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Bluefield, VA

5,059 Population
9.5 square miles 532.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.9 ±9.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 43.9 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Virginia: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$34,090 ±$6,901 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: $27,315 ±$1,209
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Virginia: $47,210 ±$250
$53,162 ±$14,719 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: $47,294 ±$1,818
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $87,249 ±$428

18% ±7.7% (849  ±366) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 18.1% † 18,468 (±1.8% / ±1,855)
  • nearly double the rate in Virginia: 10% 836,686 (±0.2% / ±13,817)

19.8 minutes ±4.5 (34,120  ±9,971) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 24 894,165 (±0.9 / ±42,649)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Virginia: 27.9 102,838,440 (±0.1 / ±510,749)

Families

2,059 ±187 Number of households
  • the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 42,506 ±796
  • Virginia: 3,289,776 ±7,149
2.3 ±0.2 (4,746  ±34) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 2.4 102,360 (±0.1 / ±50)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.6 8,387,705

24.2% ±15.9% (296  ±202) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 6% † 1,301 (±1.4% / ±312)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 4.9% 99,601 (±0.1% / ±2,603)

Housing

2,218 ±242 Number of housing units
  • the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 52,441 ±61
  • Virginia: 3,625,285 ±444

$135,700 ±$24,497 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: $114,700 ±$4,859
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $339,800 ±$1,199

9.8% ±3.8% (486  ±,190.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 11.7% † 12,255 (±1.3% / ±1,349.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Virginia: 14% 1,195,825 (±0.2% / ±13,298.2)

Social

88.5% ±8.5% (2,817  ±,379.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 86.8% 66,054 (±2.3% / ±1,789.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Virginia: 91.1% 5,393,325 (±0.3% / ±19,092.4)
29% ±6.1% (924  ±,213.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 18.5% 14,110 (±1.2% / ±,878.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Virginia: 41% 2,424,822 (±0.2% / ±12,462.2)

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

2.1% ±1.7% (105  ±84) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 0.8% 858
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Virginia: 12.6% 1,089,605

9.1% ±3.6% (357  ±142) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 7.2% 6,124 (±0.7% / ±555)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 654,068 (±0.1% / ±5,127)
357 Total veterans ±142 332 Male ±132 25 Female ±31

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