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Richmond, VA

229,247 Population
59.9 square miles 3,825.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.9 ±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: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$46,862 ±$2,640 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: $46,368 ±$1,044
  • a little less than the amount in Virginia: $48,689 ±$443
$65,650 ±$3,927 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: $84,332 ±$2,098
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Virginia: $89,931 ±$970

17.1% ±2.4% (37,446  ±5,153) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 9.9% 130,400 (±0.7% / ±9,620)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 10.2% 864,394 (±0.3% / ±26,897)

21.6 minutes ±1.1 (2,243,000  ±141,818) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 25.5 14,743,030 (±0.6 / ±419,195)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Virginia: 27.5 100,333,640 (±0.2 / ±835,122)

Families

104,332 ±1,843 Number of households
  • the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 536,542 ±4,300
  • Virginia: 3,402,670 ±10,363
2.1 ±0 (217,970  ±394) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 2.4 1,311,382 (±0 / ±6,215)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 † 8,479,742 (±,163.3 / ±-555,555,600)

4.9% ±1.9% (3,210  ±1,220) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 5.3% † 17,392 (±0.8% / ±2,672)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 5.3% 108,261 (±0.3% / ±5,659)

Housing

115,673 ±248 Number of housing units
  • the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 578,262 ±2,918
  • Virginia: 3,717,625 ±472

$365,100 ±$14,991 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: $357,600 ±$3,858
  • a little less than the amount in Virginia: $382,900 ±$2,468

18.7% ±2.2% (42,065  ±5,030.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 14% 186,751 (±0.9% / ±12,195.4)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Virginia: 13% 1,122,831 (±0.3% / ±25,630.1)

Social

90.5% ±4% (147,180  ±6,575) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 92.3% 871,138 (±1.5% / ±14,927.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 91.5% 5,520,872 (±0.6% / ±37,318.4)
46.7% ±2.6% (75,921  ±4,234.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 41.9% 395,968 (±1% / ±9,594.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 42.4% 2,561,362 (±0.4% / ±23,827.5)

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

9.4% ±22,857.9% (21,623  ±2,980) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 9.7% 131,474 (±0.6% / ±7,517)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Virginia: 13.4% † 1,163,486 (±,850.9% / ±17,234)

4.7% ±0.9% (8,839  ±1,724) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 7.4% 78,476 (±0.4% / ±4,550)
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 9.1% 612,622 (±0.2% / ±11,609)
8,839 Total veterans ±1,724 7,132 Male ±1,342 1,707 Female ±850

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