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Charlottesville, VA Metro Area

220,569 Population
1,644.5 square miles 134.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.9 ±1.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Virginia: 38.8 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$46,407 ±$2,412 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Virginia: $43,756 ±$319
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$78,819 ±$5,165 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Virginia: $80,963 ±$731
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

11.1% ±1.9% (23,039  ±3,980) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 10.2% 854,145 (±0.3% / ±27,033)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

23.8 minutes ±1.6 (1,946,915  ±164,971) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 26.4 87,504,570 (±0.2 / ±856,570)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

88,339 ±2,084 Number of households
  • Virginia: 3,331,461 ±10,153
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.4 ±0.1 (207,163  ±3,122) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,407,497 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

3.3% ±1.4% (1,857  ±765) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Virginia: 4.7% 96,332 (±0.3% / ±6,089)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

99,167 ±1,999 Number of housing units
  • Virginia: 3,652,329 ±452
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$350,000 ±$14,018 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Virginia: $330,600 ±$2,799
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

19.7% ±2.3% (43,013  ±4,924.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Virginia: 13.7% 1,172,297 (±0.3% / ±28,939.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

92.9% ±3.7% (141,040  ±5,980.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 91.4% 5,430,700 (±0.6% / ±36,716.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
50.8% ±2.5% (77,099  ±4,008) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 41.8% 2,484,460 (±0.4% / ±23,052.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2020 5-year data

8.4% ±1% (18,550  ±2,247) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Virginia: 12.4% 1,070,347 (±0.2% / ±18,913)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

6.4% ±1% (11,509  ±1,787) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Virginia: 9.7% 641,144 (±0.2% / ±11,570)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
11,509 Total veterans ±1,787 10,532 Male ±1,625 977 Female ±616

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