Buena Vista city, Virginia (VA)
County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 623
County owner-occupied houses and condos in 2000: 1,799
Renter-occupied apartments: 883 (it was 748 in 2000)
| % of renters here: | 29% |
| State: | 33% |
Land area: 7 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population density: 979 people per square mile (very high).
Industries providing employment: Educational, health and social services (26.2%), Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services (19.1%), Retail trade (10.4%).
Type of workers:
- Private wage or salary: 80%
- Government: 16%
- Self-employed, not incorporated: 4%
- Unpaid family work: 0%
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- 5,64684.8%White Non-Hispanic Alone
- 5458.2%Two or more races
- 2734.1%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
- 1021.5%Hispanic or Latino
- 340.5%Some other race alone
- 300.5%Asian alone
- 190.3%Native Hawaiian and Other
Pacific Islander alone - 80.1%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
| Median resident age: | 35.6 years |
| Virginia median age: | 39.0 years |
| Males: 3,150 |  (47.1%) |
| Females: 3,534 |  (52.9%) |
| Buena Vista city: | 2.0 people |
| Virginia: | 3 people |
Estimated median household income in 2022: $48,013 ($32,410 in 1999)
| This county: | $48,013 |
| Virginia: | $85,873 |
Median contract rent in 2022 for apartments: $734 (lower quartile is $563, upper quartile is $867)
| This county: | $734 |
| State: | $1270 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $160,142 (it was $71,400 in 2000)
| Buena Vista city: | $160,142 |
| Virginia: | $365,700 |
Mean price in 2022:
Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $903Detached houses: $191,665
Here: $191,665 State: $472,865 Mobile homes: $212,483
Here: $212,483 State: $100,736
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $427
Institutionalized population: 74
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $1,342 (0.8%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $1,587 (1.1%)
| Buena Vista city: | 23.2% |
| Virginia: | 10.6% |
Median age of residents in 2022: 35.6 years old
(Males: 36.1 years old, Females: 35.0 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 37.8 years old, Black residents: 25.4 years old, Asian residents: 21.1 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 23.2 years old, Other race residents: 23.6 years old)
Area name: Rockbridge County-Buena Vista city-Lexington city, VA HUD Nonmetro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Buena Vista city is $434 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $483 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $703 a month.
Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Buena Vista city: Sandy Ridge Volunteer Fire Department (A), Coeburn Police Department (B), Coeburn Volunteer Fire Department (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Neighboring counties: Dolores County, Colorado 
, Cumberland County 
, Gray County, Kansas , San Juan County, Colorado , Mathews County 
.
| Here: | 2.7% |
| Virginia: | 2.7% |
Current college students: 419
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 81.3%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 21.5%
Number of foreign born residents: 40 (60.2% naturalized citizens)
| Buena Vista city: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 12.7% |
- Year of entry for the foreign-born population
- 202010 or later
- 162000 to 2009
- 61990 to 1999
- 41980 to 1989
- 101970 to 1979
- 9Before 1970
Mean travel time to work (commute): minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 100.4%
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,636
- One, attached: 39
- Two: 24
- 3 or 4: 15
- 5 to 9: 32
- 10 to 19: 27
- 20 to 49: 73
- 50 or more: 19
- Mobile homes: 120
Housing units in Buena Vista city with a mortgage: 857 (66 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 53 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 146
| Here: | 85.4% with mortgage |
| State: | 97.2% with mortgage |
Food Environment Statistics:
| Buena Vista city: | 4.59 / 10,000 pop. |
| Virginia: | 4.03 / 10,000 pop. |
| This county: | 7.65 / 10,000 pop. |
| State: | 7.65 / 10,000 pop. |
| Buena Vista city: | 9.7% |
| Virginia: | 9.3% |
| Buena Vista city: | 27.0% |
| State: | 26.7% |
| Here: | 17.9% |
| State: | 18.6% |
Earthquake activity:
Buena Vista city-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Virginia state average. It is 39% smaller than the overall U.S. average.On 8/23/2011 at 17:51:04, a magnitude 5.8 (5.8 MW, Depth: 3.7 mi, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 78.4 miles away from Buena Vista city center
On 8/9/2020 at 12:07:37, a magnitude 5.1 (5.1 MW, Depth: 4.7 mi) earthquake occurred 129.5 miles away from the county center
On 12/9/2003 at 20:59:18, a magnitude 4.5 (4.5 ML, Depth: 6.2 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 68.6 miles away from the county center
On 8/25/2011 at 05:07:52, a magnitude 4.5 (4.5 ML, Depth: 4.2 mi) earthquake occurred 77.2 miles away from the county center
On 12/9/2003 at 20:59:14, a magnitude 4.5 (4.5 MB, 4.5 LG) earthquake occurred 80.0 miles away from Buena Vista city center
On 7/27/1980 at 18:52:21, a magnitude 5.2 (5.1 MB, 4.7 MS, 5.0 UK, 5.2 UK) earthquake occurred 252.4 miles away from the county center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,646 (72.5%)
- Carpooled: 159 (7.0%)
- Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means: 62 (2.7%)
- Walked: 213 (9.4%)
- Worked at home: 147 (6.5%)
- Health care and social assistance (18%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Other services, except public administration (5%)
- Retail trade (5%)
- Manufacturing (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Health care and social assistance (24%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Accommodation and food services (16%)
- Other services, except public administration (7%)
- Retail trade (6%)
- Manufacturing (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Personal care and service occupations (11%)
- Sales and related occupations (10%)
- Construction and extraction occupations (9%)
- Production occupations (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Management occupations (7%)
- Food preparation and serving related occupations (6%)
- Food preparation and serving related occupations (19%)
- Management occupations (17%)
- Office and administrative support occupations (14%)
- Personal care and service occupations (14%)
- Business and financial operations occupations (7%)
- Educational instruction, and library occupations (6%)
- Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations (4%)
- Peru (40%)
- Nepal (18%)
- Lithuania (18%)
- Latvia (5%)
- Ireland (0%)
- Norway (0%)
- Sweden (0%)
- American (50%)
- English (5%)
- Irish (5%)
- European (3%)
- German (3%)
- Scotch-Irish (2%)
- Danish (2%)
74 people in nursing facilities/skilled-nursing facilities
202 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
89 people in nursing homes
10.18% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($39,442 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: | 10.18% |
| Virginia average: | 10.16% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
7.17% relocated from other counties in Virginia ($26,217 average AGI)
3.02% relocated from other states ($13,226 average AGI)
Buena Vista city: 3.02% Virginia average: 3.91%
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2020 and 2021:
| from Rockbridge County, VA |  3.42% ($37,421 average AGI) |
10.71% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($38,259 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: | 10.71% |
| Virginia average: | 10.20% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
8.02% relocated to other counties in Virginia ($29,544 average AGI)
2.69% relocated to other states ($8,715 average AGI)
Buena Vista city: 2.69% Virginia average: 3.98%
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2020 and 2021:
| to Rockbridge County, VA | 3.94% ($47,239 average AGI) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.8
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 9.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 12.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 12.3
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 5.7
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 11.8
Persons under 19 years old without health insurance coverage in 2018: 3.3%
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2007: 1,316 (1,036 aged, 280 disabled)
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2007: 60 (4%)
Most common underlying causes of death in Buena Vista city, Virginia in 1999 - 2019:
- Unspecified dementia (33)
- Atherosclerotic heart disease (11)
- Congestive heart failure (10)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 10%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 6%
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1,227
Dentists per 100,000 population in 1998: 16
Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 80
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 93
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,684- Male householders: 1,295 (329 living alone), Female householders: 1,434 (385 living alone)
1,194 spouses (1,172 opposite-sex spouses), 136 unmarried partners, (136 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 1,623 children (1,511 natural, 11 adopted, 102 stepchildren), 88 grandchildren, 65 brothers or sisters, 57 parents, 23 foster children, 100 other relatives, 114 non-relatives
- In group quarters: 557
Size of family households: 904 2-persons, 551 3-persons, 278 4-persons, 109 5-persons, 29 6-persons, 46 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 714 1-person, 90 2-persons.
758 married couples with children.
596 single-parent households (200 men, 396 women).
98.0% of residents of Buena Vista city speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (61% speak English very well, 39% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $41,619,000 ($6,680 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $1,320,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $22,206,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $9,537,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $4,000
Federal grants: $6,564,000
Federal procurement contracts: $1,694,000 ($276,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $1,616,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $120,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $2,432,000
Federal Government insurance: $14,963,000
Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 351| Here: | 55 per 1000 residents |
| State: | 70 per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 388
| Here: | 60 per 1000 residents |
| State: | 40 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +11
| Here: | +2 per 1000 residents |
| State: | +18 per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: +122
| Here: | +19 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)
| Here: | 6.5 |
| State: | 7.0 |
| Here: | 5.8 |
| State: | 4.3 |
- Year house built in Buena Vista city, Virginia
- 02020 or later
- 802010 to 2019
- 3472000 to 2009
- 2851990 to 1999
- 4151980 to 1989
- 5081970 to 1979
- 2641960 to 1969
- 4991950 to 1959
- 2411940 to 1949
- 2791939 or earlier
- Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Buena Vista city, Virginia
- 01 room
- 02 rooms
- 03 rooms
- 1204 rooms
- 4175 rooms
- 2576 rooms
- 2827 rooms
- 2398 rooms
- 2639+ rooms
- Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Buena Vista city, Virginia
- 01 room
- 212 rooms
- 693 rooms
- 834 rooms
- 3375 rooms
- 946 rooms
- 2227 rooms
- 2218 rooms
- 649+ rooms
- Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Buena Vista city, Virginia
- 0no bedroom
- 01 bedroom
- 2012 bedrooms
- 1,1033 bedrooms
- 2284 bedrooms
- 535+ bedrooms
- Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Buena Vista city, Virginia
- 0no bedroom
- 911 bedroom
- 2322 bedrooms
- 4643 bedrooms
- 3244 bedrooms
- 105+ bedrooms
- Cars and other vehicles available in Buena Vista city in owner-occupied houses/condos
- 23no vehicle
- 5191 vehicle
- 6522 vehicles
- 2803 vehicles
- 604 vehicles
- 635+ vehicles
- Cars and other vehicles available in Buena Vista city in renter-occupied apartments
- 113no vehicle
- 3851 vehicle
- 4702 vehicles
- 633 vehicles
- 874 vehicles
- 05+ vehicles
77.9% of Buena Vista city residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 10% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 45% lived in Virginia.
| Buena Vista city: | 77.9% |
| State average: | 86.6% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4,458
- Other state: 2,141
- Northeast: 306
- Midwest: 94
- South: 835
- West: 942
- 46.4%Electricity
- 41.3%Utility gas
- 6.7%Wood
- 5.2%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 0.5%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 72.2%Electricity
- 26.2%Utility gas
- 1.6%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
Private vs. public school enrollment:
| Here: | 7.5% |
| Virginia: | 13.2% |
| Here: | 15.0% |
| Virginia: | 10.2% |
| Here: | 75.4% |
| Virginia: | 18.7% |
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2004:
- Total number of recipients: 200
- Number of aged recipients: 28
- Number of blind and disabled recipients: 172
- Number of recipients under 18: 37
- Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 118
- Number of recipients older than 64: 45
- Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 81
- Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 72
| Most common first names in Buena Vista city, VA among deceased individuals | ||
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
|---|---|---|
| James | 95 | 71.0 years |
| William | 89 | 71.5 years |
| Mary | 64 | 77.7 years |
| John | 61 | 75.1 years |
| Charles | 53 | 69.2 years |
| Robert | 50 | 71.3 years |
| Margaret | 47 | 78.1 years |
| Virginia | 30 | 79.6 years |
| George | 30 | 75.4 years |
| Dorothy | 28 | 75.3 years |
| Most common last names in Buena Vista city, VA among deceased individuals | ||
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
|---|---|---|
| Clark | 69 | 71.7 years |
| Coleman | 45 | 74.2 years |
| Chittum | 43 | 75.0 years |
| Floyd | 37 | 71.3 years |
| Huffman | 37 | 74.4 years |
| Henson | 36 | 76.6 years |
| Davis | 35 | 74.4 years |
| Staton | 32 | 76.2 years |
| Coffey | 31 | 72.2 years |
| Smith | 29 | 68.1 years |