Buchanan County, Virginia (VA)

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• • 19,18695.9%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 3671.8%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 2021.0%Hispanic or Latino
  • 1900.9%Two or more races
  • 540.3%Some other race alone
  • 100.05%Asian alone

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $150,814

Here:	$150,814
State:	$472,865

Townhouses or other attached units: $289,997

Here:	$289,997
State:	$457,437

In 2-unit structures: $91,150

Here:	$91,150
State:	$396,289

Mobile homes: $50,081

Here:	$50,081
State:	$100,736

Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 2
• Rapes: 16
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 21
• Burglaries: 21
• Thefts: 167
• Auto thefts: 30

Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 12
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 23
• Burglaries: 34
• Thefts: 189
• Auto thefts: 37

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $541 (0.4%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $416 (0.5%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Buchanan County is $416 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $483 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $616 a month.

Cities in this county include: Grundy, Vansant.

Neighboring counties: Madera County, California , Reynolds County, Missouri .

Current college students: 905
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 74.2%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 10.9%

Number of foreign born residents: 156 (53.1% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 632010 or later
• 322000 to 2009
• 01990 to 1999
• 181980 to 1989
• 51970 to 1979
• 13Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute):  minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 90.4%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 6,736
• One, attached: 100
• Two: 92
• 3 or 4: 126
• 5 to 9: 64
• 10 to 19: 74
• 20 or more: 15
• Mobile homes: 3,223

Housing units in Buchanan County with a mortgage: 1,426 (19 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 9 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 35

Religion statistics for Buchanan County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Buchanan County:

Tornado activity:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Virginia Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4512-VA: April 2, 2020, FEMA Id: 4512, Natural disaster type: Other
• Virginia Hurricane Sandy, Incident Period: October 26, 2012 to November 01, 2012, Emergency Declared EM-3359: October 29, 2012, FEMA Id: 3359, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Virginia Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm, Incident Period: December 18, 2009 to December 20, 2009, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1874: February 16, 2010, FEMA Id: 1874, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm, Winter Storm
• Virginia Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3240: September 12, 2005, FEMA Id: 3240, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Virginia Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: May 24, 2004 to June 26, 2004, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1525: June 15, 2004, FEMA Id: 1525, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Virginia Severe Storms And Flooding, Incident Period: November 18, 2003 to November 19, 2003, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1502: December 09, 2003, FEMA Id: 1502, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Virginia Severe Winter Storm, Snowfall, Heavy Rain, Flooding, and Mudslides, Incident Period: February 15, 2003 to February 28, 2003, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1458: March 27, 2003, FEMA Id: 1458, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Mudslide, Flood, Heavy Rain, Snowfall
• Virginia Severe Storms and Tornado, Incident Period: April 28, 2002 to May 03, 2002, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1411: May 05, 2002, FEMA Id: 1411, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado
• Virginia Far Southwest Fire Complex, Incident Period: November 14, 2001 to December 09, 2001, Fire Management Assistance Declared: November 16, 2001, FEMA Id: 2390, Natural disaster type: Fire
• Virginia Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: July 08, 2001 to August 27, 2001, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1386: July 12, 2001, FEMA Id: 1386, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• 9 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

4.42% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($31,015 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
2.94% relocated from other counties in Virginia ($20,027 average AGI)
1.47% relocated from other states ($10,989 average AGI)

Buchanan County:	1.47%
Virginia average:	3.91%

from Tazewell County, VA	0.69% ($44,878 average AGI)
from Russell County, VA	0.46% ($32,667)

4.71% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($35,545 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.17% relocated to other counties in Virginia ($23,014 average AGI)
1.54% relocated to other states ($12,527 average AGI)

Buchanan County:	1.54%
Virginia average:	3.98%

to Tazewell County, VA	1.47% ($32,874 average AGI)
to Russell County, VA	0.62% ($34,486)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.5
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 9.3

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 11.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 14.0

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 5.9
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 9.2

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Buchanan County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 16%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 10%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 3,816 (820 living alone), Female householders: 3,884 (1,212 living alone)

• 3,901 spouses (3,897 opposite-sex spouses), 494 unmarried partners, (494 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 5,767 children (5,065 natural, 342 adopted, 328 stepchildren), 535 grandchildren, 223 brothers or sisters, 282 parents, 3 foster children, 309 other relatives, 221 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 947

Size of family households: 2,839 2-persons, 1,301 3-persons, 765 4-persons, 265 5-persons, 109 6-persons, 16 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,033 1-person, 357 2-persons, 9 3-persons.

1,857 married couples with children.
1,064 single-parent households (226 men, 838 women).

97.8% of residents of Buchanan speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (82% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (97% speak English very well, 3% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (94% speak English very well, 6% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $205,945,000 ($8,172 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $12,852,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $112,780,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $44,813,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $178,000
Federal grants: $31,998,000
Federal procurement contracts: $12,694,000 ($11,941,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $3,482,000 ($215,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $287,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $179,000
Federal Government insurance: $37,959,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	-78 per 1000 residents
State:	+14 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.00 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)

• Year house built in Buchanan County, Virginia
• 22020 or later
• 4392010 to 2019
• 1,4462000 to 2009
• 1,5881990 to 1999
• 1,4021980 to 1989
• 2,0331970 to 1979
• 1,1821960 to 1969
• 8831950 to 1959
• 8121940 to 1949
• 5071939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Buchanan County, Virginia

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Buchanan County, Virginia
• 01 room
• 52 rooms
• 793 rooms
• 7804 rooms
• 1,0695 rooms
• 1,5206 rooms
• 1,2277 rooms
• 8798 rooms
• 7839+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Buchanan County, Virginia
• 331 room
• 382 rooms
• 853 rooms
• 2454 rooms
• 4005 rooms
• 2346 rooms
• 1707 rooms
• 638 rooms
• 1089+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Buchanan County, Virginia

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Buchanan County, Virginia
• 0no bedroom
• 621 bedroom
• 1,6912 bedrooms
• 3,3863 bedrooms
• 1,0084 bedrooms
• 1385+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Buchanan County, Virginia
• 33no bedroom
• 601 bedroom
• 5352 bedrooms
• 5733 bedrooms
• 1334 bedrooms
• 445+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Buchanan County, Virginia in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Buchanan County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 254no vehicle
• 1,5511 vehicle
• 2,5582 vehicles
• 1,2773 vehicles
• 4574 vehicles
• 2475+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Buchanan County in renter-occupied apartments
• 134no vehicle
• 7001 vehicle
• 5392 vehicles
• 193 vehicles
• 04 vehicles
• 05+ vehicles

96.0% of Buchanan County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 27% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 63% lived in Virginia.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 15,591
• Other state: 4,406
• Northeast: 260
• Midwest: 589
• South: 3,254
• West: 285

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 2,033
• Number of aged recipients: 44
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,989
• Number of recipients under 18: 132
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,694
• Number of recipients older than 64: 207
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 651
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 921

Buchanan County on our top lists:

• #1 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000"
• #27 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000"
• #92 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating from other counties between 2010 and 2011"