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Virginia's Region 2000 (North)--Bedford, Amherst, Appomattox Counties & Bedford City PUMA, VA

131,784 Population
1,568.3 square miles 84 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.2 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 39.4 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$37,750 ±$2,220 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Virginia: $50,866 ±$378
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$72,561 ±$5,957 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Virginia: $92,090 ±$831
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

11.4% ±2.6% (14,867  ±3,437) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 9.8% 835,556 (±0.3% / ±26,795)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

26.1 minutes ±0.8 (1,353,460  ±53,032) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in Virginia: 27.3 96,596,530 (±0.1 / ±539,621)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

54,333 ±1,768 Number of households
  • Virginia: 3,449,307 ±12,826
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (130,044  ±2,580) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,575,268
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.8% ±2.7% (1,780  ±712) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Virginia: 5.1% 105,908 (±0.3% / ±5,796)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

60,602 ±995 Number of housing units
  • Virginia: 3,746,211 ±965
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$279,000 ±$14,577 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $403,500 ±$3,411
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

7.5% ±1.9% (9,813  ±2,465.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 12.5% 1,085,848 (±0.3% / ±28,420.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

92.8% ±3.9% (89,465  ±4,041.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 91.7% 5,606,143 (±0.6% / ±39,643.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
30.1% ±2.3% (29,016  ±2,299.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Virginia: 43.3% 2,649,382 (±0.4% / ±26,359.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

3% ±0.4% (3,629  ±507.2) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Virginia: 17.4% 1,432,901 (±0.1% / ±11,136.7)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

2.2% ±0.8% (2,914  ±1,000) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Virginia: 13.6% 1,193,581
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

8.4% ±1.1% (8,828  ±1,174) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Virginia: 8.9% 602,994 (±0.2% / ±11,787)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
8,828 Total veterans ±1,174 7,904 Male ±1,069 924 Female ±569

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