Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Charlottesville, VA

45,863 Population
10.2 square miles 4,476.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

32.9 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Charlottesville, VA Metro Area: 39.3 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Virginia: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$48,395 ±$3,104 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Charlottesville, VA Metro Area: $51,510 ±$1,266
  • about the same as the amount in Virginia: $49,217 ±$253
$69,829 ±$7,075 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Charlottesville, VA Metro Area: $90,552 ±$2,421
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Virginia: $90,974 ±$485

22.6% ±1.8% (9,701  ±755) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in the Charlottesville, VA Metro Area: 11.2% 23,411 (±0.8% / ±1,606)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 834,866 (±0.2% / ±13,292)

16.9 minutes ±0.8 (322,900  ±19,807) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Charlottesville, VA Metro Area: 23.7 2,106,435 (±0.5 / ±62,985)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Virginia: 27.6 99,473,730 (±0.1 / ±440,621)

Families

19,699 ±341 Number of households
  • the Charlottesville, VA Metro Area: 89,396 ±692
  • Virginia: 3,326,260 ±8,075
2.2 ±0 (42,825  ±194) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Charlottesville, VA Metro Area: 2.4 210,166 (±0 / ±298)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,421,111

4.5% ±1.5% (623  ±215) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Charlottesville, VA Metro Area: 4.4% † 2,421 (±0.7% / ±354)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,110 (±0.1% / ±2,842)

Housing

21,559 ±102 Number of housing units
  • the Charlottesville, VA Metro Area: 99,882 ±160
  • Virginia: 3,654,784 ±946

$448,400 ±$20,714 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Charlottesville, VA Metro Area: $397,600 ±$7,828
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Virginia: $360,700 ±$1,182

26.3% ±2.6% (11,925  ±1,172.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Charlottesville, VA Metro Area: 17.5% 38,602 (±0.9% / ±2,084.4)
  • nearly double the rate in Virginia: 13.5% 1,160,281 (±0.2% / ±13,601.2)

Social

92.6% ±4% (26,919  ±1,164.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Charlottesville, VA Metro Area: 93.2% 142,708 (±1.8% / ±2,715.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 91.3% 5,442,729 (±0.3% / ±19,700.2)
60.6% ±3% (17,595  ±,864.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Charlottesville, VA Metro Area: 52.2% 80,020 (±1.3% / ±1,929.9)
  • about 1.5 times 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

10.3% (4,721  ±565) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Charlottesville, VA Metro Area: 8.6% 19,190
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 12.9% 1,120,207

3.7% ±0.8% (1,432  ±305) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Charlottesville, VA Metro Area: 6.9% 12,344 (±0.4% / ±649)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 9.6% 637,971 (±0.1% / ±5,935)
1,432 Total veterans ±305 1,261 Male ±265 171 Female ±140

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.