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Bluefield, VA

4,979 Population
9.5 square miles 524.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.2 ±10 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 44 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,791 ±$7,030 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: $30,022 ±$1,231
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$54,041 ±$15,011 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: $50,550 ±$3,434
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.6% ±6.8% (723  ±315) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 17.3% 16,432 (±1.5% / ±1,420)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.9 minutes ±9.3 (53,915  ±18,595) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 25.1 870,825 (±1.2 / ±48,310)
  • a little higher than the figure in Virginia: 27.3 96,596,530 (±0.1 / ±539,621)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,037 ±197 Number of households
  • the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 40,514 ±790
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (4,655  ±18) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 2.4 95,165 (±0.1 / ±40)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,469,077
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.9% ±4.8% (75  ±56) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 4.8% † 977 (±1.3% / ±259)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,021 (±0.2% / ±2,978)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,197 ±201 Number of housing units
  • the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 49,113 ±72
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$152,500 ±$27,240 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: $120,000 ±$5,396
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.3% ±3.5% (412  ±175.4) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 8.1% † 7,929 (±1.2% / ±1,154.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,126,399 (±0.2% / ±13,158)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.1% ±9.1% (2,924  ±357.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 88.1% 61,903 (±2.5% / ±1,727.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Virginia: 91.6% 5,501,058 (±0.3% / ±19,683.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
29.8% ±6% (990  ±209.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 20.3% 14,264 (±1.2% / ±874.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Virginia: 42.2% 2,532,890 (±0.2% / ±12,158.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

3.9% ±2.3% (195  ±114) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 0.9% 869
  • about one-third of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,142,826
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.6% ±3.3% (301  ±129) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 7.2% 5,569 (±0.6% / ±501)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 9.4% 629,500 (±0.1% / ±6,297)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
301 Total veterans ±129 292 Male ±127 9 Female ±16

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