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24502

41,979 Population
29.8 square miles 1,410 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.6 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 40 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,034 ±$1,571 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: $35,668 ±$792
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$68,872 ±$3,282 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: $68,996 ±$1,640
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14% ±2% (5,745  ±832) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 12.3% 30,738 (±0.8% / ±1,958)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.7 minutes ±0.4 (326,665  ±23,087) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 22.8 2,425,055 (±0.5 / ±66,537)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Virginia: 27.3 96,596,530 (±0.1 / ±539,621)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

16,748 ±627 Number of households
  • the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 103,401 ±1,033
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (40,856  ±1,712) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 2.4 250,529 (±0 / ±222)
  • a little less than the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,469,077
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.6% ±1.6% (524  ±185) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 5% † 3,099 (±0.7% / ±456)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,021 (±0.2% / ±2,978)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

18,941 ±658 Number of housing units
  • the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 119,048 ±120
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$228,100 ±$5,971 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: $239,700 ±$4,328
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

18.8% ±2.2% (7,787  ±960.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 13.4% 35,072 (±0.8% / ±2,171.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,126,399 (±0.2% / ±13,158)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.5% ±2.7% (24,829  ±1,232.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 91.4% 163,116 (±1.5% / ±2,648.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 91.6% 5,501,058 (±0.3% / ±19,683.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
37.9% ±2.4% (10,180  ±765.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 31.1% 55,520 (±0.9% / ±1,593.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 42.2% 2,532,890 (±0.2% / ±12,158.7)
  • a little higher than 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

6.3% ±1.1% (2,632  ±490) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 3.4% 8,847
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,142,826
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.3% ±1% (2,150  ±342) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 7.5% 15,804 (±0.4% / ±848)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Virginia: 9.4% 629,500 (±0.1% / ±6,297)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,150 Total veterans ±342 1,969 Male ±319 181 Female ±83

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