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Roanoke, VA Metro Area

313,786 Population
1,867.6 square miles 168 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.7 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$39,231 ±$1,745 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$65,537 ±$2,589 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

11.8% ±1.8% (36,207  ±5,366) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

21.8 minutes ±0.9 (2,747,500  ±154,985) 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

134,105 ±2,240 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.3 ±0 (306,414  ±1,337) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

7.3% ±2.5% (5,010  ±1,691) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

149,744 ±1,312 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$258,300 ±$8,822 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

8.7% ±1.4% (27,103  ±4,395.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

92.4% ±3.2% (209,198  ±7,482.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
30.8% ±1.8% (69,681  ±4,198.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of 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

6.6% ±0.9% (20,563  ±2,918) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

8.1% ±0.8% (20,208  ±2,079) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
20,208 Total veterans ±2,079 17,253 Male ±1,941 2,955 Female ±951

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