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Census Tract 102.01, Amherst, VA

4,938 Population
48.6 square miles 101.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±2.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Amherst: 50.3 † ±8.4
  • a little less than the figure in Amherst County: 43.4 ±0.5
  • a little higher than the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$40,797 ±$5,804 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Amherst: $39,407 † ±$6,648
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Amherst County: $35,580 ±$2,685
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
$86,078 ±$12,925 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Amherst: $70,841 † ±$21,353
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Amherst County: $68,724 ±$3,768
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458

7.4% ±2.4% (317  ±107) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Amherst: 9.2% † 155 (±3.4% / ±67)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Amherst County: 10.8% † 3,295 (±1.8% / ±537)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)

23.2 minutes ±2.6 (49,290  ±10,140) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Amherst: 20.3 † 14,165 (±9.5 / ±4,059)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Amherst County: 24.9 320,165 (±1.6 / ±24,791)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Virginia: 27.3 96,596,530 (±0.1 / ±539,621)

Families

1,819 ±180 Number of households
  • Amherst: 865 † ±163
  • Amherst County: 12,694 ±312
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
2.3 ±0 (4,190  ±419) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Amherst: 2 † 1,713 (±0.2 / ±374)
  • a little less than the figure in Amherst County: 2.4 30,455 (±0.1 / ±25)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,469,077

3.1% ±2.5% (42  ±34) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Amherst: 8.1% † 25 (±8.5% / ±28)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Amherst County: 3.7% † 247 (±1.2% / ±80)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,021 (±0.2% / ±2,978)

Housing

2,013 ±186 Number of housing units
  • Amherst: 948 † ±165
  • Amherst County: 14,364 ±59
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486

$260,800 ±$24,504 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Amherst: $220,700 † ±$29,758
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Amherst County: $212,400 ±$9,118
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024

16.1% ±4.1% (785  ±209.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Amherst: 10.9% † 200 (±5.6% / ±111.2)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Amherst County: 9% † 2,803 (±1.6% / ±506.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,126,399 (±0.2% / ±13,158)

Social

89.7% ±7.1% (2,963  ±363.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Amherst: 92.2% † 1,365 (±22.6% / ±215.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Amherst County: 89.7% 20,088 (±3.8% / ±861.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 91.6% 5,501,058 (±0.3% / ±19,683.4)
35% ±6.7% (1,156  ±247.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Amherst: 25.7% † 381 (±6.8% / ±123.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Amherst County: 24.7% 5,533 (±2.1% / ±471.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 42.2% 2,532,890 (±0.2% / ±12,158.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.7% ±2.1% (180  ±104) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Amherst: 0.6% † 11 (±1% / ±18)
  • more than double the rate in Amherst County: 1.7% 548
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,142,826

7.3% ±2.5% (303  ±105) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Amherst: 8.2% † 128 (±3.6% / ±61)
  • a little higher than the rate in Amherst County: 7.2% † 1,797 (±1.1% / ±283)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 9.4% 629,500 (±0.1% / ±6,297)
303 Total veterans ±105 295 Male ±105 8 Female ±9

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