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Census Tract 104.01, Amherst, VA

3,426 Population
12.2 square miles 280.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.1 ±8.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Amherst County: 43.4 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,812 ±$2,856 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Amherst County: $35,580 ±$2,685
  • about half the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$48,652 ±$8,782 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Amherst County: $68,724 ±$3,768
  • about half the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.2% ±7.7% (416  ±267) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Amherst County: 10.8% † 3,295 (±1.8% / ±537)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.9 minutes ±6.7 (32,880  ±6,738) Mean travel time to work
  • 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)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,389 ±159 Number of households
  • Amherst County: 12,694 ±312
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (3,426  ±443) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Amherst County: 2.4 30,455 (±0.1 / ±25)
  • 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

2.6% ±3.9% (18  ±27) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Amherst County: 3.7% † 247 (±1.2% / ±80)
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,021 (±0.2% / ±2,978)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,634 ±161 Number of housing units
  • Amherst County: 14,364 ±59
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$166,700 ±$21,179 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Amherst County: $212,400 ±$9,118
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.2% ±3.4% (178  ±119.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Amherst County: 9% † 2,803 (±1.6% / ±506.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,126,399 (±0.2% / ±13,158)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.7% ±2.7% (2,151  ±301.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Amherst County: 89.7% 20,088 (±3.8% / ±861.3)
  • a little less than 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)
24.6% ±6.6% (602  ±181.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Amherst County: 24.7% 5,533 (±2.1% / ±471.7)
  • 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

3.5% ±2.7% (121  ±95) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in Amherst County: 1.7% 548
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,142,826
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.2% ±3.2% (221  ±93) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Amherst County: 7.2% † 1,797 (±1.1% / ±283)
  • about 90 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)
221 Total veterans ±93 169 Male ±73 52 Female ±48

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