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Wakefield district, Sussex County, VA

1,938 Population
67.7 square miles 28.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.7 ±10.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Sussex County: 40.8 ±1.9
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,654 ±$5,067 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Sussex County: $30,317 ±$2,353
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$63,051 ±$5,819 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Sussex County: $63,530 ±$2,583
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.3% ±4.3% (218  ±96) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Sussex County: 11.6% † 1,060 (±2.9% / ±262)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

41.1 minutes ±18.8 (37,985  ±12,223) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Sussex County: 36.4 140,000 (±2.5 / ±15,373)
  • about 1.5 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

803 ±128 Number of households
  • Sussex County: 3,785 ±171
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.4 (1,931  ±434) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Sussex County: 2.4 9,115 (±0.1 / ±92)
  • 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

7.3% ±4.1% (24  ±16) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Sussex County: 5.6% † 95 (±3.4% / ±57)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,021 (±0.2% / ±2,978)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

970 ±117 Number of housing units
  • Sussex County: 4,706 ±50
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$185,500 ±$19,377 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Sussex County: $183,800 † ±$22,429
  • about half the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.5% ±9.1% (277  ±183.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Sussex County: 15.1% † 1,601 (±3.1% / ±327.6)
  • 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

93.7% ±21.7% (1,263  ±199.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Sussex County: 83.9% 6,825 (±5.4% / ±449.6)
  • about the same as 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)
23.4% ±6.9% (316  ±107.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Sussex County: 16.5% † 1,342 (±2.6% / ±215.8)
  • about three-fifths of 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

1.1% ±1.3% (22  ±26) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Sussex County: 1% 110
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,142,826
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

12.7% ±4.3% (207  ±83) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Sussex County: 10.5% † 949 (±2.4% / ±217)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Virginia: 9.4% 629,500 (±0.1% / ±6,297)
  • about double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
207 Total veterans ±83 186 Male ±81 21 Female ±19

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