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Big Stone Gap, VA

5,221 Population
4.8 square miles 1,087.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.3 ±4.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Big Stone Gap, VA Micro Area: 42 ±0.8
  • about the same as the figure in Virginia: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$22,376 ±$3,276 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Big Stone Gap, VA Micro Area: $24,068 ±$1,180
  • about half the amount in Virginia: $47,210 ±$250
$52,663 ±$19,433 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Big Stone Gap, VA Micro Area: $46,680 ±$3,001
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $87,249 ±$428

16.4% ±9.6% (639  ±375) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Big Stone Gap, VA Micro Area: 20.8% † 7,661 (±2.5% / ±937)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 10% 836,686 (±0.2% / ±13,817)

20.9 minutes ±5.3 (33,825  ±10,040) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Big Stone Gap, VA Micro Area: 23 293,485 (±1.5 / ±25,931)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Virginia: 27.9 102,838,440 (±0.1 / ±510,749)

Families

1,623 ±181 Number of households
  • the Big Stone Gap, VA Micro Area: 15,644 ±419
  • Virginia: 3,289,776 ±7,149
2.4 ±0.3 (3,872  ±46) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Big Stone Gap, VA Micro Area: 2.4 36,748 (±0.1 / ±88)
  • a little less than the figure in Virginia: 2.6 8,387,705

19.6% ±14.4% (171  ±132) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Big Stone Gap, VA Micro Area: 5.7% † 468 (±2.3% / ±188)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 4.9% 99,601 (±0.1% / ±2,603)

Housing

1,872 ±210 Number of housing units
  • the Big Stone Gap, VA Micro Area: 18,587 ±199
  • Virginia: 3,625,285 ±444

$163,000 ±$27,908 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Big Stone Gap, VA Micro Area: $107,600 ±$6,776
  • about half the amount in Virginia: $339,800 ±$1,199

26.8% ±10.3% (1,377  ±,529.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Big Stone Gap, VA Micro Area: 12.8% † 5,049 (±2.1% / ±,819.2)
  • nearly double the rate in Virginia: 14% 1,195,825 (±0.2% / ±13,298.2)

Social

84.4% ±10.8% (3,139  ±,445.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Big Stone Gap, VA Micro Area: 81.3% 23,311 (±3.7% / ±1,098.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 91.1% 5,393,325 (±0.3% / ±19,092.4)
19.4% ±6.6% (723  ±,249.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Big Stone Gap, VA Micro Area: 16.6% † 4,750 (±1.9% / ±,552.1)
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 41% 2,424,822 (±0.2% / ±12,462.2)

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

4% ±3.4% (207  ±175) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Big Stone Gap, VA Micro Area: 1.6% 646
  • about one-third of the rate in Virginia: 12.6% 1,089,605

8.4% ±3.4% (351  ±141) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Big Stone Gap, VA Micro Area: 7.2% † 2,311 (±1% / ±312)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 654,068 (±0.1% / ±5,127)
351 Total veterans ±141 337 Male ±134 14 Female ±26

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