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Petersburg city, VA

33,537 Population
22.7 square miles 1,476.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.8 ±0.5 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

$29,418 ±$1,674 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$50,698 ±$2,886 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

21.7% ±2.9% (7,198  ±961) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.7 minutes ±2 (336,005  ±32,243) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Virginia: 27.3 96,596,530 (±0.1 / ±539,621)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

15,138 ±401 Number of households
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (32,997  ±12) 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

5.6% ±2.4% (443  ±195) 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

18,075 ±24 Number of housing units
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$189,000 ±$18,119 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

21.5% ±3.3% (7,115  ±1,084.5) Moved since previous year
  • more than 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

86.8% ±5.2% (19,703  ±1,195.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than 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)
25.4% ±2.9% (5,768  ±657.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of 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

4.5% (1,523  ±312) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,142,826
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10.5% ±1.6% (2,630  ±393) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 9.4% 629,500 (±0.1% / ±6,297)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,630 Total veterans ±393 2,156 Male ±309 474 Female ±191

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