Emporia city, Virginia (VA)

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County population in July 2007: 5,619 (92% urban, 8% rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 1,159
Renter-occupied apartments: 1,067

% of renters here:	48%
State:	32%

Land area: 7 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.

Population density: 815 people per square mile

(very high).

2008 cost of living index in Emporia city: 83.3 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Industries providing employment: Manufacturing (23.7%), Educational,health and social services (18.0%), Retail trade (15.2%), Public administration (11.4%).

Type of workers:

Private wage or salary: 75%
Government: 22%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 3%
Unpaid family work: 0%

Emporia city, Virginia business data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in Emporia city, Virginia:

Black (56.2%)
White Non-Hispanic (41.3%)
Hispanic (1.5%)

Median resident age:	38.8 years
Virginia median age:	35.7 years

Males: 2,576	(45.5%)
Females: 3,089	(54.5%)

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Total labor force in 2004: 2,432
Unemployment rate in 2004: 7.4%

Average household size:

Emporia city:	2.4 people
Virginia:	2.5 people

Estimated median household income in 2007: $38,706 ($30,333 in 1999)

This county:	$38,706
Virginia:	$59,562

Median contract rent in 2007 for apartments: $444 (lower quartile is $297, upper quartile is $569)

This county:	$444
State:	$753

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $156,209 (it was $67,300 in 2000)

Emporia city:	$156,209
Virginia:	$262,100

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $97,165 - $219,967

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $178,190
Here: $178,190
State: $357,398

Townhouses or other attached units: $138,734
Here: $138,734
State: $371,438

Mobile homes: $34,050
Here: $34,050
State: $37,843

Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $1,661
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $238

Institutionalized population: 181

Emporia city races chart

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $544 (0.8%)

Emporia city household income distribution in 2007

Emporia city contract rent distribution in 2007

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This county:	16.0%
Whole state:	9.6%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This county:	9.6%
Whole state:	4.3%

Area name: Greensville County-Emporia city, VA HUD Nonmetro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Emporia city is $451 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $500 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $604 a month.

Cities in this county include: Emporia.

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Unemployment in May 2009:

Here:	12.1%
Virginia:	7.0%

Unemployment by year (%)

Current college students: 106
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 58.5%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 14.2%

Number of foreign born residents: 183 (26% naturalized citizens)

Emporia city:	3.2%
Whole state:	8.1%

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 97 1990 to 1994: 31 1985 to 1989: 0 1980 to 1984: 16 1975 to 1979: 0 1970 to 1974: 6 1970 to 1974: 0 1965 to 1969: 33

Mean travel time to work: 19.6 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 44.4%

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 1,842
One, attached: 61
Two: 54
3 or 4: 136
5 to 9: 72
10 to 19: 46
20 or more: 99
Mobile homes: 102

Housing units in Emporia city with a mortgage: 644 (48 second mortgage, 103 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 454

Here:	58.7% with mortgage
State:	75.1% with mortgage

Religion statistics

Total adherents: 3,218
Total congregations: 9

Adherents

Name	Southern Baptist Convention	United Methodist Church	Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Catholic Church	Other
Adherents	2,132 (66.3%)	791 (24.6%)	102 (3.2%)	75 (2.3%)	118 (3.7%)
Congregations	3 (33.3%)	2 (22.2%)	1 (11.1%)	1 (11.1%)	2 (22.2%)

Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.

Religions in Emporia city - Emporia

Emporia city-area historical earthquake activity is significantly below Virginia state average. It is 95% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 12/9/2003 at 20:59:14, a magnitude 4.5 (4.5 MB, 4.5 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 65.0 miles away from Emporia city center
On 5/5/2003 at 16:32:32, a magnitude 3.9 (3.9 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 79.1 miles away from the county center
On 10/21/1998 at 05:56:47, a magnitude 3.8 (3.8 LG, 3.3 LG, Depth: 8.3 mi) earthquake occurred 66.0 miles away from the county center
On 3/15/1991 at 06:54:08, a magnitude 3.8 (3.8 LG, Depth: 10.9 mi) earthquake occurred 75.7 miles away from Emporia city center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB)

Class of Workers

Most common industries for males (%):

Construction (14%)
Public administration (13%)
Wood products (9%)
Food (6%)
Accommodation and food services (5%)
Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
Utilities (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Health care (16%)
Educational services (12%)
Public administration (10%)
Food (10%)
Accommodation and food services (7%)
Textile mills and textile products (4%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
Law enforcement workers including supervisors (6%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Health technologists and technicians (8%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
Cashiers (5%)
Food processing workers (5%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

Mexico (52%)
Australia (11%)
Philippines (8%)
Jamaica (7%)
Other Eastern Europe (7%)
Guyana (5%)
Other Western Asia (5%)

Most common first ancestries reported in Emporia city (%):

United States or American (12%)
English (10%)
Irish (2%)
African (2%)
British (1%)
Scottish (1%)
European (1%)

Emporia city mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 1,666 (77%)
Carpooled: 363 (17%)
Bus or trolley bus: 5 (0%)
Taxi: 8 (0%)
Bicycle: 4 (0%)
Walked: 79 (4%)
Other means: 27 (1%)
Worked at home: 21 (1%)

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

People in group quarters in Emporia city, Virginia

181 people in nursing homes
73 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
4 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $35,537.

8.00% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($30,089 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	8.00%
Virginia average:	11.06%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
5.05% relocated from other counties in Virginia ($18,494 average AGI)
2.95% relocated from other states ($11,589 average AGI)
Emporia city: 2.95%
Virginia average: 4.24%

Percentage of residents relocating from other counties or countries

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Greensville County, VA	1.05% ($36,636 average AGI)
from Brunswick County, VA	0.71% ($28,000)
from Southampton County, VA	0.52% ($26,545)

7.91% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($30,813 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.91%
Virginia average:	10.78%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
5.20% relocated to other counties in Virginia ($19,705 average AGI)
2.72% relocated to other states ($11,108 average AGI)
Emporia city: 2.72%
Virginia average: 4.13%

Percentage of residents relocating to other counties or countries

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Greensville County, VA	1.24% ($20,462 average AGI)
to Sussex County, VA	0.76% ($35,438)
to Halifax County, NC	0.52% ($26,909)
to Brunswick County, VA	0.48% ($31,700)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.8
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 14.1

Births per 1000 population in Emporia city

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 17.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 19.4

Deaths per 1000 population in Emporia city

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 20.9
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 15.5

Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Emporia city

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 1,954 (1,570 aged, 384 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 17%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%

Short term general hospitals per 100,000 population in 2004: 17.62
Short term general hospital admissions per 100,000 population in 2004: 66302.43
Short term general hospital beds per 100,000 population in 2004: 2714.130
Emergency room visits per 100,000 population in 2004: 489742.69

General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1431.900
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1521.390
Dentists per 100,000 population in 1998: 17.9

Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 73.07
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 196.890

Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 53.7

Crimes per 100,000 population in 1996 : 1

Household type by relationship

Households: 5,406

In family households: 4,423 (955 male householders, 442 female householders)
890 spouses, 1,557 children (1,415 natural, 61 adopted, 81 stepchildren), 192 grandchildren, 106 brothers or sisters, 18 parents, 118 other relatives, 145 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 983 (256 male householders (196 living alone)), 569 female householders (518 living alone)), 158 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 259 (188 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 578 2-persons, 348 3-persons, 256 4-persons, 134 5-persons, 49 6-persons, 32 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 714 1-person, 81 2-persons, 23 3-persons, 7 4-persons.

96.4% of residents of Emporia city speak English at home.
2.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (35% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 40% speak English not well, 19% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (44% speak English very well, 56% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $58,832,000 ($10369 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $1,225,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $27,925,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $17,302,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $5,000
Federal grants: $11,833,000
Federal procurement contracts: $371,000 ($40,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $1,396,000 ($21,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $135,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $549,000
Federal Government insurance: $3,608,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 428

Here:	77 per 1000 residents
State:	70 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 579

Here:	104 per 1000 residents
State:	40 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: +87

Here:	+16 per 1000 residents
State:	+18 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: +7

Here:	+1 per 1000 residents
State:	+14 per 1000 residents

Population growth in Emporia city

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 1.38 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.1
State:	6.6

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.3
State:	4.3

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 31
1995 to 1998: 66
1990 to 1994: 322
1980 to 1989: 322
1970 to 1979: 292
1960 to 1969: 425
1950 to 1959: 417
1940 to 1949: 293
1939 or earlier: 244

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Emporia city, Virginia:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 0 3 rooms: 21 4 rooms: 62 5 rooms: 308 6 rooms: 315 7 rooms: 244 8 rooms: 92 9+ rooms: 117

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Emporia city, Virginia:
	1 room: 7 2 rooms: 101 3 rooms: 150 4 rooms: 340 5 rooms: 299 6 rooms: 79 7 rooms: 55 8 rooms: 31 9+ rooms: 5

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Emporia city:
	no bedroom: 11 1 bedroom: 9 2 bedrooms: 192 3 bedrooms: 689 4 bedrooms: 214 5+ bedrooms: 44

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Emporia city:
	no bedroom: 14 1 bedroom: 219 2 bedrooms: 511 3 bedrooms: 260 4 bedrooms: 63 5+ bedrooms: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Emporia city in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 54 1 vehicle: 415 2 vehicles: 492 3 vehicles: 155 4 vehicles: 35 5+ vehicles: 8

Cars and other vehicles available in Emporia city in renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 283 1 vehicle: 492 2 vehicles: 258 3 vehicles: 34 4 vehicles: 0 5+ vehicles: 0

55% of Emporia city residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 13% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in Virginia.

Emporia city:	55.3%
State average:	53.8%

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

This state: 4230
Northeast: 225
Midwest: 83
South: 907
West: 24

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $30,900

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (36.5%) Electricity (33.1%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (26.7%) Utility gas (2.0%) Other fuel (1.0%) Wood (0.6%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Electricity (49.3%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (32.0%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13.4%) Wood (3.8%) Utility gas (1.5%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 48

Here:	6.7%
Virginia:	9.5%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4

Here:	1.3%
Virginia:	8.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 23

Here:	24.7%
Virginia:	20.6%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of aged recipients

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of blind and disabled recipients

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients under 18

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients between 18 and 64

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Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients also receiving OASDI

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Amount of payments (thousands of dollars)

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