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Prater district, Buchanan County, VA

2,306 Population
61.1 square miles 37.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

54.3 ±3.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Buchanan County: 47.8 ±0.8
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,039 ±$5,497 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Buchanan County: $23,508 ±$1,995
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$49,272 ±$3,867 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Buchanan County: $42,886 ±$3,670
  • about half the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

21.4% ±8.8% (494  ±221) 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)

36.1 minutes ±3.4 (26,520  ±7,488) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Buchanan County: 30.1 147,500 (±1.6 / ±22,062)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Virginia: 27.3 96,596,530 (±0.1 / ±539,621)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

974 ±166 Number of households
  • Buchanan County: 7,530 ±396
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (2,306  ±417) 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

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,407 ±175 Number of housing units
  • Buchanan County: 10,321 ±31
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$68,600 ±$30,962 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Buchanan County: $94,900 † ±$10,570
  • about one-fifth of the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

1.2% ±1.5% (28  ±35.9) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Buchanan County: 2.3% † 439 (±0.9% / ±175.5)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,126,399 (±0.2% / ±13,158)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

82.6% ±20% (1,507  ±256.8) 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)
9.6% ±3.9% (175  ±77.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Buchanan County: 11.5% † 1,708 (±2.4% / ±362.4)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Virginia: 42.2% 2,532,890 (±0.2% / ±12,158.7)
  • about one-quarter 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

0.8% ±1.2% (19  ±28) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as 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

3.6% ±2.9% (69  ±57) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Buchanan County: 4.9% † 790 (±1.3% / ±213)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 9.4% 629,500 (±0.1% / ±6,297)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
69 Total veterans ±57 69 Male ±57 N/A Female ±13

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