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Bon Air, VA

17,846 Population
8.4 square miles 2,132.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 38.8 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$40,613 ±$2,614 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: $40,254 ±$498
  • a little less than the amount in Virginia: $43,267 ±$239
$89,019 ±$5,073 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: $74,592 ±$897
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Virginia: $80,615 ±$377

5.2% ±2% (896  ±348) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 10.2% 129,274 (±0.4% / ±4,635)
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 828,664 (±0.2% / ±13,372)

22.7 minutes ±0.5 (191,740  ±19,042) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 25.4 14,632,355 (±0.2 / ±165,722)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Virginia: 28.2 106,607,616 (±0.1 / ±554,577)

Families

6,959 ±436 Number of households
  • the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 506,634 ±1,908
  • Virginia: 3,248,528 ±6,651
2.5 ±0.2 (17,484  ±1,078) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 2.5 1,273,839 (±0 / ±1,772)
  • about the same as the figure in Virginia: 2.6 8,346,977 (±0)

3.6% ±2.3% (159  ±104) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 4.8% 14,986 (±0.3% / ±1,035)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Virginia: 4.9% 99,799 (±0.1% / ±2,354)

Housing

7,266 ±439 Number of housing units
  • the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 545,878 ±747
  • Virginia: 3,596,100 ±557

$264,500 ±$9,691 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: $262,900 ±$1,745
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Virginia: $295,500 ±$973

13.1% ±3.5% (2,318  ±632.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 14.6% 188,900 (±0.4% / ±5,494.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 14.4% 1,221,175 (±0.2% / ±14,167.2)

Social

95.3% ±3.6% (11,831  ±791.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 91.1% 826,257 (±0.8% / ±7,013.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Virginia: 90.8% 5,342,922 (±0.3% / ±17,984.1)
49.8% ±3.6% (6,179  ±558.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 38.9% 353,249 (±0.5% / ±4,318.1)
  • about 25 percent higher than 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

7.5% ±1.6% (1,345  ±295) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 8.1% 105,832 (±0.2% / ±2,695)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 12.6% 1,076,919 (±0.1% / ±9,999)

8.7% ±2.2% (1,203  ±307) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 8.4% 84,946 (±0.2% / ±2,044)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 10.2% 671,519 (±0.1% / ±5,249)
1,203 Total veterans ±307 998 Male ±283 205 Female ±107

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