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Brookneal, VA

1,300 Population
3.5 square miles 371.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.1 ±8.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 40 ±0.3
  • 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

$24,673 ±$4,533 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: $35,668 ±$792
  • about half the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$44,850 ±$21,758 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: $68,996 ±$1,640
  • about half the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

24.8% ±9.9% (309  ±148) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 12.3% 30,738 (±0.8% / ±1,958)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.1 minutes ±6.6 (11,125  ±5,268) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 22.8 2,425,055 (±0.5 / ±66,537)
  • about 90 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

555 ±135 Number of households
  • the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 103,401 ±1,033
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.3 (1,245  ±333) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 2.4 250,529 (±0 / ±222)
  • 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

6.2% ±10.1% (19  ±32) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 5% † 3,099 (±0.7% / ±456)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,021 (±0.2% / ±2,978)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

657 ±143 Number of housing units
  • the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 119,048 ±120
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$135,600 ±$40,853 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: $239,700 ±$4,328
  • about one-third of the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.3% ±4.5% (69  ±60.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 13.4% 35,072 (±0.8% / ±2,171.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,126,399 (±0.2% / ±13,158)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

78.8% ±26.6% (763  ±173.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 91.4% 163,116 (±1.5% / ±2,648.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 91.6% 5,501,058 (±0.3% / ±19,683.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
9.2% ±5.3% (89  ±55.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 31.1% 55,520 (±0.9% / ±1,593.6)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Virginia: 42.2% 2,532,890 (±0.2% / ±12,158.7)
  • about one-quarter 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

0.3% ±1% (4  ±13) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 3.4% 8,847
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,142,826
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.9% ±6.4% (95  ±72) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 7.5% 15,804 (±0.4% / ±848)
  • a little less than 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)
95 Total veterans ±72 95 Male ±72 N/A Female ±13

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