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Rock Lick district, Buchanan County, VA

2,935 Population
68.2 square miles 43 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.8 ±3.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Buchanan County: 47.8 ±0.8
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$20,790 ±$5,006 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Buchanan County: $23,508 ±$1,995
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$46,408 ±$9,540 Median household income
  • about 10 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

27.8% ±16.1% (813  ±508) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than 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 double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

37.8 minutes ±18.7 (21,800  ±6,648) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Buchanan County: 30.1 147,500 (±1.6 / ±22,062)
  • about 1.4 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

986 ±214 Number of households
  • Buchanan County: 7,530 ±396
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3 ±0.2 (2,935  ±673) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Buchanan County: 2.4 18,157 (±0.1 / ±27)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,469,077
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.7% ±8.2% (25  ±45) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Buchanan County: 8.4% † 293 (±3.6% / ±127)
  • a little less than the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,021 (±0.2% / ±2,978)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,426 ±211 Number of housing units
  • Buchanan County: 10,321 ±31
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$96,200 ±$34,888 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Buchanan County: $94,900 † ±$10,570
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

2.3% ±2.3% (68  ±68.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little 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

71.3% ±3.1% (1,686  ±417.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Buchanan County: 78.6% 11,718 (±4.9% / ±727.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 91.6% 5,501,058 (±0.3% / ±19,683.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
6.4% ±3.7% (151  ±95) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Buchanan County: 11.5% † 1,708 (±2.4% / ±362.4)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Virginia: 42.2% 2,532,890 (±0.2% / ±12,158.7)
  • about one-fifth 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

N/A Foreign-born population

0.9% ±0.8% (25  ±23) Population with veteran status
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Buchanan County: 4.9% † 790 (±1.3% / ±213)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Virginia: 9.4% 629,500 (±0.1% / ±6,297)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
25 Total veterans ±23 25 Male ±23 N/A Female ±13

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