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Buckingham County, VA

Demographic and economic profile of Buckingham County, VA, sourced from the US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) via Data USA.

AI Overview

Buckingham County is a small rural Virginia county of 16,914 residents with a declining population (down 0.5% over five years) and a labor force participation rate of just 49.1%, reflecting a workforce that is limited in scale and skewed older, with a median age of 44.1. Only 13.5% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while median worker earnings stand at $37,599 and median household income at $60,828, pointing to a lower-cost, blue-collar labor base. Housing costs are modest—median home value of $167,800 and median gross rent of $874/month—though a mean commute of 43.0 minutes signals that many workers travel outside the county for employment.

Claude Sonnet 4.6 · generated Jul 6, 2026 · derived from cached Census, BEA & ACS data on this page

Population

16,914

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Household Income

$60,828

Data USA · as of 2024

Median Age

44.1 yrs

Data USA · as of 2024

Population Growth (5-year)

-0.5% since 2018

Buckingham County lost population at this rate over the prior 5-year ACS5 window.

Demographics

Race & Ethnicity

  • White Alone10,432 (61.5%)
  • Black or African American Alone5,195 (30.6%)
  • Two Races Excluding Some Other Race, & Three or More Races733 (4.3%)
  • Two Races Including Some Other Race313 (1.8%)
  • Some Other Race Alone213 (1.3%)
  • Asian Alone65 (0.4%)

Data USA · as of 2024

Top Languages Spoken at Home

  1. 1.Spanish269
  2. 2.German or other West Germanic214
  3. 3.French (incl. Cajun, Haitian)48
  4. 4.Other Indo-European34
  5. 5.Other Asian and Pacific Island27

Census ACS · as of 2023

Population Under 18

18.1%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Working-Age (18–64)

61.7%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Population 65 and Over

20.2%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Foreign-Born Population

1.8%

Data USA · as of 2024

Veterans

1,141

Data USA · as of 2024

Economy

GDP per Capita

$31,453

Data USA · as of 2023

Cost of Living Index

—

Not yet cached

Per Capita Income

$28,353

Census ACS · as of 2023

Unemployment Rate

4.9%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Poverty Rate

13.7%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Top Industries

  1. 1.Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance1,143
  2. 2.Retail Trade (Group)893
  3. 3.Construction (Group)870
  4. 4.Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities667
  5. 5.Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services659

Data USA · as of 2024

Top Occupations

  1. 1.Management, Business, Science, & Arts Occupations1,695
  2. 2.Sales & Office Occupations1,321
  3. 3.Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations1,225
  4. 4.Service Occupations1,120
  5. 5.Natural Resources, Construction, & Maintenance Occupations1,038

Data USA · as of 2024

Specialized Industries (Location Quotient)

  1. 1.Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining (LQ 3.94×)416
  2. 2.Construction (LQ 2.01×)920
  3. 3.Public Administration (LQ 1.98×)619
  4. 4.Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities (LQ 1.84×)715
  5. 5.Retail Trade (LQ 1.20×)867

Census ACS · as of 2023

Housing

Median Home Value

$167,800

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Gross Rent

$874/mo

Census ACS · as of 2023

Homeownership Rate

77.3%

Data USA · as of 2024

Home Value Distribution

  • $150,000 to $174,999880 (18.1%)
  • $300,000 to $399,999585 (12.1%)
  • $200,000 to $249,999452 (9.3%)
  • $100,000 to $124,999436 (9.0%)
  • $400,000 to $499,999360 (7.4%)
  • $250,000 to $299,999339 (7.0%)

Data USA · as of 2024

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Higher

13.5%

Census ACS · as of 2023

High School Diploma or Higher

84.7%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Workforce

Labor Force Participation

49.1%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Worker Earnings

$37,599

Census ACS · as of 2023

Mean Commute Time

43.0 min

Data USA · as of 2024

Households Without a Vehicle

6.6%

Census ACS · as of 2023

How People Get to Work

  • Drove Alone4,966 (80.8%)
  • Worked At Home487 (7.9%)
  • Carpooled436 (7.1%)
  • Other113 (1.8%)
  • Public Transit92 (1.5%)
  • Walked50 (0.8%)

Data USA · as of 2024

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Data: US Census Bureau American Community Survey, served via Data USA and the Census Bureau API. See each metric tile for the specific dataset.