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Blacksburg, VA

44,385 Population
19.7 square miles 2,248.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

21.9 ±0.2 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg, VA Metro Area: 34 ±0.2
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Virginia: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$22,865 ±$1,949 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg, VA Metro Area: $29,732 ±$827
  • about half the amount in Virginia: $43,267 ±$239
$43,804 ±$6,096 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg, VA Metro Area: $57,381 ±$1,828
  • about half the amount in Virginia: $80,615 ±$377

45.2% ±3% (15,905  ±1,104) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg, VA Metro Area: 21.6% 32,824 (±1.1% / ±1,681)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 828,664 (±0.2% / ±13,372)

14.4 minutes ±0.9 (206,145  ±20,330) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg, VA Metro Area: 20.6 1,423,205 (±0.7 / ±59,817)
  • about half the figure in Virginia: 28.2 106,607,616 (±0.1 / ±554,577)

Families

12,708 ±634 Number of households
  • the Blacksburg-Christiansburg, VA Metro Area: 62,436 ±920
  • Virginia: 3,248,528 ±6,651
2.8 ±0.2 (35,187  ±675) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg, VA Metro Area: 2.4 152,448 (±0 / ±902)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 2.6 8,346,977 (±0)

1.7% ±0.6% (252  ±86) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg, VA Metro Area: 2.5% † 1,111 (±0.6% / ±242)
  • about one-third of the rate in Virginia: 4.9% 99,799 (±0.1% / ±2,354)

Housing

15,562 ±611 Number of housing units
  • the Blacksburg-Christiansburg, VA Metro Area: 72,873 ±373
  • Virginia: 3,596,100 ±557

$335,200 ±$16,764 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg, VA Metro Area: $195,100 ±$5,538
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Virginia: $295,500 ±$973

33.3% ±2.9% (14,652  ±1,286.4) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg, VA Metro Area: 18.6% 30,553 (±1% / ±1,713.3)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 14.4% 1,221,175 (±0.2% / ±14,167.2)

Social

98.3% ±5.9% (15,454  ±1,073) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg, VA Metro Area: 92.3% 94,008 (±2.4% / ±2,418.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 90.8% 5,342,922 (±0.3% / ±17,984.1)
69% ±5% (10,854  ±864.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg, VA Metro Area: 35.7% 36,297 (±1.4% / ±1,436.8)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 40.3% 2,372,397 (±0.2% / ±11,374.1)

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

13.2% ±1.9% (5,875  ±840) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg, VA Metro Area: 5.7% † 9,461 (±0.6% / ±953)
  • a little higher than the rate in Virginia: 12.6% 1,076,919 (±0.1% / ±9,999)

1.8% ±0.5% (727  ±197) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg, VA Metro Area: 5.8% 8,031 (±0.4% / ±580)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Virginia: 10.2% 671,519 (±0.1% / ±5,249)
727 Total veterans ±197 633 Male ±180 94 Female ±84

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