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Chester Gap, VA

896 Population
2.1 square miles 430.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.8 ±10.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 37.9 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Virginia: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$32,644 ±$7,257 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $62,026 ±$306
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $49,217 ±$253
$74,183 ±$49,289 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $123,896 ±$689
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Virginia: $90,974 ±$485

7.9% ±5.8% (71  ±60) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 7.9% 484,187 (±0.2% / ±11,542)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 834,866 (±0.2% / ±13,292)

31.9 minutes ±23.4 (11,330  ±5,538) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 33 84,854,504 (±0.1 / ±452,475)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 27.6 99,473,730 (±0.1 / ±440,621)

Families

243 ±80 Number of households
  • the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2,350,158 ±4,553
  • Virginia: 3,326,260 ±8,075
3.7 ±1 (896  ±379) Persons per household
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2.6 6,167,808 (±0 / ±502)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,421,111

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

243 ±80 Number of housing units
  • the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2,483,270 ±835
  • Virginia: 3,654,784 ±946

$243,100 ±$38,712 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $553,000 ±$2,118
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $360,700 ±$1,182

3.6% ±4.1% (32  ±39.1) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 13.7% 849,588 (±0.2% / ±11,175.9)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Virginia: 13.5% 1,160,281 (±0.2% / ±13,601.2)

Social

78.7% ±42.4% (428  ±137.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 91.5% 3,938,689 (±0.4% / ±16,678.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 91.3% 5,442,729 (±0.3% / ±19,700.2)
3.9% ±7.1% (21  ±39.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 53.8% 2,314,689 (±0.3% / ±12,424.3)
  • about 10 percent of 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

0.1% ±0.2% (1  ±2) Foreign-born population
  • the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 24% 1,501,590
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Virginia: 12.9% 1,120,207

8.9% ±6.4% (56  ±47) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 7.4% 352,853 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 9.6% 637,971 (±0.1% / ±5,935)
56 Total veterans ±47 56 Male ±47 N/A Female ±13

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