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Glen Allen, VA

17,551 Population
8.8 square miles 1,994.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.1 ±1.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 38.8 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$43,733 ±$3,591 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: $47,682 ±$499
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
$92,723 ±$8,645 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: $86,679 ±$1,050
  • about the same as the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458

3.6% ±1.2% (637  ±209) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 10% 130,692 (±0.4% / ±5,063)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)

24.8 minutes ±2.7 (168,185  ±27,040) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 25.4 13,990,850 (±0.3 / ±173,400)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 27.3 96,596,530 (±0.1 / ±539,621)

Families

6,956 ±428 Number of households
  • the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 533,430 ±1,666
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
2.5 ±0.1 (17,497  ±1,160) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 2.5 1,305,439 (±0 / ±520)
  • about the same as the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,469,077

6.9% ±3.4% (288  ±149) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 4.8% 15,417 (±0.3% / ±1,079)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,021 (±0.2% / ±2,978)

Housing

7,025 ±427 Number of housing units
  • the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 569,714 ±280
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486

$357,200 ±$16,110 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: $353,500 ±$2,074
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024

11% ±3.4% (1,895  ±603.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 13.4% 177,943 (±0.4% / ±5,399.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,126,399 (±0.2% / ±13,158)

Social

92.2% ±4.1% (10,950  ±821.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 92.2% 864,535 (±0.8% / ±7,081)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 91.6% 5,501,058 (±0.3% / ±19,683.4)
45.8% ±3.7% (5,441  ±545) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 41.1% 385,316 (±0.5% / ±4,349.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

16.2% ±2.7% (2,841  ±514) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 8.9% 119,717
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,142,826

6.2% ±1.7% (832  ±235) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 7.7% 80,695 (±0.2% / ±2,116)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Virginia: 9.4% 629,500 (±0.1% / ±6,297)
832 Total veterans ±235 767 Male ±225 65 Female ±56

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