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Blacksburg--Christiansburg, VA Urban Area

70,313 Population
34 square miles 2,069.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

25.1 ±1.3 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$41,177 ±$5,934 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$58,892 ±$14,643 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

29.8% ±3.4% (17,896  ±2,202) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

16.1 minutes ±0.9 (449,145  ±30,061) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

26,063 ±1,748 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.2 (60,085  ±2,724) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

1.7% ±0.6% (364  ±125) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

31,585 ±1,090 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$334,100 ±$37,746 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

24% ±3.5% (16,799  ±2,548) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

95.1% ±6.3% (33,637  ±3,095.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
51.1% ±5% (18,077  ±2,106.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

11.2% ±1.9% (7,884  ±1,342) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

2.7% ±1.1% (1,625  ±656) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
1,625 Total veterans ±656 1,186 Male ±530 439 Female ±352

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