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Roanoke, VA

97,171 Population
42.5 square miles 2,285.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.9 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 42.7 ±0.8
  • about the same as the figure in Virginia: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$35,539 ±$4,212 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: $39,231 ±$1,745
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Virginia: $48,689 ±$443
$51,038 ±$4,264 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: $65,537 ±$2,589
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $89,931 ±$970

18.9% ±4.3% (18,069  ±4,072) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 11.8% † 36,207 (±1.8% / ±5,366)
  • nearly double the rate in Virginia: 10.2% 864,394 (±0.3% / ±26,897)

20.9 minutes ±0.8 (876,385  ±43,312) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 23.5 3,080,940 (±0.6 / ±87,214)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Virginia: 27.9 102,838,440 (±0.1 / ±510,749)

Families

45,061 ±1,271 Number of households
  • the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 134,105 ±2,240
  • Virginia: 3,402,670 ±10,363
2.1 ±0.1 (95,421  ±31) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 2.3 306,414 (±0 / ±1,337)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 † 8,479,742 (±,163.3 / ±-555,555,600)

7.9% ±5.4% (1,859  ±1,271) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 7.3% † 5,010 (±2.5% / ±1,691)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 5.3% 108,261 (±0.3% / ±5,659)

Housing

49,356 ±21 Number of housing units
  • the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 149,744 ±1,312
  • Virginia: 3,717,625 ±472

$215,000 ±$17,123 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: $258,300 ±$8,822
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $382,900 ±$2,468

9.8% ±2.7% (9,448  ±2,606.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 8.7% † 27,103 (±1.4% / ±4,395.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Virginia: 13% 1,122,831 (±0.3% / ±25,630.1)

Social

89.3% ±6.5% (61,245  ±4,543.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 92.4% 209,198 (±3.2% / ±7,482.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 91.5% 5,520,872 (±0.6% / ±37,318.4)
29.9% ±3.3% (20,490  ±2,285.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 30.8% 69,681 (±1.8% / ±4,198.4)
  • about two-thirds of 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

9.3% ±53,247.9% (9,050  ±2,164) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 6.6% † 20,563 (±0.9% / ±2,918)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Virginia: 13.4% † 1,163,486 (±,850.9% / ±17,234)

9.1% ±1.9% (6,786  ±1,416) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 8.1% † 20,208 (±0.8% / ±2,079)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 9.1% 612,622 (±0.2% / ±11,609)
6,786 Total veterans ±1,416 5,570 Male ±1,325 1,216 Female ±675

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