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Buchanan, VA

1,271 Population
2.2 square miles 585.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.7 ±9.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 42.8 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$29,588 ±$5,597 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: $39,434 ±$877
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $49,217 ±$253
$52,474 ±$5,627 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: $67,447 ±$1,499
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $90,974 ±$485

17.9% ±14% (228  ±186) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 12.2% 37,288 (±0.8% / ±2,502)
  • nearly double the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 834,866 (±0.2% / ±13,292)

33.1 minutes ±8.2 (17,185  ±6,632) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 23.1 2,968,425 (±0.4 / ±70,155)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 27.6 99,473,730 (±0.1 / ±440,621)

Families

503 ±91 Number of households
  • the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 130,141 ±1,097
  • Virginia: 3,326,260 ±8,075
2.5 ±0.4 (1,271  ±292) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 2.4 306,443 (±0 / ±90)
  • about the same as the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,421,111

8.6% ±10.2% (24  ±30) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 4.8% † 3,289 (±0.8% / ±547)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,110 (±0.1% / ±2,842)

Housing

613 ±108 Number of housing units
  • the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 148,029 ±259
  • Virginia: 3,654,784 ±946

$201,900 ±$44,167 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: $236,300 ±$3,758
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $360,700 ±$1,182

11.5% ±9.8% (144  ±126.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 10.8% 33,565 (±0.8% / ±2,527.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 13.5% 1,160,281 (±0.2% / ±13,601.2)

Social

92.2% ±24.6% (793  ±144.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 91.9% 207,135 (±1.5% / ±3,350.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 91.3% 5,442,729 (±0.3% / ±19,700.2)
31.7% ±8.5% (273  ±90.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 30.6% 68,897 (±0.8% / ±1,741.6)
  • about three-quarters 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

0.3% ±0.8% (4  ±10) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 5.3% 16,587
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Virginia: 12.9% 1,120,207

4.6% ±2.4% (47  ±27) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 7.9% 19,756 (±0.4% / ±889)
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 9.6% 637,971 (±0.1% / ±5,935)
47 Total veterans ±27 30 Male ±20 17 Female ±18

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