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Hurricane district, Buchanan County, VA

2,962 Population
76.3 square miles 38.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.7 ±7.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Buchanan County: 47.3 ±0.7
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$26,003 ±$6,102 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Buchanan County: $26,203 † ±$4,288
  • about half the amount in Virginia: $49,217 ±$253
$39,881 ±$11,617 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Buchanan County: $42,216 ±$3,582
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $90,974 ±$485

28.1% ±12.4% (832  ±389) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Buchanan County: 23.9% † 4,485 (±4.8% / ±901)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 834,866 (±0.2% / ±13,292)

29.4 minutes ±7 (22,240  ±9,349) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Buchanan County: 29.9 160,390 (±2.5 / ±22,081)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 27.6 99,473,730 (±0.1 / ±440,621)

Families

1,224 ±174 Number of households
  • Buchanan County: 7,351 ±342
  • Virginia: 3,326,260 ±8,075
2.4 ±0.1 (2,962  ±443) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Buchanan County: 2.6 18,743 (±0.1 / ±25)
  • a little less than the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,421,111

4.6% ±7% (29  ±45) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Buchanan County: 9.3% † 332 (±4.3% / ±153)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,110 (±0.1% / ±2,842)

Housing

1,591 ±189 Number of housing units
  • Buchanan County: 10,340 ±32
  • Virginia: 3,654,784 ±946

$79,000 ±$7,838 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Buchanan County: $91,400 † ±$10,679
  • about one-fifth of the amount in Virginia: $360,700 ±$1,182

4.7% ±4.7% (138  ±140.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Buchanan County: 3.5% † 688 (±1.2% / ±229.5)
  • about one-third of the rate in Virginia: 13.5% 1,160,281 (±0.2% / ±13,601.2)

Social

75.5% ±9.1% (1,747  ±360.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Buchanan County: 77.5% 11,757 (±4.9% / ±745.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 91.3% 5,442,729 (±0.3% / ±19,700.2)
12.6% ±6.6% (292  ±161.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Buchanan County: 10.9% † 1,645 (±2.4% / ±358.6)
  • about one-third of the rate in Virginia: 41.5% 2,471,630 (±0.2% / ±12,953.7)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

3% ±2.6% (72  ±64) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Buchanan County: 5.7% † 941 (±1.6% / ±264)
  • about one-third of the rate in Virginia: 9.6% 637,971 (±0.1% / ±5,935)
72 Total veterans ±64 62 Male ±60 10 Female ±16

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