 ±$3,402 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$57,833 ±$8,629 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

18.8% ±6.5% (1,148  ±395) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.4 minutes ±2.1 (44,180  ±7,581) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Virginia: 27.3 96,596,530 (±0.1 / ±539,621)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,554 ±153 Number of households
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (6,069  ±23) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,469,077
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.7% ±3.3% (70  ±49) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,021 (±0.2% / ±2,978)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,949 ±15 Number of housing units
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$156,200 ±$14,139 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

20.2% ±5.3% (1,327  ±346.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,126,399 (±0.2% / ±13,158)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.9% ±9% (3,580  ±379.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than 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)
23.3% ±5.1% (949  ±207.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 42.2% 2,532,890 (±0.2% / ±12,158.7)
  • about two-thirds of 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

0.9% (57  ±53) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,142,826
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.1% ±2.1% (311  ±108) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Virginia: 9.4% 629,500 (±0.1% / ±6,297)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
311 Total veterans ±108 302 Male ±107 9 Female ±14

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