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Charlottesville, VA

46,597 Population
10.2 square miles 4,548.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.5 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Charlottesville, VA Metro Area: 38.6 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Virginia: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$42,474 ±$2,028 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Charlottesville, VA Metro Area: $45,902 ±$1,287
  • about the same as the amount in Virginia: $43,267 ±$239
$63,470 ±$4,255 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Charlottesville, VA Metro Area: $79,660 ±$2,262
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Virginia: $80,615 ±$377

23.1% ±1.7% (10,161  ±765) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Charlottesville, VA Metro Area: 10.7% 22,331 (±0.8% / ±1,716)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 828,664 (±0.2% / ±13,372)

17.7 minutes ±0.9 (374,460  ±24,126) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Charlottesville, VA Metro Area: 23.9 2,214,620 (±0.5 / ±67,764)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Virginia: 28.2 106,607,616 (±0.1 / ±554,577)

Families

19,312 ±332 Number of households
  • the Charlottesville, VA Metro Area: 86,039 ±1,055
  • Virginia: 3,248,528 ±6,651
2.3 ±0 (43,935  ±258) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Charlottesville, VA Metro Area: 2.4 208,050 (±0 / ±1,473)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.6 8,346,977 (±0)

3.6% ±1.2% (518  ±165) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Charlottesville, VA Metro Area: 4.2% † 2,279 (±0.7% / ±372)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Virginia: 4.9% 99,799 (±0.1% / ±2,354)

Housing

21,285 ±128 Number of housing units
  • the Charlottesville, VA Metro Area: 97,329 ±628
  • Virginia: 3,596,100 ±557

$355,800 ±$12,744 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Charlottesville, VA Metro Area: $323,400 ±$7,431
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Virginia: $295,500 ±$973

28.2% ±2.5% (13,010  ±1,148.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Charlottesville, VA Metro Area: 18.1% 39,480 (±1% / ±2,202.9)
  • about double the rate in Virginia: 14.4% 1,221,175 (±0.2% / ±14,167.2)

Social

92.4% ±3.9% (27,786  ±1,185.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Charlottesville, VA Metro Area: 92% 139,165 (±1.7% / ±2,601.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 90.8% 5,342,922 (±0.3% / ±17,984.1)
58% ±2.9% (17,437  ±866.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Charlottesville, VA Metro Area: 50.8% 76,797 (±1.2% / ±1,871.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Virginia: 40.3% 2,372,397 (±0.2% / ±11,374.1)

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

11.2% ±1.3% (5,231  ±614) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Charlottesville, VA Metro Area: 8.7% 19,109 (±0.5% / ±1,044)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 12.6% 1,076,919 (±0.1% / ±9,999)

3.6% ±0.6% (1,418  ±240) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Charlottesville, VA Metro Area: 7.2% 12,783 (±0.4% / ±741)
  • about one-third of the rate in Virginia: 10.2% 671,519 (±0.1% / ±5,249)
1,418 Total veterans ±240 1,312 Male ±235 106 Female ±57

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