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West Piedmont Planning District Commission PUMA, VA

179,412 Population
1,888.1 square miles 95 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.3 ±1 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

$32,053 ±$1,589 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $50,866 ±$378
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$54,930 ±$3,283 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $92,090 ±$831
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

16.8% ±2% (29,307  ±3,557) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 9.8% 835,556 (±0.3% / ±26,795)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

24.8 minutes ±1.5 (1,759,805  ±134,521) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 28.3 106,021,490 (±0.2 / ±1,031,213)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

81,764 ±2,007 Number of households
  • Virginia: 3,449,307 ±12,826
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.1 ±0.1 (174,887  ±2,806) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,575,268
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

7.8% ±2.6% (2,665  ±909) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 5.1% 105,908 (±0.3% / ±5,796)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

94,624 ±1,547 Number of housing units
  • Virginia: 3,746,211 ±965
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$164,100 ±$9,138 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $403,500 ±$3,411
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

9% ±1.8% (15,982  ±3,163.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Virginia: 12.5% 1,085,848 (±0.3% / ±28,420.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

85.9% ±3.4% (113,936  ±4,942.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Virginia: 91.7% 5,606,143 (±0.6% / ±39,643.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
16.7% ±1.7% (22,127  ±2,338.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 43.3% 2,649,382 (±0.4% / ±26,359.7)
  • about half the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

5% ±0.4% (8,681  ±671.6) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Virginia: 17.4% 1,432,901 (±0.1% / ±11,136.7)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

2.7% ±0.8% (4,752  ±1,444) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Virginia: 13.6% 1,193,581
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

8.6% ±1% (12,475  ±1,483) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Virginia: 8.9% 602,994 (±0.2% / ±11,787)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
12,475 Total veterans ±1,483 11,790 Male ±1,428 685 Female ±377

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