Amherst County, Virginia (VA)
County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 3,544
County owner-occupied houses and condos in 2000: 9,327
Renter-occupied apartments: 2,960 (it was 2,614 in 2000)
% of renters here: | 22% |
State: | 33% |
Land area: 475 sq. mi.
Water area: 3.6 sq. mi.
Population density: 67 people per square mile (average).
Industries providing employment: Educational, health and social services (24.9%), Manufacturing (15.9%), Retail trade (11.2%).
Type of workers:
- Private wage or salary: 78%
- Government: 16%
- Self-employed, not incorporated: 6%
- Unpaid family work: 0%
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- 22,93773.0%White Non-Hispanic Alone
- 5,69518.1%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
- 9002.9%Two or more races
- 8782.8%Hispanic or Latino
- 5031.6%Some other race alone
- 2400.8%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
- 2320.7%Asian alone
- 280.09%Native Hawaiian and Other
Pacific Islander alone
Median resident age: | 44.2 years |
Virginia median age: | 39.0 years |
Males: 15,079 | (47.7%) |
Females: 16,562 | (52.3%) |
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Amherst County: | 2.0 people |
Virginia: | 3 people |
Estimated median household income in 2022: $63,437 ($37,393 in 1999)
This county: | $63,437 |
Virginia: | $85,873 |
Median contract rent in 2022 for apartments: $637 (lower quartile is $506, upper quartile is $770)
This county: | $637 |
State: | $1270 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $195,442 (it was $87,600 in 2000)
Amherst: | $195,442 |
Virginia: | $365,700 |
Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $1,172
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $358
Institutionalized population: 596
Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
- Murders: 1
- Rapes: 10
- Robberies: 5
- Assaults: 50
- Burglaries: 26
- Thefts: 303
- Auto thefts: 29
Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
- Murders: 0
- Rapes: 14
- Robberies: 2
- Assaults: 44
- Burglaries: 21
- Thefts: 276
- Auto thefts: 39
Single-family new house construction building permits:
- 2022: 92 buildings, average cost: $227,500
- 2021: 70 buildings, average cost: $249,100
- 2020: 69 buildings, average cost: $227,600
- 2019: 47 buildings, average cost: $189,200
- 2018: 66 buildings, average cost: $212,100
- 2017: 73 buildings, average cost: $186,700
- 2016: 47 buildings, average cost: $185,100
- 2015: 51 buildings, average cost: $157,400
- 2014: 50 buildings, average cost: $157,100
- 2013: 56 buildings, average cost: $207,300
- 2012: 33 buildings, average cost: $138,100
- 2011: 39 buildings, average cost: $173,700
- 2010: 66 buildings, average cost: $148,700
- 2009: 75 buildings, average cost: $169,300
- 2008: 68 buildings, average cost: $248,400
- 2007: 108 buildings, average cost: $180,100
- 2006: 183 buildings, average cost: $160,200
- 2005: 124 buildings, average cost: $144,300
- 2004: 117 buildings, average cost: $170,400
- 2003: 107 buildings, average cost: $129,700
- 2002: 118 buildings, average cost: $131,200
- 2001: 109 buildings, average cost: $113,300
- 2000: 93 buildings, average cost: $101,600
- 1999: 166 buildings, average cost: $98,900
- 1998: 217 buildings, average cost: $83,200
- 1997: 179 buildings, average cost: $77,700
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $1,052 (0.5%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $886 (0.5%)
Amherst County: | 11.9% |
Virginia: | 10.6% |
Median age of residents in 2022: 44.2 years old
(Males: 42.6 years old, Females: 45.6 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 46.2 years old, Black residents: 45.5 years old, American Indian residents: 52.4 years old, Asian residents: 32.6 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 28.7 years old, Other race residents: 15.0 years old)
Area name: Lynchburg, VA MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Amherst County is $443 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $534 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $658 a month.
Cities in this county include: Madison Heights, Amherst.
Here: | 3.0% |
Virginia: | 2.7% |
Current college students: 1,757
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 87.7%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 21.9%
Number of foreign born residents: 584 (56.6% naturalized citizens)
Amherst County: | 1.8% |
Whole state: | 12.7% |
- Year of entry for the foreign-born population
- 3032010 or later
- 1092000 to 2009
- 741990 to 1999
- 271980 to 1989
- 91970 to 1979
- 95Before 1970
Mean travel time to work (commute): minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 99.9%
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 11,296
- One, attached: 257
- Two: 298
- 3 or 4: 566
- 5 to 9: 208
- 10 to 19: 40
- 20 to 49: 44
- 50 or more: 14
- Mobile homes: 1,651
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 23
Housing units in Amherst County with a mortgage: 5,664 (665 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 568 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 204
Here: | 2.4% with mortgage |
State: | 97.2% with mortgage |
Religion statistics for Amherst County
Religion | Adherents | Congregations |
---|---|---|
Evangelical Protestant | 9,624 | 38 |
Mainline Protestant | 3,527 | 21 |
Catholic | 184 | 1 |
Other | 4 | 1 |
None | 19,014 | - |
Source: Clifford Grammich, Kirk Hadaway, Richard Houseal, Dale E.Jones, Alexei Krindatch, Richie Stanley and Richard H.Taylor. 2012. 2010 U.S.Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study. Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies. Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Food Environment Statistics:
Amherst County: | 1.86 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 2.03 / 10,000 pop. |
Here: | 0.31 / 10,000 pop. |
Virginia: | 0.17 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 1.86 / 10,000 pop. |
Virginia: | 1.43 / 10,000 pop. |
Amherst County: | 5.59 / 10,000 pop. |
Virginia: | 4.03 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 3.41 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 7.65 / 10,000 pop. |
Amherst County: | 11.8% |
Virginia: | 9.3% |
Amherst County: | 28.4% |
State: | 26.7% |
Here: | 8.8% |
State: | 18.6% |
Agriculture in Amherst County:
Average size of farms: 217 acresAverage value of agricultural products sold per farm: $13,844
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $65.39
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 5.60%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 84.07%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $15,230
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 15.54%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $31,436
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 92.83%
Average age of principal farm operators: 59 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 17.97
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 0.11%
Corn for grain: 196 harvested acres
Vegetables: 7 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 152 acres
Earthquake activity:
Amherst County-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Virginia state average. It is 41% 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 69.6 miles away from Amherst County center
On 8/9/2020 at 12:07:37, a magnitude 5.1 (5.1 MW, Depth: 4.7 mi) earthquake occurred 132.4 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 58.5 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 67.9 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 68.9 miles away from Amherst County 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 265.4 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)
Most recent natural disasters:
- Virginia Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4512-VA: April 2, 2020, FEMA Id: 4512, Natural disaster type: Other
- Virginia Hurricane Sandy, Incident Period: October 26, 2012 to November 01, 2012, Emergency Declared EM-3359: October 29, 2012, FEMA Id: 3359, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
- Virginia Severe Storms and Straight-line Winds, Incident Period: June 29, 2012 to July 01, 2012, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4072: July 27, 2012, FEMA Id: 4072, Natural disaster type: Storm, Wind
- Virginia Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm, Incident Period: December 18, 2009 to December 20, 2009, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1874: February 16, 2010, FEMA Id: 1874, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm, Winter Storm
- Virginia Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3240: September 12, 2005, FEMA Id: 3240, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
- Virginia Hurricane Isabel, Incident Period: September 18, 2003 to October 01, 2003, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1491: September 18, 2003, FEMA Id: 1491, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
- Virginia Winter Storm, Incident Period: January 25, 2000 to January 30, 2000, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1318: February 28, 2000, FEMA Id: 1318, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
- Virginia Hurricane Fran, Incident Period: September 05, 1996 to September 23, 1996, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1135: September 06, 1996, FEMA Id: 1135, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
- Virginia Blizzard, Incident Period: January 06, 1996 to January 12, 1996, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1086: January 13, 1996, FEMA Id: 1086, Natural disaster type: Blizzard
- Virginia Severe Storm, Flooding, Incident Period: June 22, 1995 to July 07, 1995, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1059: July 01, 1995, FEMA Id: 1059, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
- 10 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.
The number of natural disasters in Amherst County (20) is greater than the US average (15).
Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 15
Emergencies Declared: 5
Causes of natural disasters: Storms: 8, Floods: 6, Hurricanes: 4, Winter Storms: 4, Droughts: 2, Ice Storms: 2, Blizzard: 1, Snowstorm: 1, Tropical Storm: 1, Wind: 1, Other: 1 (Note: some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 5,990 (70.5%)
- Carpooled: 644 (7.6%)
- Bus: 25 (0.3%)
- Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means: 97 (1.1%)
- Bicycle: 20 (0.2%)
- Walked: 218 (2.6%)
- Worked at home: 1,533 (18.0%)
- Health care and social assistance (23%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Retail trade (12%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Health care and social assistance (24%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Retail trade (13%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Production occupations (19%)
- Management occupations (12%)
- Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations (10%)
- Construction and extraction occupations (10%)
- Sales and related occupations (6%)
- Material moving occupations (6%)
- Transportation occupations (5%)
- Office and administrative support occupations (17%)
- Educational instruction, and library occupations (11%)
- Sales and related occupations (11%)
- Management occupations (9%)
- Healthcare support occupations (8%)
- Business and financial operations occupations (6%)
- Food preparation and serving related occupations (6%)
- Mexico (26%)
- England (9%)
- Ghana (8%)
- Philippines (6%)
- India (5%)
- Oceania, n.e.c. (4%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (4%)
- American (40%)
- English (11%)
- Irish (5%)
- German (5%)
- European (2%)
- Scottish (1%)
- Italian (1%)
People in group quarters in Amherst County, Virginia in 2010:
- 552 people in college/university student housing
- 425 people in state prisons
- 364 people in workers' group living quarters and job corps centers
- 107 people in nursing facilities/skilled-nursing facilities
- 64 people in local jails and other municipal confinement facilities
- 26 people in group homes intended for adults
People in group quarters in Amherst County, Virginia in 2000:
- 796 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 677 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the intellectually disabled
- 283 people in job corps and vocational training facilities
- 94 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 55 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 50 people in nursing homes
- 15 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 2 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
7.11% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($53,771 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 7.11% |
Virginia average: | 10.16% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
5.53% relocated from other counties in Virginia ($39,127 average AGI)
1.57% relocated from other states ($14,644 average AGI)
Amherst County: 1.57% Virginia average: 3.91%
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2020 and 2021:
from Lynchburg city, VA | 2.14% ($41,145 average AGI) |
from Campbell County, VA | 0.72% ($40,651) |
from Bedford County, VA | 0.44% ($66,113) |
from Nelson County, VA | 0.42% ($43,860) |
from Appomattox County, VA | 0.18% ($48,045) |
6.53% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($44,590 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 6.53% |
Virginia average: | 10.20% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
5.21% relocated to other counties in Virginia ($33,155 average AGI)
1.32% relocated to other states ($11,434 average AGI)
Amherst County: 1.32% Virginia average: 3.98%
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2020 and 2021:
to Lynchburg city, VA | 1.90% ($34,991 average AGI) |
to Campbell County, VA | 0.96% ($44,649) |
to Bedford County, VA | 0.46% ($53,745) |
to Appomattox County, VA | 0.25% ($49,200) |
to Nelson County, VA | 0.19% ($41,909) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.9
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 10.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 8.9
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 9.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 11.0
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.0
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 5.4
Persons under 19 years old without health insurance coverage in 2018: 5.7%
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2007: 6,050 (4,841 aged, 1,209 disabled)
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2007: 605 (9%)
Most common underlying causes of death in Amherst County, Virginia in 1999 - 2019:
- Bronchus or lung, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (453)
- Acute myocardial infarction, unspecified (316)
- Atherosclerotic heart disease (269)
- Unspecified dementia (189)
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unspecified (174)
- Stroke, not specified as haemorrhage or infarction (163)
- Pneumonia, unspecified (55)
- Alzheimer disease, unspecified (53)
- Congestive heart failure (52)
- Septicaemia, unspecified (49)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 8%
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 977
Dentists per 100,000 population in 1998: 6
Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 17
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 62
Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 6
Suicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 134.6. This is more than state average.
- Firearm - 98.7
- Other - 35.9
Household type by relationship:
Households: 31,641- Male householders: 6,171 (1,645 living alone), Female householders: 6,795 (2,147 living alone)
6,207 spouses (6,192 opposite-sex spouses), 1,003 unmarried partners, (956 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 7,720 children (7,443 natural, 50 adopted, 241 stepchildren), 1,048 grandchildren, 175 brothers or sisters, 366 parents, 6 foster children, 283 other relatives, 828 non-relatives
- In group quarters: 1,052
Size of family households: 3,991 2-persons, 1,645 3-persons, 1,592 4-persons, 421 5-persons, 333 6-persons, 193 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 3,793 1-person, 867 2-persons, 89 3-persons, 67 4-persons.
3,463 married couples with children.
1,568 single-parent households (512 men, 1,056 women).
97.7% of residents of Amherst speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (74% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (92% speak English very well, 8% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (78% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $144,590,000 ($4,521 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $8,977,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $82,025,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $25,209,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $210,000
Federal grants: $21,011,000
Federal procurement contracts: $12,701,000 ($3,738,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $3,434,000 ($215,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $7,050,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $15,975,000
Federal Government insurance: $6,544,000
Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 1,694Here: | 53 per 1000 residents |
State: | 70 per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 1,609
Here: | 50 per 1000 residents |
State: | 40 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +104
Here: | +3 per 1000 residents |
State: | +18 per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: +91
Here: | +3 per 1000 residents |
State: | +14 per 1000 residents |
Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 12.93 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)
Here: | 6.4 |
State: | 7.0 |
Here: | 4.9 |
State: | 4.3 |
- Year house built in Amherst County, Virginia
- 262020 or later
- 7702010 to 2019
- 1,5662000 to 2009
- 1,9631990 to 1999
- 1,9421980 to 1989
- 2,4771970 to 1979
- 1,8941960 to 1969
- 1,4181950 to 1959
- 7001940 to 1949
- 1,3711939 or earlier
- Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Amherst County, Virginia
- 491 room
- 02 rooms
- 973 rooms
- 7134 rooms
- 1,9405 rooms
- 2,4246 rooms
- 1,8077 rooms
- 1,4208 rooms
- 1,4099+ rooms
- Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Amherst County, Virginia
- 841 room
- 1802 rooms
- 3063 rooms
- 6684 rooms
- 6515 rooms
- 5536 rooms
- 2387 rooms
- 908 rooms
- 3209+ rooms
- Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Amherst County, Virginia
- 54no bedroom
- 1321 bedroom
- 1,3762 bedrooms
- 6,3403 bedrooms
- 1,6394 bedrooms
- 3365+ bedrooms
- Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Amherst County, Virginia
- 89no bedroom
- 4491 bedroom
- 1,0472 bedrooms
- 1,0033 bedrooms
- 3494 bedrooms
- 1495+ bedrooms
- Cars and other vehicles available in Amherst County in owner-occupied houses/condos
- 219no vehicle
- 2,1061 vehicle
- 3,5202 vehicles
- 2,1803 vehicles
- 1,2604 vehicles
- 5715+ vehicles
- Cars and other vehicles available in Amherst County in renter-occupied apartments
- 484no vehicle
- 1,1311 vehicle
- 8582 vehicles
- 3123 vehicles
- 874 vehicles
- 2375+ vehicles
89.2% of Amherst County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 27% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Virginia.
Amherst County: | 89.2% |
State average: | 86.6% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 23,846
- Other state: 6,841
- Northeast: 2,028
- Midwest: 1,016
- South: 3,056
- West: 734
- 84.0%Electricity
- 5.3%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 4.1%Wood
- 2.9%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 1.8%Utility gas
- 1.6%No fuel used
- 0.2%Other fuel
- 86.5%Electricity
- 5.5%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 2.6%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 2.6%No fuel used
- 2.5%Wood
- 0.2%Utility gas
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Here: | 18.6% |
Virginia: | 13.2% |
Here: | 13.9% |
Virginia: | 10.2% |
Here: | 39.0% |
Virginia: | 18.7% |
Amherst County government finances - Expenditure in 2017:
- Charges - Elementary and Secondary Education School Tuition and Transportation: $38,000
- Construction - Elementary and Secondary Education: $373,000
- Current Operations - Elementary and Secondary Education: $45,007,000
Financial Administration: $1,225,000
General - Other: $961,000
Central Staff Services: $816,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Education: $33,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $516,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - Elementary and Secondary Education: $1,322,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Education: $1,861,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $12,898,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $12,395,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $559,000
Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $57,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue - Other: $1,365,000
Fines and Forfeits: $470,000
Rents: $92,000
Interest Earnings: $33,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Elementary and Secondary Education: $1,177,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $29,601,000
- Short Term Debt Outstanding - Beginning: $3,091,000
End of Fiscal Year: $2,864,000
- State Intergovernmental - Education: $30,468,000
Public Welfare: $1,893,000
- Tax - Property: $23,736,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $2,622,000
Public Utilities Sales: $2,018,000
Other Selective Sales: $1,036,000
Motor Vehicle License: $750,000
Other: $381,000
Occupation and Business License - Other: $371,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $29,210,000
Amherst County government finances - Revenue in 2017:
- Charges - Elementary and Secondary Education School Tuition and Transportation: $38,000
- Construction - Elementary and Secondary Education: $373,000
- Current Operations - Elementary and Secondary Education: $45,007,000
Financial Administration: $1,225,000
General - Other: $961,000
Central Staff Services: $816,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Education: $33,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $516,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - Elementary and Secondary Education: $1,322,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Education: $1,861,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $12,898,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $12,395,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $559,000
Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $57,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue - Other: $1,365,000
Fines and Forfeits: $470,000
Rents: $92,000
Interest Earnings: $33,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Elementary and Secondary Education: $1,177,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $29,601,000
- Short Term Debt Outstanding - Beginning: $3,091,000
End of Fiscal Year: $2,864,000
- State Intergovernmental - Education: $30,468,000
Public Welfare: $1,893,000
- Tax - Property: $23,736,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $2,622,000
Public Utilities Sales: $2,018,000
Other Selective Sales: $1,036,000
Motor Vehicle License: $750,000
Other: $381,000
Occupation and Business License - Other: $371,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $29,210,000
Amherst County government finances - Debt in 2017:
- Charges - Elementary and Secondary Education School Tuition and Transportation: $38,000
- Construction - Elementary and Secondary Education: $373,000
- Current Operations - Elementary and Secondary Education: $45,007,000
Financial Administration: $1,225,000
General - Other: $961,000
Central Staff Services: $816,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Education: $33,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $516,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - Elementary and Secondary Education: $1,322,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Education: $1,861,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $12,898,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $12,395,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $559,000
Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $57,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue - Other: $1,365,000
Fines and Forfeits: $470,000
Rents: $92,000
Interest Earnings: $33,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Elementary and Secondary Education: $1,177,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $29,601,000
- Short Term Debt Outstanding - Beginning: $3,091,000
End of Fiscal Year: $2,864,000
- State Intergovernmental - Education: $30,468,000
Public Welfare: $1,893,000
- Tax - Property: $23,736,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $2,622,000
Public Utilities Sales: $2,018,000
Other Selective Sales: $1,036,000
Motor Vehicle License: $750,000
Other: $381,000
Occupation and Business License - Other: $371,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $29,210,000
Amherst County government finances - Cash and Securities in 2017:
- Charges - Elementary and Secondary Education School Tuition and Transportation: $38,000
- Construction - Elementary and Secondary Education: $373,000
- Current Operations - Elementary and Secondary Education: $45,007,000
Financial Administration: $1,225,000
General - Other: $961,000
Central Staff Services: $816,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Education: $33,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $516,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - Elementary and Secondary Education: $1,322,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Education: $1,861,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $12,898,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $12,395,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $559,000
Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $57,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue - Other: $1,365,000
Fines and Forfeits: $470,000
Rents: $92,000
Interest Earnings: $33,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Elementary and Secondary Education: $1,177,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $29,601,000
- Short Term Debt Outstanding - Beginning: $3,091,000
End of Fiscal Year: $2,864,000
- State Intergovernmental - Education: $30,468,000
Public Welfare: $1,893,000
- Tax - Property: $23,736,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $2,622,000
Public Utilities Sales: $2,018,000
Other Selective Sales: $1,036,000
Motor Vehicle License: $750,000
Other: $381,000
Occupation and Business License - Other: $371,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $29,210,000
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:
- Total number of recipients: 768
- Number of aged recipients: 77
- Number of blind and disabled recipients: 691
- Number of recipients under 18: 130
- Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 466
- Number of recipients older than 64: 172
- Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 281
- Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 304
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Aggregated Statistics For Year 2009 (Based on 9 full tracts) | ||||||||||||
A) FHA, FSA/RHS & VA Home Purchase Loans | B) Conventional Home Purchase Loans | C) Refinancings | D) Home Improvement Loans | F) Non-occupant Loans on < 5 Family Dwellings (A B C & D) | G) Loans On Manufactured Home Dwelling (A B C & D) | |||||||
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Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | |
LOANS ORIGINATED | 119 | $137,655 | 127 | $139,228 | 641 | $141,782 | 62 | $66,516 | 66 | $116,606 | 50 | $69,060 |
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED | 3 | $112,000 | 3 | $77,333 | 32 | $135,688 | 4 | $35,750 | 1 | $100,000 | 7 | $63,571 |
APPLICATIONS DENIED | 13 | $129,077 | 18 | $89,889 | 202 | $136,213 | 37 | $45,946 | 13 | $100,692 | 32 | $75,000 |
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN | 7 | $115,143 | 7 | $118,429 | 108 | $152,241 | 6 | $101,167 | 6 | $142,833 | 4 | $68,250 |
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS | 8 | $141,500 | 4 | $110,250 | 42 | $163,357 | 2 | $48,500 | 0 | $0 | 2 | $102,500 |
Private Mortgage Insurance Companies Aggregated Statistics For Year 2009 (Based on 7 full tracts) | ||||||
A) Conventional Home Purchase Loans | B) Refinancings | C) Non-occupant Loans on < 5 Family Dwellings (A & B) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | |
LOANS ORIGINATED | 15 | $176,933 | 9 | $168,222 | 0 | $0 |
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED | 10 | $235,200 | 6 | $179,167 | 1 | $264,000 |
APPLICATIONS DENIED | 2 | $244,000 | 1 | $155,000 | 0 | $0 |
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN | 0 | $0 | 3 | $139,000 | 0 | $0 |
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
Most common first names in Amherst County, VA among deceased individuals | ||
Name | Count | Lived (average) |
---|---|---|
William | 229 | 72.9 years |
James | 220 | 73.8 years |
Mary | 189 | 78.1 years |
John | 189 | 72.7 years |
Robert | 154 | 72.6 years |
George | 104 | 71.3 years |
Charles | 95 | 71.4 years |
Virginia | 78 | 74.8 years |
Thomas | 76 | 70.9 years |
Margaret | 73 | 77.5 years |
Most common last names in Amherst County, VA among deceased individuals | ||
Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
---|---|---|
Campbell | 140 | 74.3 years |
Mays | 118 | 72.1 years |
Cash | 87 | 75.7 years |
Jones | 82 | 71.2 years |
Martin | 81 | 72.5 years |
Davis | 76 | 71.8 years |
Smith | 72 | 71.0 years |
Bryant | 71 | 77.6 years |
Johnson | 70 | 72.7 years |
Brown | 70 | 78.5 years |
Businesses in Amherst County, VA | ||||
Name | Count | Name | Count | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Advance Auto Parts | 1 | Lowe's | 1 | |
Arby's | 1 | McDonald's | 1 | |
AutoZone | 1 | Nike | 1 | |
CVS | 2 | Papa John's Pizza | 1 | |
Curves | 1 | Pizza Hut | 1 | |
Dairy Queen | 1 | RadioShack | 1 | |
FedEx | 1 | SONIC Drive-In | 1 | |
H&R Block | 1 | Subaru | 1 | |
Hardee's | 2 | Subway | 2 | |
KFC | 1 | T-Mobile | 2 | |
Knights Inn | 1 | U-Haul | 2 | |
La-Z-Boy | 1 | U.S. Cellular | 1 | |
Lane Furniture | 1 | UPS | 2 | |
Little Caesars Pizza | 1 | Walmart | 1 | |
Long John Silver's | 1 | Wendy's | 1 |