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Catawba district, Roanoke County, VA

19,930 Population
130.6 square miles 152.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.9 ±2.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Roanoke County: 43.5 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$42,339 ±$2,736 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Roanoke County: $45,801 ±$1,493
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$91,700 ±$6,148 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Roanoke County: $83,709 ±$2,594
  • about the same as the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7% ±2.9% (1,315  ±555) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Roanoke County: 7.3% † 6,870 (±1.1% / ±1,062)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.9 minutes ±1.3 (187,435  ±21,759) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Roanoke County: 21.8 853,400 (±0.6 / ±37,823)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Virginia: 27.3 96,596,530 (±0.1 / ±539,621)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,827 ±513 Number of households
  • Roanoke County: 39,725 ±394
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (18,967  ±1,017) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Roanoke County: 2.4 94,830 (±0 / ±34)
  • a little less than the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,469,077
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.9% ±3% (198  ±122) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Roanoke County: 4.8% † 1,006 (±1.4% / ±304)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,021 (±0.2% / ±2,978)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

8,376 ±454 Number of housing units
  • Roanoke County: 42,331 ±46
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$268,100 ±$8,503 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Roanoke County: $286,000 ±$5,167
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.8% ±3.1% (2,531  ±626.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Roanoke County: 11% † 10,540 (±1.3% / ±1,200.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,126,399 (±0.2% / ±13,158)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.9% ±2.3% (14,141  ±886) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Roanoke County: 94.5% 66,913 (±2.7% / ±1,951.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Virginia: 91.6% 5,501,058 (±0.3% / ±19,683.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
29.4% ±2.3% (4,374  ±425) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Roanoke County: 37.2% 26,293 (±1.6% / ±1,129.5)
  • 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

3.9% ±1.5% (785  ±308) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Roanoke County: 6.8% 6,601
  • about one-third of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,142,826
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8% ±1.7% (1,299  ±279) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Roanoke County: 8% 6,184 (±0.8% / ±582)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 9.4% 629,500 (±0.1% / ±6,297)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,299 Total veterans ±279 1,180 Male ±256 119 Female ±103

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