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Abingdon, VA

8,350 Population
8 square miles 1,038 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45 ±4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 45.6 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$36,815 ±$3,938 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: $29,545 ±$631
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Virginia: $43,267 ±$239
$54,384 ±$7,767 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: $49,392 ±$1,351
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $80,615 ±$377

15.5% ±3.9% (1,273  ±321) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 15.6% 46,928 (±1% / ±2,993)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 828,664 (±0.2% / ±13,372)

17.2 minutes ±1.1 (64,960  ±6,746) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 23.7 2,827,400 (±0.5 / ±71,377)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Virginia: 28.2 106,607,616 (±0.1 / ±554,577)

Families

3,975 ±230 Number of households
  • the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 127,606 ±1,091
  • Virginia: 3,248,528 ±6,651
2.1 ±0.1 (8,150  ±55) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 2.4 301,207 (±0 / ±520)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.6 8,346,977 (±0)

3.4% ±3.3% (65  ±64) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 5% † 3,158 (±0.7% / ±461)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Virginia: 4.9% 99,799 (±0.1% / ±2,354)

Housing

4,364 ±231 Number of housing units
  • the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 148,392 ±247
  • Virginia: 3,596,100 ±557

$170,800 ±$9,890 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: $147,700 ±$2,780
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $295,500 ±$973

14% ±3.6% (1,158  ±302.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 12.1% 36,806 (±0.8% / ±2,308.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Virginia: 14.4% 1,221,175 (±0.2% / ±14,167.2)

Social

92.7% ±6.6% (5,934  ±494.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 87.4% 196,950 (±1.3% / ±3,011.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 90.8% 5,342,922 (±0.3% / ±17,984.1)
35% ±4.3% (2,239  ±289.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 22.8% 51,400 (±0.7% / ±1,623.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 40.3% 2,372,397 (±0.2% / ±11,374.1)

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

2% ±1.1% (163  ±90) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 1.3% 4,086 (±0.1% / ±350)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Virginia: 12.6% 1,076,919 (±0.1% / ±9,999)

8.1% ±2.3% (572  ±163) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 8.9% 22,056 (±0.4% / ±1,085)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 10.2% 671,519 (±0.1% / ±5,249)
572 Total veterans ±163 529 Male ±155 43 Female ±35

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