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Blacksburg, VA

45,288 Population
19.8 square miles 2,287.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

21.9 ±0.2 Median age
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 34.9 ±0.2
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Virginia: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$29,454 ±$2,091 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: $34,816 ±$1,027
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $49,217 ±$253
$48,070 ±$7,707 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: $64,627 ±$2,441
  • about half the amount in Virginia: $90,974 ±$485

42.8% ±2.5% (15,082  ±899) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 19.9% 33,063 (±0.9% / ±1,547)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 834,866 (±0.2% / ±13,292)

15.3 minutes ±0.8 (239,830  ±19,606) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 21.2 1,599,225 (±0.6 / ±56,078)
  • about half the figure in Virginia: 27.6 99,473,730 (±0.1 / ±440,621)

Families

13,827 ±593 Number of households
  • the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 70,035 ±866
  • Virginia: 3,326,260 ±8,075
2.6 ±0.1 (35,236  ±211) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 2.4 166,614 (±0 / ±221)
  • about the same as the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,421,111

2.2% ±1% (326  ±146) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 3.4% † 1,586 (±0.6% / ±286)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,110 (±0.1% / ±2,842)

Housing

16,893 ±461 Number of housing units
  • the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 81,987 ±128
  • Virginia: 3,654,784 ±946

$417,200 ±$19,754 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: $228,400 ±$5,106
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Virginia: $360,700 ±$1,182

33.9% ±2.7% (15,233  ±1,213.5) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 17.7% 31,877 (±1% / ±1,862.8)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 13.5% 1,160,281 (±0.2% / ±13,601.2)

Social

98.3% ±5.2% (16,365  ±990.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 93.5% 105,492 (±2.2% / ±2,488.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 91.3% 5,442,729 (±0.3% / ±19,700.2)
69.7% ±4.2% (11,613  ±787.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 35.9% 40,462 (±1.3% / ±1,487.8)
  • more than 1.5 times 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

13.7% ±1.8% (6,216  ±833) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 5.9% 10,770
  • a little higher than the rate in Virginia: 12.9% 1,120,207

2.2% ±0.5% (886  ±221) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 5.5% 8,420 (±0.3% / ±512)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Virginia: 9.6% 637,971 (±0.1% / ±5,935)
886 Total veterans ±221 822 Male ±214 64 Female ±79

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