Amherst, Virginia Neighborhood Info

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Amherst, Virginia QuickFacts

	Amherst, Virginia	United States
Total population	2,251	281,421,906
State	Virginia
City	amherst

Amherst, Virginia Population

	Amherst, Virginia	%, Amherst, Virginia	United States
Male	1,032	45.85%	49.06%
Female	1,219	54.15%	50.94%
Median age (years)	43.4		35.3

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	Amherst, Virginia	%, Amherst, Virginia	United States
18 years and over	1,764	78.37%	74.31%
21 years and over	1,691	75.12%	69.97%
62 years and over	616	27.37%	14.66%
65 years and over	548	24.34%	12.43%

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	Amherst, Virginia	%, Amherst, Virginia	United States
White	1,552	68.95%	75.14%
Black or African American	667	29.63%	12.32%
Asian	7	0.31%	3.64%
Some other race	8	0.36%	5.46%
Two or more races	17	0.76%	2.43%

Amherst, Virginia Housing

	Amherst, Virginia	%, Amherst, Virginia	United States
Total households	940		105,480,101
Family households (families)	569	60.53%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	371	39.47%	31.94%

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	Amherst, Virginia	%, Amherst, Virginia	United States
Total housing units	1,003		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	60	5.98%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	940	93.72%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	611	60.92%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	329	32.8%	30.77%

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	Amherst, Virginia	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	20	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	235	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	189	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	65	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	16	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	0	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	0	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	0	0.57%
Median (dollars)	101,400	119,600

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	Amherst, Virginia	%, Amherst, Virginia	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	162	17.23%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	269	28.62%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	168	17.87%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	153	16.28%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	74	7.87%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	115	12.23%	9.65%

Amherst, Virginia Education

	Amherst, Virginia	%, Amherst, Virginia	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	526		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	48	9.13%	6.47%
Kindergarten	26	4.94%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	234	44.49%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	125	23.76%	21.38%
College or graduate school	93	17.68%	22.81%

Amherst, Virginia Economy

	Amherst, Virginia	%, Amherst, Virginia	United States
Population 16 years and over	1,873		217,168,077
In labor force	967	51.63%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	967	51.63%	63.39%
- - Employed	907	48.42%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	60	3.2%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	6.2		5.8
- Armed Forces	0		0.53%
Not in labor force	906	48.37%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	1,034	55.21%	51.66%
In labor force	443	23.65%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	443	23.65%	29.65%
- - Employed	413	22.05%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	159	8.49%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	99		12,787,501

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	Amherst, Virginia	%, Amherst, Virginia	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	912		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	137	15.02%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	100	10.96%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	137	15.02%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	102	11.18%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	150	16.45%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	151	16.56%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	77	8.44%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	32	3.51%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	12	1.32%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	14	1.54%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	33,000		41,994

	Amherst, Virginia	%, Amherst, Virginia	United States
With earnings	624	33.32%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	52,900		56,604
With Social Security income	310	16.55%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	9,253		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	61	3.26%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	4,787		6,320
With public assistance income	58	3.1%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	1,655		3,032
With retirement income	165	8.81%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	12,188		17,376

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