Lynchburg, Virginia demographics

Lynchburg, VA demographics: median age 28.6; 38.5% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Lynchburg city, Virginia · Incorporated city · GEOID 5147672. The survey estimates a population of 79,497 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Lynchburg is 28.6 years, with a 90% margin of error of 0.2 years. There are 28,701 households (±574). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	28.6 ±0.2	39.0 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 79,497
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Under 18	15,388 ±604	19.4% MOE unavailable	21.7%	22.0%
18–34	31,105 ±1,121	39.1% MOE unavailable	22.8%	22.8%
35–64	21,613 ±768	27.2% MOE unavailable	38.8%	38.0%
65 and older	11,391 ±567	14.3% MOE unavailable	16.7%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 79,497
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Male	37,241 ±111	46.8% MOE unavailable	49.4%	49.5%
Female	42,256 ±111	53.2% MOE unavailable	50.6%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 79,497
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
White alone	48,749 ±651	61.3% MOE unavailable	60.2%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	21,589 ±505	27.2% MOE unavailable	18.6%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	259 ±204 · low precision	0.3% MOE unavailable	0.4%	0.9%
Asian alone	1,833 ±265	2.3% MOE unavailable	6.9%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	120 ±146 · low precision	0.2% MOE unavailable	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race alone	1,951 ±439	2.5% MOE unavailable	4.4%	7.1%
Two or more races	4,996 ±760	6.3% MOE unavailable	9.5%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 79,497
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	75,456 MOE unavailable	94.9% MOE unavailable	89.0%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4,041 MOE unavailable	5.1% MOE unavailable	11.0%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 28,701
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Married-couple family	10,698 ±615	37.3% ±2.0 pp	48.7%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	1,036 ±224	3.6% ±0.8 pp	4.6%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	4,605 ±484	16.0% ±1.7 pp	11.6%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	9,122 ±559	31.8% ±1.8 pp	28.5%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	3,240 ±427	11.3% ±1.5 pp	6.7%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 28,701
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Households with people under 18	7,135 ±512	24.9% ±1.7 pp	30.2%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	21,566 ±694	75.1% ±1.9 pp	69.8%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 28,701
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	9,122 ±559	31.8% ±1.8 pp	28.5%	28.7%
Two-person households	10,883 ±810	37.9% ±2.7 pp	34.0%	33.8%
Three-person households	4,279 ±511	14.9% ±1.8 pp	15.7%	15.3%
Four-person households	2,837 ±390	9.9% ±1.3 pp	12.9%	12.6%
Five-person households	990 ±243	3.4% ±0.8 pp	5.6%	5.9%
Six-person households	334 ±153	1.2% ±0.5 pp	2.1%	2.2%
Seven or more people	256 ±108	0.9% ±0.4 pp	1.2%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 79,497
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Native	75,642 ±524	95.2% MOE unavailable	86.9%	85.9%
Foreign born	3,855 ±524	4.8% MOE unavailable	13.1%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 74,719
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
English only	68,858 ±713	92.2% ±1.0 pp	82.6%	77.7%
Spanish	2,213 ±351	3.0% ±0.5 pp	7.9%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	231 ±109	0.3% ±0.1 pp	0.5%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	258 ±124	0.3% ±0.2 pp	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	95 ±72 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	810 ±357	1.1% ±0.5 pp	2.6%	2.0%
Korean	292 ±153 · low precision	0.4% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.7%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	261 ±155 · low precision	0.3% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.7%	1.1%
Vietnamese	257 ±265 · low precision	0.3% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.6%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	176 ±130 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.6%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	334 ±186 · low precision	0.4% ±0.2 pp · low precision	1.2%	1.1%
Arabic	126 ±94 · low precision	0.2% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.8%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	808 ±372	1.1% ±0.5 pp	1.1%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 44,667
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	4,041 ±566	9.0% ±1.3 pp	8.4%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	11,068 ±851	24.8% ±1.9 pp	23.9%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	8,946 ±636	20.0% ±1.4 pp	17.7%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	3,421 ±497	7.7% ±1.1 pp	7.8%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	10,260 ±690	23.0% ±1.5 pp	23.7%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6,931 ±641	15.5% ±1.4 pp	18.5%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 78,600
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Same house	62,258 ±1,510	79.2% ±1.9 pp	86.9%	87.7%
Moved within same county	4,528 ±860	5.8% ±1.1 pp	4.6%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	6,752 ±1,050	8.6% ±1.3 pp	4.7%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	4,581 ±666	5.8% ±0.8 pp	3.1%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	481 ±201	0.6% ±0.3 pp	0.7%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

6.0% of Lynchburg residents (±0.7 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 6.9% in Virginia and 8.4% nationally. 92.4% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Lynchburg	Virginia	U.S.	Compared with Virginia
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	6.0% ±0.7 pp	6.9%	8.4%	Lower
Households with a broadband subscription Households	92.4% ±0.9 pp	91.0%	91.0%	Higher
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	5.7% ±0.6 pp	9.4%	6.2%	Lower

Reading and reusing the estimates

The Census table links above lead to the original detailed tables. Counts, source universes and uncertainty are retained in the source observation download for Lynchburg . Compare these figures with the same survey window; do not compare one city’s five-year estimate with another city’s annual estimate as though they measured the same period. For methods, see uncertainty and denominator calculations.

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