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Lynchburg city, VA

80,301 Population
48.9 square miles 1,641.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.6 ±0.5 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Virginia: 39.4 ±0.2
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$30,049 ±$2,632 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $50,866 ±$378
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$56,983 ±$8,269 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $92,090 ±$831
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

18.1% ±3.5% (12,636  ±2,464) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Virginia: 9.8% 835,556 (±0.3% / ±26,795)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

16.8 minutes ±0.6 (518,460  ±25,769) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • 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

29,387 ±1,297 Number of households
  • Virginia: 3,449,307 ±12,826
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (69,514  ±75) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,575,268
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.9% ±2.4% (1,123  ±560) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Virginia: 5.1% 105,908 (±0.3% / ±5,796)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

34,496 ±37 Number of housing units
  • Virginia: 3,746,211 ±965
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$249,200 ±$17,311 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $403,500 ±$3,411
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

18.1% ±2.8% (14,360  ±2,241.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 12.5% 1,085,848 (±0.3% / ±28,420.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

92.3% ±6.4% (42,138  ±2,969) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 91.7% 5,606,143 (±0.6% / ±39,643.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
39.6% ±4.1% (18,062  ±1,890.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 43.3% 2,649,382 (±0.4% / ±26,359.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

6.9% (5,552  ±1,156) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 13.6% 1,193,581
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.9% ±1.6% (3,847  ±1,058) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Virginia: 8.9% 602,994 (±0.2% / ±11,787)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
3,847 Total veterans ±1,058 3,520 Male ±1,032 327 Female ±268

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