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Wakefield district, Rappahannock County, VA

1,770 Population
37.3 square miles 47.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±7 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Rappahannock County: 50.6 ±3.3
  • a little less than the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$42,270 ±$8,536 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Rappahannock County: $56,313 † ±$6,279
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$88,393 ±$30,052 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Rappahannock County: $83,380 † ±$18,445
  • a little less than the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

3.5% ±2.4% (62  ±46) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Rappahannock County: 10.3% † 761 (±4.4% / ±328)
  • about one-third of the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

39.2 minutes ±20.7 (27,530  ±10,078) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Rappahannock County: 35.7 † 98,935 (±3.8 / ±15,417)
  • 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

559 ±151 Number of households
  • Rappahannock County: 2,985 ±196
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3.2 ±0.1 (1,770  ±479) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Rappahannock County: 2.5 7,416 (±0.2 / ±4)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,469,077
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

708 ±169 Number of housing units
  • Rappahannock County: 3,865 ±14
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$390,000 ±$375,421 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Rappahannock County: $506,400 † ±$94,333
  • about the same as the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.2% ±10.2% (251  ±193.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rappahannock County: 12.8% † 948 (±4.9% / ±362.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,126,399 (±0.2% / ±13,158)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.1% ±35.8% (1,033  ±242.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Rappahannock County: 91.5% 5,239 (±9.1% / ±539.9)
  • a little less than 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)
23% ±7.7% (267  ±125.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Rappahannock County: 33.3% † 1,909 (±5.6% / ±323.1)
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 42.2% 2,532,890 (±0.2% / ±12,158.7)
  • about two-thirds 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

0.9% ±1.5% (15  ±26) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Rappahannock County: 5.9% 435
  • 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

9.4% ±5.9% (126  ±88) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rappahannock County: 10.3% † 634 (±2.9% / ±179)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 9.4% 629,500 (±0.1% / ±6,297)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
126 Total veterans ±88 126 Male ±88 N/A Female ±13

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