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Richmond, VA

233,655 Population
59.9 square miles 3,899.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.2 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 39 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 39.4 ±0.2

Economics

$46,268 ±$2,464 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: $47,404 ±$951
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Virginia: $50,866 ±$378
$63,390 ±$5,113 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: $83,460 ±$3,303
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $92,090 ±$831

18.1% ±3% (40,483  ±6,760) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 11% 146,128 (±0.9% / ±11,886)
  • nearly double the rate in Virginia: 9.8% 835,556 (±0.3% / ±26,795)

22.6 minutes ±1.9 (2,431,730  ±223,426) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 26.6 15,733,650 (±0.7 / ±545,446)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Virginia: 28.3 106,021,490 (±0.2 / ±1,031,213)

Families

108,990 ±1,943 Number of households
  • the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 554,412 ±4,596
  • Virginia: 3,449,307 ±12,826
2 ±0 (222,497  ±441) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 2.4 1,328,729 (±0 / ±6,270)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,575,268

4% ±1.8% (2,713  ±1,239) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 4.8% † 15,727 (±1% / ±3,165)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 5.1% 105,908 (±0.3% / ±5,796)

Housing

117,511 ±211 Number of housing units
  • the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 586,598 ±2,780
  • Virginia: 3,746,211 ±965

$377,900 ±$16,866 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: $378,100 ±$5,692
  • a little less than the amount in Virginia: $403,500 ±$3,411

18.2% ±2.5% (42,116  ±5,760.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 13% 175,992 (±0.9% / ±11,496.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 12.5% 1,085,848 (±0.3% / ±28,420.3)

Social

91.4% ±4.1% (151,706  ±6,906.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 92.4% 890,522 (±1.7% / ±16,673.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 91.7% 5,606,143 (±0.6% / ±39,643.4)
48.2% ±2.8% (79,983  ±4,591.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 42.9% 413,276 (±1.1% / ±10,941.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 43.3% 2,649,382 (±0.4% / ±26,359.7)

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

7.6% (17,686  ±3,452) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 9.5% 129,251 (±0.5% / ±7,465)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 13.6% 1,193,581

5.3% ±1.1% (10,132  ±2,086) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 6.7% 71,915 (±0.4% / ±4,120)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 8.9% 602,994 (±0.2% / ±11,787)
10,132 Total veterans ±2,086 8,784 Male ±1,896 1,348 Female ±669

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