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Alleghany Highlands Public Schools, VA

20,539 Population
452 square miles 45.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.6 ±0.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Alleghany County: 48.3 ±0.7
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,346 ±$2,154 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alleghany County: $33,863 ±$2,957
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$52,852 ±$4,091 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Alleghany County: $56,188 ±$4,205
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.6% ±2.4% (3,131  ±477) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Alleghany County: 11.6% † 1,693 (±2.2% / ±325)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.5 minutes ±1.6 (160,955  ±14,035) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Alleghany County: 22.9 128,990 (±1.8 / ±11,723)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Virginia: 27.3 96,596,530 (±0.1 / ±539,621)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

8,959 ±242 Number of households
  • Alleghany County: 6,383 ±220
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (20,116  ±11) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Alleghany County: 2.3 14,517 (±0.1 / ±9)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,469,077
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.6% ±1.9% (143  ±75) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alleghany County: 4.1% † 115 (±2.5% / ±71)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,021 (±0.2% / ±2,978)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

10,948 ±37 Number of housing units
  • Alleghany County: 7,913 ±35
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$113,600 ±$6,160 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alleghany County: $125,800 ±$12,256
  • about one-third of the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.9% ±1.5% (1,212  ±296) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Alleghany County: 6.3% † 926 (±1.7% / ±246)
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,126,399 (±0.2% / ±13,158)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.8% ±4.2% (13,229  ±650.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Alleghany County: 89.6% 9,913 (±4.9% / ±554.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Virginia: 91.6% 5,501,058 (±0.3% / ±19,683.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
13.3% ±1.9% (1,984  ±278.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alleghany County: 14.7% † 1,620 (±2.3% / ±256.4)
  • about one-third of the rate in Virginia: 42.2% 2,532,890 (±0.2% / ±12,158.7)
  • about two-fifths of 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

1.8% (378  ±109) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Alleghany County: 1% 145
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,142,826
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.6% ±1.1% (1,246  ±186) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alleghany County: 8.3% † 1,001 (±1.3% / ±156)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 9.4% 629,500 (±0.1% / ±6,297)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,246 Total veterans ±186 1,209 Male ±184 37 Female ±23

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