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Blacksburg, VA

45,147 Population
19.8 square miles 2,280.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

21.7 ±0.2 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 33.7 ±0.3
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Virginia: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$25,268 ±$1,850 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: $32,334 ±$929
  • about half the amount in Virginia: $47,210 ±$250
$42,012 ±$6,697 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: $62,017 ±$2,250
  • about half the amount in Virginia: $87,249 ±$428

45.1% ±3% (15,913  ±1,069) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 21.5% 32,502 (±1.1% / ±1,591)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 10% 836,686 (±0.2% / ±13,817)

14.9 minutes ±0.8 (225,520  ±20,131) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 20.4 1,412,950 (±0.6 / ±55,771)
  • about half the figure in Virginia: 27.9 102,838,440 (±0.1 / ±510,749)

Families

13,318 ±611 Number of households
  • the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 62,836 ±934
  • Virginia: 3,289,776 ±7,149
2.7 ±0.1 (35,258  ±248) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 2.4 151,578 (±0 / ±283)
  • a little higher than the figure in Virginia: 2.6 8,387,705

1.7% ±0.8% (255  ±114) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 2.9% † 1,276 (±0.6% / ±265)
  • about one-third of the rate in Virginia: 4.9% 99,601 (±0.1% / ±2,603)

Housing

16,260 ±510 Number of housing units
  • the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 73,450 ±143
  • Virginia: 3,625,285 ±444

$387,700 ±$18,039 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: $221,400 ±$6,991
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Virginia: $339,800 ±$1,199

34.7% ±3% (15,561  ±1,345.7) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 18.8% 30,902 (±1.2% / ±1,922)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 14% 1,195,825 (±0.2% / ±13,298.2)

Social

98.5% ±4.7% (15,795  ±,980.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 93.1% 93,906 (±2.3% / ±2,375.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 91.1% 5,393,325 (±0.3% / ±19,092.4)
67.2% ±4.1% (10,780  ±780) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 36.7% 37,006 (±1.4% / ±1,367.4)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 41% 2,424,822 (±0.2% / ±12,462.2)

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

13.1% ±1.8% (5,895  ±832) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 6% 9,950
  • a little higher than the rate in Virginia: 12.6% 1,089,605

2.1% ±0.5% (846  ±219) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 5.5% 7,637 (±0.4% / ±568)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 654,068 (±0.1% / ±5,127)
846 Total veterans ±219 769 Male ±204 77 Female ±79

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