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Census Tract 106, Amherst, VA

2,423 Population
25.8 square miles 93.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.4 ±3.8 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Madison Heights: 44.4 ±2.9
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Amherst County: 43.4 ±0.5
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$35,998 ±$9,475 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Madison Heights: $33,871 † ±$4,179
  • about the same as the amount in Amherst County: $35,580 ±$2,685
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
$65,000 ±$15,991 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Madison Heights: $60,215 † ±$7,458
  • a little less than the amount in Amherst County: $68,724 ±$3,768
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458

14.8% ±6.4% (326  ±147) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Madison Heights: 10.5% † 1,072 (±2.4% / ±250)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Amherst County: 10.8% † 3,295 (±1.8% / ±537)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)

22.6 minutes ±4.3 (23,235  ±6,642) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Madison Heights: 24.2 † 107,365 (±2.7 / ±15,589)
  • 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

1,064 ±159 Number of households
  • Madison Heights: 4,644 ±251
  • Amherst County: 12,694 ±312
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
2.1 ±0.4 (2,195  ±288) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Madison Heights: 2.2 10,254 (±0 / ±572)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Amherst County: 2.4 30,455 (±0.1 / ±25)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,469,077

6.9% ±5.8% (32  ±28) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Madison Heights: 6.3% † 128 (±3.6% / ±74)
  • nearly double the rate in Amherst County: 3.7% † 247 (±1.2% / ±80)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,021 (±0.2% / ±2,978)

Housing

1,253 ±155 Number of housing units
  • Madison Heights: 5,014 ±220
  • Amherst County: 14,364 ±59
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486

$182,300 ±$38,050 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Madison Heights: $191,300 ±$9,205
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Amherst County: $212,400 ±$9,118
  • about half the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024

9.5% ±2.4% (229  ±63.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Madison Heights: 6.6% † 666 (±2.2% / ±223.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Amherst County: 9% † 2,803 (±1.6% / ±506.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,126,399 (±0.2% / ±13,158)

Social

86.9% ±4.1% (1,707  ±237) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Madison Heights: 89.2% 6,575 (±4.8% / ±500.1)
  • a little less than 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)
11.1% ±4.1% (218  ±85.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Madison Heights: 17.4% † 1,279 (±3% / ±233.8)
  • about half the rate in Amherst County: 24.7% 5,533 (±2.1% / ±471.7)
  • about one-quarter 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

0.1% ±0.2% (3  ±5) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Madison Heights: 0.5% † 55 (±0.5% / ±55)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Amherst County: 1.7% 548
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,142,826

9% ±4.7% (200  ±106) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Madison Heights: 6.2% † 512 (±1.7% / ±146)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Amherst County: 7.2% † 1,797 (±1.1% / ±283)
  • a little less than the rate in Virginia: 9.4% 629,500 (±0.1% / ±6,297)
200 Total veterans ±106 149 Male ±103 51 Female ±37

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