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24060

48,541 Population
130.8 square miles 371 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

27.1 ±0.9 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 35.1 ±0.3
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$42,914 ±$2,559 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: $36,750 ±$958
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
$67,675 ±$8,581 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: $65,839 ±$2,266
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458

33.6% ±1.8% (15,870  ±895) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 19.7% 32,776 (±1% / ±1,623)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)

16.5 minutes ±0.8 (310,150  ±22,144) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 21.2 1,592,635 (±0.6 / ±54,080)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Virginia: 27.3 96,596,530 (±0.1 / ±539,621)

Families

19,143 ±637 Number of households
  • the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 70,282 ±938
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
2.5 ±0.1 (47,262  ±932) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 2.4 166,438 (±0 / ±230)
  • about the same as the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,469,077

1.7% ±0.8% (234  ±107) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 3.3% † 1,541 (±0.7% / ±302)
  • about one-third of the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,021 (±0.2% / ±2,978)

Housing

22,981 ±555 Number of housing units
  • the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 82,624 ±114
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486

$447,600 ±$21,435 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: $240,900 ±$6,059
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024

24.1% ±2.3% (11,620  ±1,139.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 17.1% 30,857 (±0.9% / ±1,614.3)
  • nearly double the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,126,399 (±0.2% / ±13,158)

Social

97.3% ±3.9% (25,447  ±1,261.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 93.8% 105,868 (±2.2% / ±2,464.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Virginia: 91.6% 5,501,058 (±0.3% / ±19,683.4)
64% ±3.2% (16,741  ±975.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 35.9% 40,541 (±1.4% / ±1,552.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 42.2% 2,532,890 (±0.2% / ±12,158.7)

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

14.7% ±1.9% (7,133  ±908) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 6.1% 11,019
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,142,826

2.8% ±0.6% (1,180  ±254) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area: 5.3% 8,055 (±0.4% / ±592)
  • about one-third of the rate in Virginia: 9.4% 629,500 (±0.1% / ±6,297)
1,180 Total veterans ±254 1,095 Male ±248 85 Female ±60

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