Roanoke County Demographics

POPULATION DATA
SOCIAL DATA
ECONOMIC DATA
HOUSING DATA

POPULATION DATA
	2000	2005	2006	2007
Total population	85,778	85,900	90,482	90,420
Male	40,535	41,776	44,042	43,334
Female	45,243	44,124	46,440	47,086
Under 5 years	4,553	4,559	5,408	5,162
5 to 9 years	5,581	4,786	4,427	5,089
10 to 14 years	5,911	6,247	6,253	5,911
15 to 19 years	5,448	5,486	5,987	5,258
20 to 24 years	3,698	4,860	5,322	5,791
25 to 34 years	9,782	8,264	9,725	9,644
35 to 44 years	13,843	12,554	12,467	12,247
45 to 54 years	14,240	14,637	14,997	14,538
55 to 59 years	5,014	7,204	7,372	6,678
60 to 64 years	4,063	4,739	4,895	5,559
65 to 74 years	7,184	6,879	6,831	6,923
75 to 84 years	4,757	4,592	4,292	4,945
85 years and over	1,704	1,093	2,506	2,675
Median age (years)	40.9	42.4	42.2	42.0
18 years and over	66,278	66,390	70,554	70,746
Male	30,518	31,806	33,296	33,011
Female	35,760	34,584	37,258	37,735
65 years and over	13,645	12,564	13,629	14,543
Male	5,416	5,357	5,529	5,517
Female	8,229	7,207	8,100	9,026
Race
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	888	1,364	1,604	1,733
White alone	80,999	78,057	81,569	81,147
Black or African American alone	3,091	2,680	4,559	4,579
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	350	625	147	207
Asian alone	1,563	1,720	2,045	2,030
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	28	0	0	0
Some other race alone	543	128	72	0
Two or more races	760	1,326	486	724
Two races including Some other race	NA	0	0	0
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	NA	1,326	486	724

SOCIAL DATA
	2000	2005	2006	2007
Households by type
Total households	34,686	35,428	37,115	37,891
Family households (families)	24,690	22,874	23,481	25,524
With own children under 18 years	10,625	9,632	10,289	10,583
Married-couple families	20,762	19,247	19,413	21,377
With own children under 18 years	8,499	7,891	7,914	8,497
Male householder, no wife present	NA	1,180	1,154	1,223
With own children under 18 years	NA	608	552	499
Female householder, no husband present	2,942	2,447	2,914	2,942
With own children under 18 years	1,595	1,133	1,823	1,587
Nonfamily households	9,996	12,554	13,634	12,349
Householder living alone	8,703	11,318	12,473	10,577
65 years and over	3,499	3,518	3,905	3,336
Households with one or more people under 18 years	11,358	10,285	11,301	11,073
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	8,968	9,016	9,059	9,324
Average household size	2.41	2.42	2.40	2.29
Average family size	2.88	3.07	3.13	2.81
Marital Status
Males 15 years and over	32,196	33,879	35,195	34,773
Never married	6,669	8,259	8,632	7,531
Now married, except separated	21,562	20,993	20,580	22,578
Separated	496	774	1,099	169
Widowed	927	794	895	994
Divorced	2,542	3,059	3,989	3,501
Females 15 years and over	37,538	36,429	39,199	39,485
Never married	6,483	6,555	8,422	7,314
Now married, except separated	21,779	20,315	20,475	21,027
Separated	714	1,128	727	1,122
Widowed	4,550	4,149	4,757	6,312
Divorced	4,012	4,282	4,818	3,710
School Enrollment
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	20,624	20,506	21,091	22,072
Nursery school, preschool	1,540	1,289	1,621	1,888
Kindergarten	1,175	776	692	1,385
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	9,244	8,875	9,027	8,454
High school (grades 9-12)	4,712	5,089	5,165	5,911
College or graduate school	3,952	4,477	4,586	4,434
Educational Attainment
Population 25 years and over	60,771	59,962	63,085	63,209
Less than 9th grade	3,590	2,744	1,781	2,506
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	5,062	3,837	4,867	4,315
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	16,907	16,883	17,418	16,898
Some college, no degree	13,066	12,119	13,099	15,357
Associate's degree	4,995	5,205	6,003	3,940
Bachelor's degree	11,452	12,412	13,540	13,659
Graduate or professional degree	5,699	6,762	6,377	6,534
Percent high school graduate or higher	85.8	89.0	89.5	89.2
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	28.2	32.0	31.6	31.9
Residence 1 Year Ago
Population 1 year and over	NA	85,166	89,843	89,850
Same house	NA	75,365	78,222	75,626
Different house in the U.S.	NA	9,720	11,352	14,178
Same county	NA	3,672	3,400	3,078
Different county	NA	6,048	7,952	11,100
Same state	NA	4,682	4,919	9,485
Different state	NA	1,366	3,033	1,615
Abroad	NA	81	269	46
Place of Birth
Native	83,147	82,277	86,762	86,187
Born in United States	82,448	81,571	86,200	85,092
State of residence	55,703	55,727	55,885	58,002
Different state	26,745	24,844	30,315	27,090
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)	699	706	562	1,095
Foreign born	2,631	3,623	3,720	4,233
U.S. Citizenship Status
Foreign-born population	2,631	3,623	3,720	4,223
Naturalized U.S. citizen	1,231	1,686	1,664	1,969
Not a U.S. citizen	1,400	1,937	2,056	2,264

ECONOMIC DATA
	2000	2005	2006	2007
Employment Status
Population 16 years and over	68,544	NA	73,514	73,347
In labor force	45,040	NA	50,783	48,546
Civilian labor force	44,997	NA	50,783	48,546
Employed	44,041	NA	49,556	47,665
Unemployed	956	NA	1,227	881
Armed Forces	43	NA	0	0
Not in labor force	23,504	NA	22,731	24,801
Civilian labor force	44,997	NA	50,783	48,546
Unemployed	2.1%	NA	2.4%	1.8%
Females 16 years and over	36,936	NA	38,644	39,095
In labor force	21,719	NA	24,954	22,708
Civilian labor force	21,719	NA	24,954	22,708
Employed	21,309	NA	24,449	22,130
Own children under 6 years	5,502	5,397	5,557	NA
All parents in family in labor force	3,465	3,561	3,504	NA
Own children 6 to 17 years	NA	13,219	13,175	NA
All parents in family in labor force	NA	9,064	10,688	NA
Commuting To Work
Workers 16 years and over	43,419	NA	48,563	45,437
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	38,072	NA	42,437	39,945
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	3,356	NA	3,692	2,963
Public transportation (excluding taxicab)	94	NA	324	95
Walked	495	NA	471	418
Other means	222	NA	0	72
Worked at home	1,180	NA	1,639	1,944
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	20.7	NA	19.7	19.2
Occupation
Civilian employed population 16 years and over	44,041	43,953	49,556	47,665
Management, professional, and related occupations	16,856	17,142	18,300	20,006
Service occupations	4,766	4,414	6,411	4,520
Sales and office occupations	13,414	13,555	15,727	14,140
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	45	0	0	70
Construction, extraction, maintenance and repair occupations	3,650	3,815	3,577	3,415
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	5,309	5,027	5,541	5,514
Industry
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	166	215	106	367
Construction	2,557	2,506	1,901	3,585
Manufacturing	5,432	5,257	4,449	5,918
Wholesale trade	2,173	2,122	3,253	2,250
Retail trade	6,151	6,084	6,650	5,515
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	3,112	2,912	2,936	2,384
Information	1,174	599	1,050	1,905
Finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing	4,114	4,183	4,767	4,547
Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services	3,190	2,919	4,560	3,491
Educational services, and health care, and social assistance	9,576	9,933	11,695	9,943
Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation, and food services	2,640	2,546	4,114	3,478
Other services, except public administration	2,145	2,833	1,833	2,015
Public administration	1,611	1,844	2,242	2,267
Class Of Worker
Private wage and salary workers	35,451	35,068	39,552	39,086
Government workers	6,162	7,095	7,489	6,549
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	2,359	1,790	2,515	2,030
Unpaid family workers	69	0	0	0
Income and Benefits
Total households	34,734	35,428	37,115	37,891
Less than $10,000	1,861	2,362	1,056	1,629
$10,000 to $14,999	1,504	1,389	1,311	1,519
$15,000 to $24,999	3,608	3,749	3,231	3,451
$25,000 to $34,999	4,487	3,764	5,017	3,595
$35,000 to $49,999	6,826	5,476	6,265	5,952
$50,000 to $74,999	7,898	6,547	7,498	8,221
$75,000 to $99,999	4,360	5,980	4,682	5,614
$100,000 to $149,999	2,812	3,977	5,304	5,589
$150,000 to $199,999	663	1,065	1,452	1,408
$200,000 or more	715	1,119	1,299	913
Median household income (dollars)	47,689	52,688	52,931	59,679
Mean household income (dollars)	NA	66,518	71,681	68,511
With earnings	28,059	27,495	30,211	30,252
Mean earnings (dollars)	57,537	68,492	71,732	68,690
With Social Security	10,374	10,582	11,066	11,637
Mean Social Security income (dollars)	12,700	15,056	17,570	17,173
With retirement income	6,799	6,985	7,707	7,531
Mean retirement income (dollars)	17,610	19,555	16,352	18,312
With Supplemental Security Income	748	984	478	1,061
Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,018	8,185	5,578	8,554
With cash public assistance income	NA	231	353	294
Mean cash public assistance income (dollars)	NA	NA	2,085	NA
With Food Stamp benefits in the past 12 months	NA	788	689	1,121
Families	24,861	22,874	23,481	25,542
Less than $10,000	483	656	192	193
$10,000 to $14,999	311	235	432	452
$15,000 to $24,999	1,787	1,278	931	1,455
$25,000 to $34,999	2,767	2,314	1,970	2,426
$35,000 to $49,999	5,076	2,945	3,494	3,278
$50,000 to $74,999	6,729	5,210	5,511	5,668
$75,000 to $99,999	3,937	5,125	4,400	5,105
$100,000 to $149,999	2,523	3,200	4,734	5,043
$150,000 to $199,999	610	886	981	1,080
$200,000 or more	638	1,025	636	842
Median family income (dollars)	56,450	69,472	69,429	72,796
Mean family income (dollars)	NA	80,185	83,380	80,224
Per capita income (dollars)	24,637	28,714	30,269	29,057
Nonfamily households
Median nonfamily income (dollars)	NA	29,874	33175	38,260
Mean nonfamily income (dollars)	NA	39,965	50,695	43,093
Median earnings for workers (dollars)	NA	31,555	30,858	33,955
Median earnings for male full-time, year-round workers (dollars)	39,126	42,128	47,523	50,181
Median earnings for female full-time, year-round workers (dollars)	26,690	35,512	30,692	35,541
Percentage of families and people whose income in the past 12 months is below the poverty level
All families	2.7%	NA	2.6%	3.2%
With related children under 18 years	3.9%	NA	4.0%	6.6%
With related children under 5 years only	4.5%	NA	7.3%	18.2%
Married couple families	NA	NA	1.4%	1.8%
With related children under 18 years	NA	NA	1.5%	3.8%
With related children under 5 years only	NA	NA	0%	14.2%
Families with female householder, no husband present	NA	NA	10.8%	14.3%
With related children under 18 years	NA	NA	14.4%	21.3%
With related children under 5 years only	NA	NA	32.1%	100%
All people	4.5%	6.1%	4.1%	6.1%
Under 18 years	4.2%	8.2%	4.6%	7.9%
Related children under 18 years	5.2%	NA	4.4%	6.6%
Related children under 5 years	NA	NA	5%	8.2%
Related children 5 to 17 years	4.9%	NA	4.2%	6.0%
18 years and over	4.2%	5.5%	4%	5.6%
18 to 64 years	NA	5.7%	4.1%	5.5%
65 years and over	4.9%	4.6%	3.7%	5.9%
People in families	NA	4.0%	2.8%	3.7%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	13.4%	15.9%	10.7%	17.6%

HOUSING DATA
	2000	2005	2006	2007
Total housing units	36,121	38,731	39,091	39,417
Occupied housing units	34,686	35,428	37,115	37,891
Vacant housing units	1,435	3,303	1,976	1,526
Homeowner vacancy rate	1.2	2.3	0	1.0
Rental vacancy rate	5.7	14.6	9.4	2.4
Units in structure
1-unit, detached	27,521	29,274	29,244	29,900
1-unit, attached	1,482	1,084	1,528	1,140
2 units	581	381	872	1,234
3 or 4 units	620	805	508	630
5 to 9 units	1,125	711	1,533	1,221
10 to 19 units	2,529	3,265	3,828	2,624
20 or more units	1,501	2,566	1,232	1,191
Mobile home	745	645	346	1,477
Boat, RV, van, etc.	17	0	0	0
Year structure built
Built 2005 or later	NA	0	772	705
Built 2000 to 2004	NA	2,272	3,127	2,637
Built 1990 to 1999	NA	5,484	5,323	5,926
Built 1980 to 1989	6,843	6,787	5,867	7,877
Built 1970 to 1979	9,820	11,303	10,171	9,158
Built 1960 to 1969	6,681	5,376	6,625	6,462
Built 1950 to 1959	NA	3,943	3,917	3,786
Built 1940 to 1949	NA	1,484	1,281	968
Built 1939 or earlier	1,869	2,082	2,008	1,898
Rooms
1 room	168	0	121	0
2 rooms	516	495	854	580
3 rooms	1,984	2,297	1,769	2,256
4 rooms	4,120	3,910	4,807	6,018
5 rooms	5,829	6,980	6,111	5,551
6 rooms	6,374	6,766	6,276	7,264
7 rooms	5,969	7,060	6,554	5,674
8 rooms	5,366	5,052	6,073	4,724
9 rooms or more	5,795	6,171	6,526	7,350
Median (rooms)	6.4	6.3	6.4	6.2
Bedrooms
No bedroom	NA	0	121	0
1 bedrooms	NA	3,690	3,111	2,774
2 bedrooms	NA	7,399	8,709	9,528
3 bedrooms	NA	17,280	15,770	15,480
4 bedrooms	NA	7,906	9,357	9,952
5 or more bedrooms	NA	2,456	2,023	1,683
Housing tenure
Occupied housing units	34,686	35,428	37,115	37,891
Owner-occupied	26,783	29,018	29,314	29,727
Renter-occupied	7,903	6,410	7,801	8,164
Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.53	2.54	2.53	2.35
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.01	1.89	1.93	2.08
Year householder moved into unit
Moved in 2005 or later	NA	NA	6,823	10,444
Moved in 2000 to 2004	NA	15,091	9,175	9,925
Moved in 1990 to 1999	NA	9,042	10,341	8,051
Moved in 1980 to 1989	6,394	5,087	5,132	4,271
Moved in 1970 to 1979	4,143	3,724	3,210	2,943
Moved in 1969 or earlier	3,851	2,484	2,434	2,257
Vehicles available
No vehicles available	1,503	1,178	853	1,405
1 vehicle available	9,710	10,202	11,612	10,173
2 vehicles available	14,853	13,398	15,245	15,152
3 or more vehicles available	8,620	10,650	9,405	11,161
House heating fuel
Utility gas	15,653	17,626	16,589	17,014
Bottled, tank, or LP gas	1,128	1,164	1,528	912
Electricity	12,585	12,452	14,864	15,205
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.	4,552	3,223	3,365	3,639
Coal or coke	6	0	0	0
Wood	660	854	694	961
Solar energy	7	57	0	0
Other fuel	40	52	0	160
No fuel used	55	0	75	0
Selected characteristics
Lacking complete plumbing facilities	103	179	0	58
Lacking complete kitchen facilities	184	0	64	95
No telephone service available	251	1,117	2,039	2,562
Occupants per room
1.00 or less	34,403	NA	36,977	37,891
1.01 to 1.50	239	NA	138	0
1.51 or more	44	NA	0	0
Value
Owner-occupied units	24,117	29,018	29,314	29,727
Less than $50,000	555	324	408	753
$50,000 to $99,999	7,510	2,763	2,678	2,371
$100,000 to $149,999	9,305	11,105	9,187	7,036
$150,000 to $199,999	3,829	6,477	7,432	6,364
$200,000 to $299,999	2,012	6,026	5,607	7,851
$300,000 to $499,999	721	1,833	2,014	4,061
$500,000 to $999,999	145	490	1,926	1,147
$1,000,000 or more	40	0	62	144
Median (dollars)	118,100	152,300	164,400	183,200
Mortage status and selected monthly owner cost
Housing units with a mortgage	16,812	19,461	19,668	20,475
Less than $300	108	300	364	214
$300 to $499	991	586	470	732
$500 to $699	1,967	958	1,280	1,400
$700 to $999	5,703	5,027	3,995	3,891
$1,000 to $1,499	5,370	7,780	8,168	8,193
$1,500 to $1,999	1,777	3,063	2,789	3,529
$2,000 or more	896	1,747	2,602	2,516
Median (dollars)	984	1,187	1,204	1,215
Housing units without a mortgage	7,305	9,557	9,646	9,252
Less than $100	NA	0	41	0
$100 to $199	NA	1,101	584	949
$200 to $299	NA	3,306	3,069	2,156
$300 to $399	NA	3,112	3,518	3,019
$400 or more	NA	2,038	2,434	3,128
Median (dollars)	256	311	330	352
Selected monthly owner costs as a percentage of household income
Housing unit with a mortgage	24,117	19,461	19,668	20,475
Less than 20.0 percent	14,518	8,821	8,532	9,689
20.0 to 24.9 percent	3,324	3,434	4,351	3,365
25.0 to 29.9 percent	779	2,413	2,375	2,515
30.0 to 34.9 percent	529	1,493	1,247	969
35.0 percent or more	2,763	3,244	3,163	3,895
Not computed	60	56	0	42
Housing unit without a mortgage	NA	9,557	9,646	9,252
Less than 10.0 percent	NA	4,577	4,639	4,873
10.0 to 14.9 percent	NA	1,947	2,391	1,704
15.0 to 19.9 percent	NA	993	942	574
20.0 to 24.9 percent	NA	982	495	368
25.0 to 29.9 percent	NA	211	517	827
30.0 to 34.9 percent	NA	398	258	356
35.0 percent or more	NA	368	404	550
Not computed	NA	81	0	0
Gross rent
Renter-occupied units	7,762	6,410	7,801	NA
Less than $200	365	389	151	NA
$200 to $299	289	110	0	NA
$300 to $499	1,718	578	835	NA
$500 to $749	3,809	3,547	3,857	NA
$750 to $999	894	1,250	2,130	NA
$1,000 to $1,499	333	244	472	NA
$1,500 or more	36	0	0	NA
No cash rent	318	292	356	NA
Median (dollars)	575	599	682	684
Gross rent as a percentage of household income
Less than 15.0 percent	1,602	1,113	1,387	1,645
15.0 to 19.9 percent	1,695	607	1,149	1,916
20.0 to 24.9 percent	1,155	1,085	1,526	536
25.0 to 29.9 percent	779	810	1,095	805
30.0 to 34.9 percent	529	151	432	732
35.0 percent or more	1,565	2,352	1,796	1,993
Not computed	437	292	416	537

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Area	Labor Force	Unemployment Rate
Alleghany County	7,544	5.2
Bedford County	35,319	3.0
Botetourt County	17,669	2.6
Craig County	2,614	4.2
Floyd County	7,146	3.8
Franklin County	26,333	3.4
Montgomery County	43,951	3.1
Roanoke City	46,928	3.8
Roanoke County	48,428	2.6
Salem	13,201	2.7
Roanoke MSA	155,173	3.1
Virginia	4,019,945	3.2
US	151,924,000	5.0

Roanoke County Department of Economic Development
P.O. Box 29800
5204 Bernard Drive, SW Room 421
Roanoke, VA 24018-0798
540·772·2069