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Charlottesville, VA Metro Area

231,565 Population
2,224.1 square miles 104.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.4 ±1.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Virginia: 38.3 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.2

Economics

$44,099 ±$5,856 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Virginia: $38,900 ±$398
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $33,831 ±$77
$71,052 ±$4,391 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Virginia: $72,577 ±$686
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $61,937 ±$94

13.9% ±2.2% (29,956  ±4,728) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Virginia: 10.7% 884,647 (±0.3% / ±27,692)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 13.1% 41,852,315 (±0.1% / ±232,949)

23.3 minutes ±0.7 (2,378,915  ±130,133) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Virginia: 28.7 114,448,400 (±0.2 / ±999,980)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.1 3,967,761,655 (±0 / ±7,704,522)

Families

88,765 ±2,457 Number of households
  • Virginia: 3,175,524 ±13,138
  • United States: 121,520,180 ±153,217
2.4 ±0.1 (216,254  ±4,203) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.6 8,273,128 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 319,075,830

2.8% ±1.2% (1,665  ±726) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 4.9% 99,351 (±0.3% / ±5,523)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,956,960 (±0% / ±30,916)

Housing

103,303 ±1,971 Number of housing units
  • Virginia: 3,538,985 ±985
  • United States: 138,539,906 ±4,033

$299,000 ±$14,359 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Virginia: $281,700 ±$1,804
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $229,700 ±$366

20.9% ±2.3% (48,059  ±5,295.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Virginia: 15.2% 1,281,573 (±0.4% / ±32,615.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.1% 45,452,496 (±0.1% / ±185,008.3)

Social

89.5% ±3.4% (142,431  ±5,976.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 89.9% 5,233,622 (±0.6% / ±36,366.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.3% 197,114,684 (±0.1% / ±245,154.7)
47.9% ±2.4% (76,157  ±4,064.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 39.3% 2,290,457 (±0.4% / ±24,534.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 32.6% 72,750,461 (±0.1% / ±151,650)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2017 5-year data

8.1% ±1% (18,724  ±2,317) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Virginia: 12.5% 1,065,076 (±0.2% / ±19,005)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,728,721 (±0.1% / ±157,222)

7.2% ±0.8% (13,583  ±1,599) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Virginia: 10.3% 670,273 (±0.2% / ±11,692)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,964,242 (±0% / ±66,854)
13,583 Total veterans ±1,599 11,841 Male ±1,518 1,742 Female ±699

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