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Meherrin River district, Lunenburg County, VA

3,079 Population
80.1 square miles 38.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.6 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lunenburg County: 44.6 ±1.6
  • about the same as the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$21,892 ±$4,035 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lunenburg County: $27,603 ±$1,915
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$51,274 ±$7,635 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lunenburg County: $54,842 † ±$9,089
  • about half the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.2% ±11.8% (468  ±316) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lunenburg County: 15.9% † 1,754 (±3.9% / ±435)
  • nearly double the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

38.7 minutes ±7.5 (33,945  ±10,483) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lunenburg County: 35.6 146,225 (±3 / ±16,768)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Virginia: 27.3 96,596,530 (±0.1 / ±539,621)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,020 ±172 Number of households
  • Lunenburg County: 4,771 ±193
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (2,570  ±452) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lunenburg County: 2.3 11,042 (±0.1 / ±22)
  • about the same as the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,469,077
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.9% ±4.7% (36  ±26) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Lunenburg County: 4.8% † 101 (±1.8% / ±39)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,021 (±0.2% / ±2,978)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,219 ±175 Number of housing units
  • Lunenburg County: 5,908 ±22
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$153,200 ±$51,482 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Lunenburg County: $150,100 ±$14,367
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.9% ±1.9% (147  ±62.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Lunenburg County: 3.9% † 466 (±1.2% / ±145)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,126,399 (±0.2% / ±13,158)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

78.3% ±16.5% (1,745  ±258.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Lunenburg County: 80.5% 7,086 (±5.1% / ±452.9)
  • about 80 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)
7.8% ±3.6% (174  ±83.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lunenburg County: 11.6% † 1,021 (±1.9% / ±164.9)
  • about one-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

5.7% ±3.1% (176  ±100) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Lunenburg County: 4.1% 489
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,142,826
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.5% ±3% (183  ±78) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lunenburg County: 8.2% † 790 (±1.5% / ±140)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 9.4% 629,500 (±0.1% / ±6,297)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
183 Total veterans ±78 175 Male ±78 8 Female ±14

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