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Census Tract 101, Amherst, VA

5,067 Population
266.8 square miles 19 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.7 ±5.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Amherst County: 43.3 ±0.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$37,874 ±$13,478 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Amherst County: $36,275 ±$3,089
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Virginia: $49,217 ±$253
$59,606 ±$13,976 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Amherst County: $67,298 ±$4,455
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $90,974 ±$485

16.3% ±5.3% (826  ±293) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Amherst County: 10.8% † 3,291 (±1.7% / ±519)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 834,866 (±0.2% / ±13,292)

37.9 minutes ±6.1 (64,235  ±17,075) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Amherst County: 26.4 350,585 (±1.6 / ±26,289)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Virginia: 27.6 99,473,730 (±0.1 / ±440,621)

Families

1,937 ±206 Number of households
  • Amherst County: 12,702 ±319
  • Virginia: 3,326,260 ±8,075
2.6 ±0.2 (5,049  ±705) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Amherst County: 2.4 30,342 (±0.1 / ±26)
  • a little higher than the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,421,111

1.6% ±2.4% (16  ±25) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Amherst County: 3.6% † 242 (±1.4% / ±95)
  • about one-third of the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,110 (±0.1% / ±2,842)

Housing

2,401 ±201 Number of housing units
  • Amherst County: 14,301 ±33
  • Virginia: 3,654,784 ±946

$252,000 ±$47,783 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Amherst County: $197,200 ±$6,236
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $360,700 ±$1,182

18.9% ±9.9% (952  ±515.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Amherst County: 10.6% † 3,312 (±2.2% / ±668.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Virginia: 13.5% 1,160,281 (±0.2% / ±13,601.2)

Social

84.9% ±6.9% (2,941  ±402.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Amherst County: 88.6% 19,792 (±3.9% / ±863.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 91.3% 5,442,729 (±0.3% / ±19,700.2)
31% ±6.7% (1,074  ±261.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Amherst County: 23% 5,134 (±2.1% / ±472.3)
  • about three-quarters of 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

2.3% ±2.6% (117  ±130) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Amherst County: 1.7% 519
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Virginia: 12.9% 1,120,207

6.1% ±2.5% (234  ±100) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Amherst County: 7.3% † 1,829 (±1.1% / ±283)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 9.6% 637,971 (±0.1% / ±5,935)
234 Total veterans ±100 223 Male ±93 11 Female ±18

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