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Richmond, VA

226,604 Population
59.9 square miles 3,781.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.8 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 39.2 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 38.8 ±0.2

Economics

$38,425 ±$1,924 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: $40,687 ±$938
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Virginia: $43,756 ±$319
$51,770 ±$3,863 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: $74,151 ±$2,025
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $80,963 ±$731

21.1% ±2.8% (46,215  ±6,182) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 10.5% 135,815 (±0.9% / ±12,050)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 10.2% 854,145 (±0.3% / ±27,033)

21.6 minutes ±1.1 (1,875,570  ±136,624) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 24.9 12,399,745 (±0.4 / ±370,819)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Virginia: 26.4 87,504,570 (±0.2 / ±856,570)

Families

99,929 ±2,577 Number of households
  • the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 521,067 ±4,584
  • Virginia: 3,331,461 ±10,153
2.2 ±0.1 (218,136  ±1,997) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 2.5 1,288,578 (±0 / ±7,277)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,407,497 (±0)

2.5% ±1.4% (1,645  ±881) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 4% † 12,730 (±0.7% / ±2,090)
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 4.7% 96,332 (±0.3% / ±6,089)

Housing

112,806 ±917 Number of housing units
  • the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 559,393 ±3,087
  • Virginia: 3,652,329 ±452

$311,700 ±$19,154 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: $299,600 ±$5,660
  • a little less than the amount in Virginia: $330,600 ±$2,799

18.9% ±2% (42,577  ±4,545.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 12.7% 165,834 (±0.9% / ±12,107.9)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Virginia: 13.7% 1,172,297 (±0.3% / ±28,939.9)

Social

88.1% ±4% (142,745  ±6,500.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 91.2% 843,300 (±1.6% / ±15,813.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Virginia: 91.4% 5,430,700 (±0.6% / ±36,716.8)
43.7% ±2.6% (70,819  ±4,200) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 40.2% 371,780 (±1.1% / ±10,469.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Virginia: 41.8% 2,484,460 (±0.4% / ±23,052.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

7.1% ±1% (16,039  ±2,254) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 7.9% 103,416 (±0.4% / ±5,567)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 12.4% 1,070,347 (±0.2% / ±18,913)

5.4% ±0.9% (10,011  ±1,698) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 7.7% 79,128 (±0.4% / ±4,315)
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 9.7% 641,144 (±0.2% / ±11,570)
10,011 Total veterans ±1,698 8,439 Male ±1,404 1,572 Female ±904

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