Blacksburg, Virginia Economy Profile

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Blacksburg, Virginia Economy

According to the statistics on employment by occupation in Blacksburg, Virginia, 45.23% of workers provide educational, health and social services. Fifteen point four two percent of people provide Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services in Blacksburg, Virginia. The percentage of people involved into professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services in Blacksburg, Virginia is as follows: ten point seven one percent.

In Blacksburg, Virginia government workers account for forty-two point seven six percent of workers. Fifty-four point two one percent of workers comprise private wage and salary workers. Median household income in Blacksburg, Virginia is equal to twenty-two thousand, five hundred and thirteen dollars while median family income is fifty-one thousand, eight hundred and ten dollars. The earnings of male full-time, year-round workers, in Blacksburg, Virginia are $37,129. The amount of earnings of female full-time, year-round workers reaches twenty-four thousand, three hundred and twenty-one dollars.

0.0 of families in Blacksburg, Virginia are below poverty line (total population in Blacksburg, Virginia is 39,573). There are two hundred and seventy-three families with female householder, no husband present. The median age of a Blacksburg, Virginia resident is twenty-one point nine years old.

	Blacksburg, Virginia	%, Blacksburg, Virginia	United States
Population 16 years and over	35,972		217,168,077
In labor force	18,298	50.87%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	18,235	50.69%	63.39%
- - Employed	16,732	46.51%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	1,503	4.18%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	8.2		5.8
- Armed Forces	63	0.18%	0.53%
Not in labor force	17,674	49.13%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	15,733	43.74%	51.66%
In labor force	7,961	22.13%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	7,949	22.1%	29.65%
- - Employed	7,425	20.64%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	1,346	3.74%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	595		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	16,004		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	10,782	67.37%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	1,359	8.49%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	1,126	7.04%	4.73%
Walked	1,812	11.32%	2.93%
Other means	348	2.17%	1.19%
Worked at home	577	3.61%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	14.9	0.09%	25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	16,732		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	8,730	52.18%	33.65%
Service occupations	3,239	19.36%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	3,448	20.61%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	94	0.56%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	425	2.54%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	796	4.76%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	139	0.83%	1.87%
Construction	225	1.34%	6.78%
Manufacturing	902	5.39%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	74	0.44%	3.6%
Retail trade	1,671	9.99%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	242	1.45%	5.2%
Information	465	2.78%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	430	2.57%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	1,792	10.71%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	7,568	45.23%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	2,580	15.42%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	370	2.21%	4.87%
Public administration	274	1.64%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	9,071	54.21%	78.47%
Government workers	7,155	42.76%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	497	2.97%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	9	0.05%	0.31%

	Blacksburg, Virginia	%, Blacksburg, Virginia	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	13,174		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	2,887	21.91%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	1,542	11.7%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	2,542	19.3%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	1,527	11.59%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	1,462	11.1%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	1,326	10.07%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	868	6.59%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	693	5.26%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	120	0.91%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	207	1.57%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	22,513		41,994
With earnings	11,587	32.21%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	33,787		56,604
With Social Security income	1,475	4.1%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	12,160		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	223	0.62%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,525		6,320
With public assistance income	229	0.64%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,019		3,032
With retirement income	1,199	3.33%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	24,998		17,376
Families	4,744		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	532	11.21%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	265	5.59%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	585	12.33%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	400	8.43%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	514	10.83%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	828	17.45%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	771	16.25%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	547	11.53%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	120	2.53%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	182	3.84%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	51,810		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	13,946		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	37,129		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	24,321		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	753		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	458	60.82%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	255	33.86%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	273		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	224	82.05%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	127	46.52%	42.27%
Individuals	13,386		33,899,812
18 years and over	12,488	93.29%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	113	0.84%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	892	6.66%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	515	3.85%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	11,164	83.4%	31.63%

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