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Appalachia, VA

1,612 Population
3.4 square miles 468.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40 ±8.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Wise County: 42.1 ±0.8
  • a little higher than the figure in Virginia: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$18,944 ±$3,318 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wise County: $24,622 ±$1,064
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $49,217 ±$253
$38,942 ±$8,231 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wise County: $50,740 ±$1,717
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $90,974 ±$485

32.5% ±12.9% (524  ±229) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Wise County: 17.7% † 5,807 (±2.6% / ±857)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 834,866 (±0.2% / ±13,292)

22.7 minutes ±5.1 (10,240  ±4,005) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Wise County: 23.8 267,520 (±1.6 / ±24,406)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Virginia: 27.6 99,473,730 (±0.1 / ±440,621)

Families

668 ±111 Number of households
  • Wise County: 14,055 ±342
  • Virginia: 3,326,260 ±8,075
2.4 ±0.2 (1,612  ±292) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Wise County: 2.3 32,746 (±0.1 / ±85)
  • a little less than the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,421,111

10% ±8.1% (34  ±30) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Wise County: 5.4% † 391 (±2.1% / ±154)
  • about double the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,110 (±0.1% / ±2,842)

Housing

857 ±133 Number of housing units
  • Wise County: 16,659 ±46
  • Virginia: 3,654,784 ±946

$65,500 ±$11,180 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Wise County: $116,500 ±$6,382
  • about one-fifth of the amount in Virginia: $360,700 ±$1,182

13.3% ±6.3% (210  ±107.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Wise County: 12.9% † 4,588 (±2.5% / ±891.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 13.5% 1,160,281 (±0.2% / ±13,601.2)

Social

86.1% ±6.8% (871  ±163.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wise County: 80.3% 20,751 (±3.9% / ±1,008.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Virginia: 91.3% 5,442,729 (±0.3% / ±19,700.2)
15.6% ±6.3% (158  ±69) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wise County: 15.6% † 4,032 (±1.9% / ±495.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 41.5% 2,471,630 (±0.2% / ±12,953.7)

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

0.8% ±0.9% (13  ±14) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wise County: 1.2% 430
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Virginia: 12.9% 1,120,207

6.8% ±3.4% (78  ±41) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Wise County: 6.8% † 1,976 (±1.2% / ±334)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Virginia: 9.6% 637,971 (±0.1% / ±5,935)
78 Total veterans ±41 61 Male ±25 17 Female ±30

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