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Blacksburg, VA

45,446 Population
19.8 square miles 2,295.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 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: 35.1 ±0.3
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$31,899 ±$2,435 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: $36,750 ±$958
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
$50,182 ±$7,596 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: $65,839 ±$2,266
  • about half the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458

42.7% ±2.5% (15,011  ±889) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 19.7% 32,776 (±1% / ±1,623)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)

14.9 minutes ±0.9 (237,440  ±19,360) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 21.2 1,592,635 (±0.6 / ±54,080)
  • about half the figure in Virginia: 27.3 96,596,530 (±0.1 / ±539,621)

Families

13,840 ±575 Number of households
  • the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 70,282 ±938
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
2.5 ±0.1 (35,129  ±238) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 2.4 166,438 (±0 / ±230)
  • about the same as the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,469,077

1.7% ±0.8% (252  ±119) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 3.3% † 1,541 (±0.7% / ±302)
  • about one-third of the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,021 (±0.2% / ±2,978)

Housing

17,028 ±490 Number of housing units
  • the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 82,624 ±114
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486

$446,300 ±$18,901 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: $240,900 ±$6,059
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024

34% ±2.6% (15,397  ±1,175.2) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 17.1% 30,857 (±0.9% / ±1,614.3)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,126,399 (±0.2% / ±13,158)

Social

98% ±5.2% (16,532  ±1,007.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 93.8% 105,868 (±2.2% / ±2,464.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 91.6% 5,501,058 (±0.3% / ±19,683.4)
69.2% ±4.3% (11,669  ±809.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 35.9% 40,541 (±1.4% / ±1,552.9)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 42.2% 2,532,890 (±0.2% / ±12,158.7)

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

14.6% ±2% (6,627  ±884) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 6.1% 11,019
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,142,826

1.9% ±0.5% (780  ±218) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 5.3% 8,055 (±0.4% / ±592)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Virginia: 9.4% 629,500 (±0.1% / ±6,297)
780 Total veterans ±218 736 Male ±214 44 Female ±43

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