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Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area

180,890 Population
1,454.5 square miles 124.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$36,129 ±$2,460 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$61,309 ±$2,755 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

22% ±2.2% (36,721  ±3,684) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

21.1 minutes ±0.6 (1,503,590  ±88,563) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

71,419 ±2,118 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.3 ±0.1 (166,688  ±3,165) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

3.5% ±1.4% (1,596  ±622) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

84,842 ±1,721 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$227,100 ±$12,933 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

16.3% ±1.8% (29,246  ±3,277.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

93.8% ±3.5% (106,524  ±4,589.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
35.4% ±2.4% (40,153  ±2,838) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

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

5.3% ±0.8% (9,565  ±1,394) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

6.1% ±0.9% (9,279  ±1,429) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
9,279 Total veterans ±1,429 8,700 Male ±1,324 579 Female ±350

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