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Buchanan, VA

1,367 Population
2.2 square miles 630.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.2 ±9.3 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: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$29,722 ±$4,931 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: $40,698 ±$956
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
$54,226 ±$9,925 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: $68,761 ±$1,429
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458

17.9% ±14.2% (245  ±200) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 11.9% 36,518 (±0.8% / ±2,317)
  • nearly double the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)

32.8 minutes ±8.6 (17,595  ±6,640) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 22.5 2,837,285 (±0.4 / ±72,934)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 27.3 96,596,530 (±0.1 / ±539,621)

Families

528 ±94 Number of households
  • the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 131,510 ±959
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
2.6 ±0.2 (1,367  ±275) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 2.3 307,087 (±0 / ±98)
  • a little higher than the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,469,077

8.3% ±11% (25  ±34) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 5.3% † 3,605 (±0.7% / ±472)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,021 (±0.2% / ±2,978)

Housing

625 ±122 Number of housing units
  • the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 148,424 ±214
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486

$187,500 ±$45,005 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: $251,400 ±$4,599
  • about half the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024

11.7% ±11% (157  ±150.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 10.5% 32,701 (±0.7% / ±2,177.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,126,399 (±0.2% / ±13,158)

Social

94.7% ±24.3% (854  ±152.7) 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)
29.1% ±8.3% (262  ±88.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 31.3% 70,631 (±0.9% / ±1,972.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Virginia: 42.2% 2,532,890 (±0.2% / ±12,158.7)

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

1.2% ±1.4% (17  ±19) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 5.6% 17,502
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,142,826

6.1% ±2.8% (64  ±32) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 7.8% 19,463 (±0.4% / ±944)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Virginia: 9.4% 629,500 (±0.1% / ±6,297)
64 Total veterans ±32 45 Male ±28 19 Female ±19

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