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Blue Ridge, VA

2,800 Population
6.1 square miles 460 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.7 ±6.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 42.8 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,940 ±$4,572 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: $40,698 ±$956
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$75,871 ±$15,702 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: $68,761 ±$1,429
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

2.5% ±2.6% (69  ±74) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 11.9% 36,518 (±0.8% / ±2,317)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.2 minutes ±9.5 (26,780  ±7,160) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 22.5 2,837,285 (±0.4 / ±72,934)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Virginia: 27.3 96,596,530 (±0.1 / ±539,621)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,091 ±191 Number of households
  • the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 131,510 ±959
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.2 (2,800  ±531) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 2.3 307,087 (±0 / ±98)
  • about the same as the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,469,077
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.4% ±5.9% (26  ±36) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 5.3% † 3,605 (±0.7% / ±472)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,021 (±0.2% / ±2,978)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,266 ±188 Number of housing units
  • the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 148,424 ±214
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$274,500 ±$22,624 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: $251,400 ±$4,599
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.7% ±4.4% (158  ±125.8) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 10.5% 32,701 (±0.7% / ±2,177.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,126,399 (±0.2% / ±13,158)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.3% ±22.9% (1,885  ±300.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 92.3% 208,451 (±1.6% / ±3,610.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Virginia: 91.6% 5,501,058 (±0.3% / ±19,683.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
22.7% ±5.6% (450  ±137.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 31.3% 70,631 (±0.9% / ±1,972.8)
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 42.2% 2,532,890 (±0.2% / ±12,158.7)
  • about two-thirds 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

2.5% ±1.8% (70  ±52) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 5.6% 17,502
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,142,826
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.7% ±4.5% (189  ±104) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 7.8% 19,463 (±0.4% / ±944)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 9.4% 629,500 (±0.1% / ±6,297)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
189 Total veterans ±104 135 Male ±80 54 Female ±57

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