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Cave Spring, VA

25,742 Population
11.9 square miles 2,156.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.4 ±1.7 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

$49,725 ±$2,888 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: $40,698 ±$956
  • about the same as the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
$87,539 ±$6,404 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: $68,761 ±$1,429
  • a little less than the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458

5.9% ±1.7% (1,517  ±448) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 11.9% 36,518 (±0.8% / ±2,317)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)

20 minutes ±2.6 (225,075  ±36,749) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 22.5 2,837,285 (±0.4 / ±72,934)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Virginia: 27.3 96,596,530 (±0.1 / ±539,621)

Families

11,043 ±446 Number of households
  • the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 131,510 ±959
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
2.3 ±0 (25,694  ±1,147) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 2.3 307,087 (±0 / ±98)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,469,077

4.4% ±2.7% (260  ±159) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 5.3% † 3,605 (±0.7% / ±472)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,021 (±0.2% / ±2,978)

Housing

11,721 ±495 Number of housing units
  • the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 148,424 ±214
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486

$325,800 ±$12,103 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: $251,400 ±$4,599
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024

10.2% ±2.5% (2,609  ±649.3) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 10.5% 32,701 (±0.7% / ±2,177.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,126,399 (±0.2% / ±13,158)

Social

96% ±4.3% (17,905  ±1,091.6) 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)
48.8% ±3.6% (9,105  ±769.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 31.3% 70,631 (±0.9% / ±1,972.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

11.3% ±1.6% (2,916  ±420) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 5.6% 17,502
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,142,826

6.5% ±1.4% (1,334  ±290) 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)
1,334 Total veterans ±290 1,158 Male ±271 176 Female ±95

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