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Charlottesville, VA

45,437 Population
10.2 square miles 4,434.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.1 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Charlottesville, VA Metro Area: 39.4 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$51,540 ±$2,644 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Charlottesville, VA Metro Area: $53,701 ±$1,360
  • about the same as the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
$74,824 ±$5,371 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Charlottesville, VA Metro Area: $93,598 ±$2,285
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458

19.7% ±1.8% (8,345  ±766) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Charlottesville, VA Metro Area: 11% 23,308 (±0.6% / ±1,356)
  • about double the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)

17 minutes ±0.8 (312,700  ±21,316) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Charlottesville, VA Metro Area: 23.9 2,075,355 (±0.4 / ±57,292)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Virginia: 27.3 96,596,530 (±0.1 / ±539,621)

Families

19,815 ±385 Number of households
  • the Charlottesville, VA Metro Area: 90,452 ±899
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
2.1 ±0 (42,434  ±158) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Charlottesville, VA Metro Area: 2.3 211,771 (±0 / ±279)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,469,077

5.4% ±1.6% (737  ±216) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Charlottesville, VA Metro Area: 4.8% † 2,607 (±0.7% / ±391)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,021 (±0.2% / ±2,978)

Housing

21,610 ±86 Number of housing units
  • the Charlottesville, VA Metro Area: 101,111 ±169
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486

$486,700 ±$16,002 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Charlottesville, VA Metro Area: $430,300 ±$7,185
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024

25.1% ±2.5% (11,243  ±1,109.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Charlottesville, VA Metro Area: 17% 37,865 (±1% / ±2,243.7)
  • nearly double the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,126,399 (±0.2% / ±13,158)

Social

93.5% ±4.1% (27,174  ±1,198.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Charlottesville, VA Metro Area: 93.4% 144,877 (±1.7% / ±2,633.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 91.6% 5,501,058 (±0.3% / ±19,683.4)
62.5% ±3.1% (18,150  ±892.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Charlottesville, VA Metro Area: 53.5% 83,023 (±1.2% / ±1,910.4)
  • about 1.5 times 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

10.6% (4,797  ±537) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Charlottesville, VA Metro Area: 8.9% 19,865
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,142,826

3.5% ±0.9% (1,315  ±322) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Charlottesville, VA Metro Area: 6.6% 11,961 (±0.4% / ±743)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 9.4% 629,500 (±0.1% / ±6,297)
1,315 Total veterans ±322 1,193 Male ±282 122 Female ±111

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