- State:VirginiaCounty:Amherst CountyZips:24533,24595,24574,24521,24572Coordinates:37.60479175972283, -79.14514313671626Area total:478.94 sq. mi., 1240.45 sq. km, 306522.88 acresArea land:473.96 sq. mi., 1227.55 sq. km, 303335.68 acresArea water:4.98 sq. mi., 12.90 sq. km, 3187.20 acresEstablished:1761Capital seat:
Amherst
Address: PO Box 390
County Courthouse
Amherst, VA
Governing Body: Board of Supervisors with 5 board size
Governing Authority: Dillon's Rule
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Amherst County, Virginia, United States
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- Population:31,307; Population change: -3.23% (2010 - 2020)Population density:66 persons per square mileHousehold income:$46,607Households:12,820Unemployment rate:5.60% per 14,695 county labor force
- Sales taxes:5.00%Income taxes:5.75%GDP:$784.10 M, gross domestic product (GDP)
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Amherst County's population of Virginia of 19,020 residents in 1930 has increased 1,65-fold to 31,307 residents after 90 years, according to the official 2020 census. U.S. Bureau of the Census beginning in 1900. Data for 1870-1890 are on a de facto or unspecified basis; data for 1900 and later years are resident totals.
Approximately 52.12% female residents and 47.88% male residents live in as of 2020, 60.15% in Amherst County, Virginia are married and the remaining 39.85% are single population.
As of 2020, 60.15% in Amherst County, Virginia are married and the remaining 39.85% are single population.
- Housing units:14,232 residential units of which 89.56% share occupied residential units.
25.6 minutes is the average time that residents in Amherst County require for a one-way commute to work. A long commute can have different effects on health. A Gallup poll in the US found that in terms of mental health, long haul commuters are up to 12 percent more likely to experience worry, and ten percent less likely to feel well rested. The Gallup poll also found that of people who commute 61–90 minutes each day, a whopping one third complained of neck and back pain, compared to less than a quarter of people who only spend ten minutes getting to work.
79.71% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 11.94% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool, 0.71% of the population that commutes using mass transit, including bus, light rail, subway, and ferry. 2.56% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.
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Of the total residential buildings in Amherst County, Virginia 72.46% are owner-occupied homes, another 19.48% are rented apartments, and the remaining 8.07% are vacant.
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The 33.65% of the population in Amherst County, Virginia who identify themselves as belonging to a religion are distributed among the following most diverse religions.
Since the 1860s, the two main parties have been the Republican Party (here in 2022 = 57.620%) and the Democratic Party (here in 2022 = 41.460%) of those eligible to vote in Amherst County, Virginia.
