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Charlottesville, VA Metro Area

223,534 Population
1,644.5 square miles 135.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.8 ±1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$48,350 ±$2,471 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Virginia: $47,199 ±$463
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$83,910 ±$6,256 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Virginia: $85,873 ±$763
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

12.6% ±2% (26,604  ±4,248) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 10.6% 891,390 (±0.3% / ±26,093)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

24.5 minutes ±1 (2,097,780  ±139,934) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 27.1 96,342,536 (±0.2 / ±990,994)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

90,108 ±1,991 Number of households
  • Virginia: 3,380,607 ±12,353
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.3 ±0.1 (211,121  ±2,920) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Virginia: 2.5 † 8,447,359 (±164.3 / ±-555,555,600)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 † 325,134,660 (±4.3 / ±-555,555,600)

3.1% ±1.2% (1,706  ±640) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 5.1% 104,539 (±0.3% / ±5,533)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

99,500 ±1,708 Number of housing units
  • Virginia: 3,685,233 ±550
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$416,300 ±$17,182 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Virginia: $365,700 ±$3,008
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

17.3% ±1.9% (38,288  ±4,209.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Virginia: 13.4% 1,150,837 (±0.3% / ±29,312.4)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±187,841.9)

Social

93.7% ±3.4% (143,860  ±5,804.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 91.5% 5,473,007 (±0.6% / ±37,029)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±272,504.5)
51.9% ±2.5% (79,711  ±4,041.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 42.2% 2,522,034 (±0.4% / ±23,232.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±175,321.9)

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

8.5% ±1.2% (18,925  ±2,709) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Virginia: 12.7% † 1,105,028 (±814.1% / ±19,402)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.9% † 46,182,176 (±23.1% / ±149,842)

5.9% ±0.9% (10,756  ±1,556) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Virginia: 9.2% 614,631 (±0.2% / ±11,748)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
10,756 Total veterans ±1,556 9,488 Male ±1,406 1,268 Female ±489

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