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Bristol, VA

17,024 Population
12.9 square miles 1,322.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.6 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 45.6 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$29,646 ±$2,112 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: $33,842 ±$799
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $49,217 ±$253
$44,706 ±$3,831 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: $55,948 ±$1,153
  • about half the amount in Virginia: $90,974 ±$485

18.3% ±2.7% (3,057  ±448) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 15% 45,755 (±0.8% / ±2,450)
  • nearly double the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 834,866 (±0.2% / ±13,292)

18.4 minutes ±1.4 (118,105  ±13,221) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 23.4 2,748,895 (±0.5 / ±70,654)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Virginia: 27.6 99,473,730 (±0.1 / ±440,621)

Families

7,327 ±265 Number of households
  • the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 129,894 ±1,002
  • Virginia: 3,326,260 ±8,075
2.3 ±0.1 (16,718  ±14) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 2.3 303,989 (±0 / ±112)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,421,111

6.2% ±5% (220  ±179) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 5.4% † 3,408 (±0.8% / ±482)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,110 (±0.1% / ±2,842)

Housing

8,654 ±24 Number of housing units
  • the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 149,151 ±150
  • Virginia: 3,654,784 ±946

$168,700 ±$10,444 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: $182,500 ±$3,006
  • about half the amount in Virginia: $360,700 ±$1,182

12.5% ±3.1% (2,123  ±526.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 10.6% 32,346 (±0.8% / ±2,308.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 13.5% 1,160,281 (±0.2% / ±13,601.2)

Social

89.6% ±6.6% (10,947  ±811.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 88.7% 202,267 (±1.4% / ±3,196.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 91.3% 5,442,729 (±0.3% / ±19,700.2)
23.9% ±3.8% (2,924  ±459.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 23.8% 54,177 (±0.8% / ±1,716.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 41.5% 2,471,630 (±0.2% / ±12,953.7)

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

1% (162  ±65) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 1.4% 4,433
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Virginia: 12.9% 1,120,207

7.2% ±1.6% (976  ±217) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 8.2% 20,628 (±0.4% / ±1,026)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Virginia: 9.6% 637,971 (±0.1% / ±5,935)
976 Total veterans ±217 917 Male ±221 59 Female ±54

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