Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Bluefield, WV--VA Urban Area

41,767 Population
38.7 square miles 1,079.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

43.2 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,784 ±$2,807 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$50,985 ±$5,690 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.3% ±2.8% (7,082  ±1,186) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.8 minutes ±1.8 (355,365  ±35,197) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

18,127 ±772 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (40,945  ±1,471) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.5% ±1.7% (316  ±156) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

21,018 ±647 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$115,800 ±$9,990 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.6% ±2.4% (4,414  ±1,015.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.1% ±2.8% (26,623  ±1,318.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
25.2% ±2% (7,525  ±657.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1% ±0.4% (409  ±162) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.7% ±1.3% (2,557  ±426) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,557 Total veterans ±426 2,481 Male ±427 76 Female ±48

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.