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Richmond, VA

229,395 Population
59.9 square miles 3,828 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 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: 38.7 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.2

Economics

$41,970 ±$1,902 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: $44,526 ±$934
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Virginia: $47,199 ±$463
$58,988 ±$4,135 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: $81,388 ±$1,570
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $85,873 ±$763

21.7% ±2.8% (47,489  ±6,198) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 10.7% 138,683 (±0.8% / ±10,626)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 10.6% 891,390 (±0.3% / ±26,093)

20.7 minutes ±1.1 (2,007,770  ±138,009) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 24.8 13,792,000 (±0.4 / ±314,712)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Virginia: 27.1 96,342,536 (±0.2 / ±990,994)

Families

106,252 ±1,758 Number of households
  • the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 538,478 ±3,916
  • Virginia: 3,380,607 ±12,353
2.1 ±0 (218,462  ±299) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 2.4 1,301,502 (±0 / ±5,334)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,447,359

3.1% ±1% (2,043  ±634) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 4.9% † 15,736 (±0.6% / ±2,042)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 5.1% 104,539 (±0.3% / ±5,533)

Housing

113,473 ±143 Number of housing units
  • the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 570,484 ±2,604
  • Virginia: 3,685,233 ±550

$346,800 ±$12,857 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: $336,500 ±$5,215
  • a little less than the amount in Virginia: $365,700 ±$3,008

17.7% ±2% (40,218  ±4,536.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 13.7% 182,501 (±0.9% / ±11,855.1)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Virginia: 13.4% 1,150,837 (±0.3% / ±29,312.4)

Social

91% ±3.9% (145,049  ±6,253.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 92.9% 864,554 (±1.6% / ±15,015.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 91.5% 5,473,007 (±0.6% / ±37,029)
45.8% ±2.6% (73,017  ±4,100.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 42.1% 391,582 (±1% / ±9,541.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 42.2% 2,522,034 (±0.4% / ±23,232.6)

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

7.1% (16,296  ±3,295) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 7.9% 106,233 (±0.5% / ±6,195)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 12.7% 1,105,028

4.4% ±0.8% (8,344  ±1,421) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 7.4% 77,969 (±0.4% / ±4,253)
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 9.2% 614,631 (±0.2% / ±11,748)
8,344 Total veterans ±1,421 6,268 Male ±1,229 2,076 Female ±838

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