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Buena Vista, VA Urban Area

6,484 Population
4 square miles 1,602.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.4 ±2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,559 ±$2,046 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$57,798 ±$8,814 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.3% ±6.4% (1,096  ±383) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17 minutes ±1.9 (42,755  ±7,396) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,475 ±176 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (5,964  ±215) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.6% ±3.2% (70  ±49) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,870 ±82 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$152,400 ±$13,772 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

19.3% ±5.1% (1,246  ±333.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88% ±8.7% (3,484  ±378.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
23.4% ±5.3% (928  ±213) 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

0.9% ±0.8% (57  ±53) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.2% ±1.8% (261  ±89) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
261 Total veterans ±89 252 Male ±89 9 Female ±14

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