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Chesapeake district, Mathews County, VA

1,971 Population
23.2 square miles 85 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.3 ±10.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mathews County: 55 ±0.6
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$49,367 ±$11,850 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Mathews County: $46,972 † ±$4,990
  • a little less than the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$78,356 ±$15,712 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Mathews County: $75,880 † ±$11,970
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4.5% ±3.4% (88  ±70) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mathews County: 7.8% † 660 (±2.9% / ±246)
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

36.7 minutes ±19.2 (22,975  ±8,322) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Mathews County: 30.7 85,575 (±2.4 / ±11,989)
  • 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

849 ±180 Number of households
  • Mathews County: 3,987 ±241
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (1,962  ±450) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mathews County: 2.1 8,414 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,469,077
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

1,377 ±209 Number of housing units
  • Mathews County: 5,493 ±23
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$273,300 ±$34,110 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mathews County: $360,900 ±$26,309
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.9% ±4.4% (117  ±90.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mathews County: 7.7% † 657 (±3% / ±251.1)
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,126,399 (±0.2% / ±13,158)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.4% ±24.4% (1,340  ±237.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Mathews County: 90.8% 6,071 (±7.6% / ±548.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 91.6% 5,501,058 (±0.3% / ±19,683.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
28.2% ±7.2% (418  ±136.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Mathews County: 28.4% † 1,899 (±4.7% / ±319.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Virginia: 42.2% 2,532,890 (±0.2% / ±12,158.7)
  • about 80 percent 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

0.1% ±0.2% (2  ±4) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Mathews County: 1.6% 140
  • 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

14% ±6.7% (220  ±115) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mathews County: 8.8% † 640 (±2.2% / ±160)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 9.4% 629,500 (±0.1% / ±6,297)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
220 Total veterans ±115 220 Male ±115 N/A Female ±13

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