Census Reporter

Roanoke, VA Metro Area

312,796 Population
1,867.6 square miles 167.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Interact with charts and statistics for margins of error and additional information.

Demographics

42.9 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 38.5 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$32,576 ±$1,259 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Virginia: $40,635 ±$381
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $35,672 ±$76
$60,471 ±$2,722 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Virginia: $76,456 ±$842
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $65,712 ±$118

11.8% ±1.6% (35,748  ±4,711) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 822,775 (±0.3% / ±24,460)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 39,490,096 (±0.1% / ±242,000)

25.1 minutes ±1.3 (3,538,470  ±216,538) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 29.1 117,533,485 (±0.2 / ±1,055,114)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.6 4,078,708,605 (±0.1 / ±8,965,849)

Families

126,469 ±2,913 Number of households
  • Virginia: 3,191,847 ±12,998
  • United States: 122,802,852 ±137,327
2.4 ±0.1 (304,241  ±1,958) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.6 8,290,622 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 320,155,161

4.6% ±1.5% (3,115  ±1,041) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Virginia: 4.9% 98,004 (±0.3% / ±5,464)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,877,882 (±0% / ±31,847)

Housing

146,848 ±1,071 Number of housing units
  • Virginia: 3,562,258 ±463
  • United States: 139,686,209 ±6,973

$191,800 ±$5,717 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $288,800 ±$2,150
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $240,500 ±$451

10.7% ±1.8% (33,331  ±5,626.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Virginia: 14.7% 1,238,177 (±0.4% / ±30,524.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,322,377 (±0.1% / ±198,054.6)

Social

90.5% ±3% (201,812  ±6,950.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 90% 5,288,045 (±0.6% / ±35,481.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.6% 199,280,027 (±0.1% / ±269,390.9)
28.9% ±1.9% (64,540  ±4,180.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Virginia: 39.6% 2,325,070 (±0.4% / ±22,247.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 33.1% 74,501,651 (±0.1% / ±162,862.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data

4.5% ±0.6% (14,109  ±1,879) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Virginia: 12.7% 1,083,823 (±0.2% / ±18,291)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,932,901 (±0.1% / ±177,477)

9.1% ±1% (22,585  ±2,402) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 10% 655,698 (±0.2% / ±13,319)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,418,351 (±0% / ±77,987)
22,585 Total veterans ±2,402 20,759 Male ±2,367 1,826 Female ±792

Interact with charts and statistics for margins of error and additional information.