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Garden district, Buchanan County, VA

2,540 Population
117.1 square miles 21.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.2 ±6.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Buchanan County: 47.8 ±0.8
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,922 ±$5,426 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Buchanan County: $23,508 ±$1,995
  • about half the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$40,524 ±$16,824 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Buchanan County: $42,886 ±$3,670
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

21.5% ±11.4% (542  ±314) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Buchanan County: 25.2% † 4,585 (±4.8% / ±863)
  • 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)

29.7 minutes ±19.2 (20,565  ±8,619) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Buchanan County: 30.1 147,500 (±1.6 / ±22,062)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 27.3 96,596,530 (±0.1 / ±539,621)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,047 ±220 Number of households
  • Buchanan County: 7,530 ±396
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (2,506  ±583) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Buchanan County: 2.4 18,157 (±0.1 / ±27)
  • 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

14.8% ±15% (77  ±83) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Buchanan County: 8.4% † 293 (±3.6% / ±127)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,021 (±0.2% / ±2,978)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,388 ±245 Number of housing units
  • Buchanan County: 10,321 ±31
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$118,600 ±$67,141 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Buchanan County: $94,900 † ±$10,570
  • about one-third of the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

2.6% ±2.1% (65  ±54.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Buchanan County: 2.3% † 439 (±0.9% / ±175.5)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,126,399 (±0.2% / ±13,158)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

81.2% ±6.6% (1,389  ±327.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Buchanan County: 78.6% 11,718 (±4.9% / ±727.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 91.6% 5,501,058 (±0.3% / ±19,683.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
23.2% ±12.8% (397  ±236) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about double the rate in Buchanan County: 11.5% † 1,708 (±2.4% / ±362.4)
  • 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

0.5% ±0.6% (12  ±15) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Buchanan County: 0.8% 160
  • 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

2.6% ±1.6% (47  ±31) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Buchanan County: 4.9% † 790 (±1.3% / ±213)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Virginia: 9.4% 629,500 (±0.1% / ±6,297)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
47 Total veterans ±31 47 Male ±31 N/A Female ±13

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