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Big Stone Gap East, VA

567 Population
0.5 square miles 1,184.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

55.2 ±4 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Wise County: 41.8 ±0.5
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$17,823 ±$3,968 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wise County: $25,953 ±$1,489
  • about one-third of the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$20,938 ±$17,046 Median household income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Wise County: $52,943 ±$2,440
  • about one-fifth of the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

33% ±15.4% (187  ±120) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double 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)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

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Families

265 ±117 Number of households
  • Wise County: 13,905 ±356
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±1.3 (567  ±249) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wise County: 2.3 32,405 (±0.1 / ±91)
  • 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

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

270 ±114 Number of housing units
  • Wise County: 16,627 ±48
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$168,100 ±$58,640 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • 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
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.4% ±12.7% (53  ±75.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wise County: 11.7% † 4,112 (±2.6% / ±911.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,126,399 (±0.2% / ±13,158)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

79.1% ±49.4% (383  ±151.9) High school grad or higher
  • 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)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
7.9% ±9.7% (38  ±50.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Wise County: 15.8% † 4,055 (±1.8% / ±467.8)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Virginia: 42.2% 2,532,890 (±0.2% / ±12,158.7)
  • about one-fifth 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

N/A Foreign-born population

7.7% ±8.9% (40  ±50) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wise County: 7% † 2,007 (±1.1% / ±323)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 9.4% 629,500 (±0.1% / ±6,297)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
40 Total veterans ±50 40 Male ±50 N/A Female ±13

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