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South River district, Rockbridge County, VA

4,852 Population
104.7 square miles 46.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45 ±5.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Rockbridge County: 49.8 ±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

$34,184 ±$5,119 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Rockbridge County: $38,899 ±$2,573
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$58,594 ±$12,822 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Rockbridge County: $65,469 ±$4,457
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.8% ±3.2% (469  ±163) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Rockbridge County: 7.5% † 1,646 (±1.6% / ±344)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.2 minutes ±2.9 (52,050  ±13,046) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Rockbridge County: 26.6 241,770 (±2 / ±22,436)
  • about the same as the figure in Virginia: 27.3 96,596,530 (±0.1 / ±539,621)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,925 ±221 Number of households
  • Rockbridge County: 9,552 ±300
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (4,829  ±626) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Rockbridge County: 2.3 22,022 (±0.1 / ±28)
  • 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

3.3% ±3.2% (42  ±41) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Rockbridge County: 5% † 208 (±2.3% / ±95)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,021 (±0.2% / ±2,978)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,213 ±243 Number of housing units
  • Rockbridge County: 11,361 ±50
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$234,800 ±$28,023 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Rockbridge County: $248,800 ±$18,192
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.2% ±6% (641  ±300.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Rockbridge County: 10.9% † 2,439 (±2.5% / ±553.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,126,399 (±0.2% / ±13,158)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.4% ±3.9% (3,268  ±412.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Rockbridge County: 91.1% 15,539 (±5.2% / ±890.8)
  • 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)
34.8% ±6.5% (1,246  ±274.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Rockbridge County: 32.8% 5,588 (±2.9% / ±496.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 42.2% 2,532,890 (±0.2% / ±12,158.7)
  • about the same as 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

2.1% ±1.6% (100  ±78) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Rockbridge County: 2.6% 582
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,142,826
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.7% ±2.2% (229  ±94) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Rockbridge County: 8.1% † 1,512 (±1.5% / ±283)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 9.4% 629,500 (±0.1% / ±6,297)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
229 Total veterans ±94 219 Male ±95 10 Female ±16

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