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New River Valley Planning District Commission PUMA, VA

184,171 Population
1,453.7 square miles 126.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.7 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 38.8 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$29,996 ±$1,778 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $43,756 ±$319
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$54,284 ±$4,305 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $80,963 ±$731
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

21.3% ±2.7% (36,248  ±4,668) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 10.2% 854,145 (±0.3% / ±27,033)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

21.7 minutes ±0.7 (1,652,010  ±65,776) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Virginia: 28.2 106,607,616 (±0.1 / ±554,577)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,757,208,800 (±0.1 / ±8,102,155)

Families

73,526 ±2,602 Number of households
  • Virginia: 3,331,461 ±10,153
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.3 ±0.1 (170,086  ±4,423) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,407,497 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

2.9% ±1.2% (1,459  ±614) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 4.7% 96,332 (±0.3% / ±6,089)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

84,003 ±2,096 Number of housing units
  • Virginia: 3,652,329 ±452
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$197,200 ±$14,845 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $330,600 ±$2,799
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

19% ±2.2% (34,653  ±4,108.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Virginia: 13.7% 1,172,297 (±0.3% / ±28,939.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

93.7% ±4% (105,914  ±5,322.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Virginia: 91.4% 5,430,700 (±0.6% / ±36,716.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
34.9% ±2.7% (39,406  ±3,242.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 41.8% 2,484,460 (±0.4% / ±23,052.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

7% ±0.5% (12,098  ±939.9) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 16.5% 1,330,361 (±0.1% / ±10,155.9)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 21.7% 67,203,430 (±0.1% / ±183,279.2)

4.5% ±0.8% (8,241  ±1,457) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Virginia: 12.4% 1,070,347 (±0.2% / ±18,913)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

5.6% ±1.1% (8,533  ±1,649) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 9.7% 641,144 (±0.2% / ±11,570)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
8,533 Total veterans ±1,649 7,691 Male ±1,534 842 Female ±510

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