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Amherst, VA

1,865 Population
4.9 square miles 380.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.3 ±8.4 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 40 ±0.3
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,407 ±$6,648 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: $35,668 ±$792
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$70,841 ±$21,353 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: $68,996 ±$1,640
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.2% ±3.4% (155  ±67) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 12.3% 30,738 (±0.8% / ±1,958)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.3 minutes ±9.5 (14,165  ±4,059) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 22.8 2,425,055 (±0.5 / ±66,537)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Virginia: 27.3 96,596,530 (±0.1 / ±539,621)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

865 ±163 Number of households
  • the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 103,401 ±1,033
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.2 (1,713  ±374) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 2.4 250,529 (±0 / ±222)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,469,077
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.1% ±8.5% (25  ±28) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 5% † 3,099 (±0.7% / ±456)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,021 (±0.2% / ±2,978)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

948 ±165 Number of housing units
  • the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 119,048 ±120
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$220,700 ±$29,758 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: $239,700 ±$4,328
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.9% ±5.6% (200  ±111.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 13.4% 35,072 (±0.8% / ±2,171.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,126,399 (±0.2% / ±13,158)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.2% ±22.6% (1,365  ±215.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 91.4% 163,116 (±1.5% / ±2,648.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 91.6% 5,501,058 (±0.3% / ±19,683.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
25.7% ±6.8% (381  ±123.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 31.1% 55,520 (±0.9% / ±1,593.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 42.2% 2,532,890 (±0.2% / ±12,158.7)
  • about three-quarters 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

0.6% ±1% (11  ±18) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 3.4% 8,847
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,142,826
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.2% ±3.6% (128  ±61) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 7.5% 15,804 (±0.4% / ±848)
  • 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)
128 Total veterans ±61 120 Male ±61 8 Female ±9

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