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Altavista, VA Urban Area

4,644 Population
5.9 square miles 781.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.6 ±5.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$31,231 ±$5,278 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$46,155 ±$9,113 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

15.7% ±6.1% (720  ±283) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

24.2 minutes ±3.3 (42,535  ±8,956) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

1,913 ±174 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.4 ±0.3 (4,585  ±258) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

10.2% ±6.2% (106  ±68) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

2,169 ±197 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$139,300 ±$12,035 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

17.5% ±6.8% (809  ±318.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

89.5% ±8.2% (2,982  ±358.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
24.5% ±5.7% (817  ±201.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.9% ±0.9% (41  ±43) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

9% ±3.4% (331  ±126) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
331 Total veterans ±126 232 Male ±95 99 Female ±85

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