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Central district, Nelson County, VA

3,719 Population
76.4 square miles 48.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

55.6 ±7.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Nelson County: 51.3 ±0.6
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Virginia: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$58,415 ±$8,409 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Nelson County: $45,251 ±$3,642
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Virginia: $49,217 ±$253
$114,082 ±$19,220 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Nelson County: $68,525 † ±$9,514
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Virginia: $90,974 ±$485

12.2% ±5.1% (454  ±209) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nelson County: 14.4% † 2,118 (±2.7% / ±393)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 834,866 (±0.2% / ±13,292)

24.3 minutes ±2 (25,420  ±10,042) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Nelson County: 30.3 149,760 (±0.7 / ±13,901)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 27.6 99,473,730 (±0.1 / ±440,621)

Families

1,640 ±262 Number of households
  • Nelson County: 6,470 ±318
  • Virginia: 3,326,260 ±8,075
2.2 ±0.2 (3,680  ±701) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Nelson County: 2.3 14,667 (±0.1 / ±4)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,421,111

12.1% ±12.9% (50  ±58) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nelson County: 11.3% † 279 (±5.8% / ±143)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,110 (±0.1% / ±2,842)

Housing

3,622 ±258 Number of housing units
  • Nelson County: 9,947 ±24
  • Virginia: 3,654,784 ±946

$466,500 ±$45,137 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Nelson County: $283,000 ±$27,091
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Virginia: $360,700 ±$1,182

18% ±11.8% (660  ±450.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Nelson County: 10.7% † 1,560 (±3.6% / ±524.2)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Virginia: 13.5% 1,160,281 (±0.2% / ±13,601.2)

Social

94.9% ±19% (2,664  ±353.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nelson County: 88.7% 9,880 (±6% / ±680.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Virginia: 91.3% 5,442,729 (±0.3% / ±19,700.2)
56.6% ±3.5% (1,589  ±257.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Nelson County: 33.7% † 3,753 (±3.5% / ±390.2)
  • about 1.4 times 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

2.9% ±1.7% (109  ±68) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Nelson County: 5.2% 761
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Virginia: 12.9% 1,120,207

12% ±4% (354  ±130) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Nelson County: 9.4% † 1,142 (±1.7% / ±208)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 9.6% 637,971 (±0.1% / ±5,935)
354 Total veterans ±130 317 Male ±120 37 Female ±49

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