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Ferrum, VA

1,622 Population
9.1 square miles 177.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

21.5 ±1 Median age
  • about half the figure in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 42.8 ±0.2
  • about half the figure in Virginia: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$13,992 ±$4,076 Per capita income
  • about one-third of the amount in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: $39,434 ±$877
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Virginia: $49,217 ±$253
$31,750 ±$18,897 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: $67,447 ±$1,499
  • about one-third of the amount in Virginia: $90,974 ±$485

35.1% ±36% (257  ±289) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 12.2% 37,288 (±0.8% / ±2,502)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 834,866 (±0.2% / ±13,292)

24.6 minutes ±13.3 (14,560  ±9,374) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 23.1 2,968,425 (±0.4 / ±70,155)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 27.6 99,473,730 (±0.1 / ±440,621)

Families

339 ±135 Number of households
  • the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 130,141 ±1,097
  • Virginia: 3,326,260 ±8,075
2.2 ±0.5 (733  ±337) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 2.4 306,443 (±0 / ±90)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,421,111

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

Housing

436 ±149 Number of housing units
  • the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 148,029 ±259
  • Virginia: 3,654,784 ±946

$202,500 ±$104,558 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: $236,300 ±$3,758
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $360,700 ±$1,182

16.7% ±7.4% (270  ±131.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 10.8% 33,565 (±0.8% / ±2,527.7)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 13.5% 1,160,281 (±0.2% / ±13,601.2)

Social

77.4% ±44.5% (397  ±123.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 91.9% 207,135 (±1.5% / ±3,350.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 91.3% 5,442,729 (±0.3% / ±19,700.2)
28.1% ±5.6% (144  ±75.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 30.6% 68,897 (±0.8% / ±1,741.6)
  • about two-thirds 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

0.5% ±0.8% (8  ±13) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 5.3% 16,587
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Virginia: 12.9% 1,120,207

2.7% ±2.2% (39  ±32) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 7.9% 19,756 (±0.4% / ±889)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Virginia: 9.6% 637,971 (±0.1% / ±5,935)
39 Total veterans ±32 39 Male ±32 N/A Female ±13

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