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Census Tract 9312, Wise, VA

5,847 Population
14.6 square miles 399.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.4 ±3.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Big Stone Gap: 41 ±4
  • a little higher than the figure in Wise County: 41.8 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$20,938 ±$3,146 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Big Stone Gap: $21,181 † ±$3,185
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wise County: $25,953 ±$1,489
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
$53,189 ±$6,102 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Big Stone Gap: $54,581 † ±$6,288
  • about the same as the amount in Wise County: $52,943 ±$2,440
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458

22.1% ±11.4% (964  ±521) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Big Stone Gap: 26.2% † 981 (±12.3% / ±459)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wise County: 17.2% † 5,579 (±2.5% / ±804)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)

16.2 minutes ±3.6 (28,335  ±10,508) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Big Stone Gap: 18.8 † 25,140 (±5.6 / ±8,942)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Wise County: 24.6 272,815 (±1.7 / ±26,566)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Virginia: 27.3 96,596,530 (±0.1 / ±539,621)

Families

1,905 ±337 Number of households
  • Big Stone Gap: 1,562 † ±191
  • Wise County: 13,905 ±356
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
2.3 ±0.6 (4,406  ±717) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Big Stone Gap: 2.4 † 3,721 (±0.3 / ±61)
  • about the same as the figure in Wise County: 2.3 32,405 (±0.1 / ±91)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,469,077

9.4% ±10.5% (77  ±91) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Big Stone Gap: 14.3% † 101 (±12.2% / ±91)
  • about double the rate in Wise County: 4.6% † 337 (±1.9% / ±136)
  • nearly double the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,021 (±0.2% / ±2,978)

Housing

2,389 ±329 Number of housing units
  • Big Stone Gap: 1,924 † ±218
  • Wise County: 16,627 ±48
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486

$159,900 ±$13,263 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Big Stone Gap: $163,000 ±$8,606
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Wise County: $118,600 ±$6,535
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024

16.1% ±7.9% (937  ±473) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Big Stone Gap: 18.4% † 940 (±9.3% / ±476.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wise County: 11.7% † 4,112 (±2.6% / ±911.8)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,126,399 (±0.2% / ±13,158)

Social

80.9% ±7.4% (3,563  ±558.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Big Stone Gap: 80.9% † 3,043 (±10.9% / ±453)
  • about the same as the rate in Wise County: 81.1% 20,850 (±3.8% / ±971.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 91.6% 5,501,058 (±0.3% / ±19,683.4)
13% ±4.8% (571  ±224) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Big Stone Gap: 15.8% † 595 (±5.8% / ±222.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wise County: 15.8% † 4,055 (±1.8% / ±467.8)
  • about one-third 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

1.1% ±1.1% (66  ±66) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Big Stone Gap: 1.5% † 79 (±1.3% / ±69)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wise County: 1.5% 539
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,142,826

7% ±2.4% (341  ±127) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Big Stone Gap: 7.1% † 289 (±2.8% / ±115)
  • about the same as the rate in Wise County: 7% † 2,007 (±1.1% / ±323)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Virginia: 9.4% 629,500 (±0.1% / ±6,297)
341 Total veterans ±127 325 Male ±118 16 Female ±26

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