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Wytheville, VA

8,224 Population
14.5 square miles 567.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.8 ±3.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Wythe County: 45.9 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$36,790 ±$5,597 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wythe County: $33,564 ±$2,597
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Virginia: $49,217 ±$253
$43,283 ±$5,596 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wythe County: $55,359 ±$3,184
  • about half the amount in Virginia: $90,974 ±$485

22% ±4.5% (1,771  ±360) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wythe County: 15.6% † 4,354 (±2.6% / ±730)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 834,866 (±0.2% / ±13,292)

17.4 minutes ±1.4 (53,930  ±8,030) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Wythe County: 24.6 285,345 (±1.4 / ±23,348)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Virginia: 27.6 99,473,730 (±0.1 / ±440,621)

Families

4,131 ±288 Number of households
  • Wythe County: 12,396 ±324
  • Virginia: 3,326,260 ±8,075
1.9 ±0.1 (8,021  ±27) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wythe County: 2.3 28,002 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,421,111

3.3% ±2.7% (54  ±45) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wythe County: 4.7% † 271 (±1.8% / ±102)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,110 (±0.1% / ±2,842)

Housing

4,590 ±265 Number of housing units
  • Wythe County: 14,016 ±42
  • Virginia: 3,654,784 ±946

$193,000 ±$23,063 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wythe County: $172,100 ±$15,545
  • about half the amount in Virginia: $360,700 ±$1,182

10.4% ±3.3% (846  ±269.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wythe County: 8.5% † 2,369 (±1.9% / ±534.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Virginia: 13.5% 1,160,281 (±0.2% / ±13,601.2)

Social

87.9% ±7.5% (5,292  ±506.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wythe County: 89.6% 18,574 (±4.5% / ±941.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Virginia: 91.3% 5,442,729 (±0.3% / ±19,700.2)
24.4% ±4.1% (1,472  ±256.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wythe County: 19.7% † 4,088 (±2.2% / ±456.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 41.5% 2,471,630 (±0.2% / ±12,953.7)

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

2.6% ±1% (212  ±81) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Wythe County: 1.2% 328
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Virginia: 12.9% 1,120,207

6.8% ±2.5% (453  ±164) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Wythe County: 7% † 1,590 (±1.1% / ±248)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Virginia: 9.6% 637,971 (±0.1% / ±5,935)
453 Total veterans ±164 453 Male ±164 N/A Female ±19

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