Norton city, Virginia (VA)
County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 430
County owner-occupied houses and condos in 2000: 968
Renter-occupied apartments: 838 (it was 762 in 2000)
| % of renters here: | 44% |
| State: | 33% |
Land area: 8 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population density: 490 people per square mile (high).
Industries providing employment: Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services (20.3%), Educational, health and social services (19.0%), Retail trade (16.5%), Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services (15.8%).
Type of workers:
- Private wage or salary: 85%
- Government: 9%
- Self-employed, not incorporated: 5%
- Unpaid family work: 0%
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- 3,41093.7%White Non-Hispanic Alone
- 1534.2%Two or more races
- 742.0%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
- 20.05%Asian alone
| Median resident age: | 43.9 years |
| Virginia median age: | 39.0 years |
| Males: 1,704 |  (46.1%) |
| Females: 1,989 |  (53.9%) |
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| Norton city: | 2.0 people |
| Virginia: | 3 people |
Estimated median household income in 2022: $36,390 ($22,788 in 1999)
| This county: | $36,390 |
| Virginia: | $85,873 |
Median contract rent in 2022 for apartments: $429 (lower quartile is $189, upper quartile is $633)
| This county: | $429 |
| State: | $1270 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $112,142 (it was $53,800 in 2000)
| Norton city: | $112,142 |
| Virginia: | $365,700 |
Mean price in 2022:
Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $1,189Detached houses: $182,514
Here: $182,514 State: $472,865 Townhouses or other attached units: $236,530
Here: $236,530 State: $457,437 Mobile homes: $21,525
Here: $21,525 State: $100,736
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $482
Institutionalized population: 40
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $1,124 (0.7%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $765 (0.8%)
| Norton city: | 30.8% |
| Virginia: | 10.6% |
Median age of residents in 2022: 43.9 years old
(Males: 40.2 years old, Females: 50.5 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 45.5 years old, Black residents: 20.2 years old)
Area name: Wise County-Norton city, VA HUD Nonmetro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Norton city is $410 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $483 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $628 a month.
Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable location: Chadwell Gap Campsite (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Neighboring counties: Brunswick County 
, San Benito County, California 
, Greensville County , Howell County, Missouri , Jasper County, Missouri , Prince George County , Scott County, Tennessee 
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| Here: | 4.0% |
| Virginia: | 2.7% |
Current college students: 180
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 90.2%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 19.4%
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (104.8% naturalized citizens)
| Norton city: | 0.1% |
| Whole state: | 12.7% |
- Year of entry for the foreign-born population
- 02010 or later
- 02000 to 2009
- 01990 to 1999
- 61980 to 1989
- 121970 to 1979
- 2Before 1970
Mean travel time to work (commute): minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 95.0%
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 985
- One, attached: 18
- Two: 169
- 3 or 4: 81
- 5 to 9: 117
- 10 to 19: 124
- 20 to 49: 62
- 50 or more: 89
- Mobile homes: 233
Housing units in Norton city with a mortgage: 316 (22 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 21 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 10
| Here: | 96.9% with mortgage |
| State: | 97.2% with mortgage |
Food Environment Statistics:
| Norton city: | 5.39 / 10,000 pop. |
| State: | 2.03 / 10,000 pop. |
| This county: | 2.70 / 10,000 pop. |
| Virginia: | 1.43 / 10,000 pop. |
| Norton city: | 18.87 / 10,000 pop. |
| Virginia: | 4.03 / 10,000 pop. |
| This county: | 18.87 / 10,000 pop. |
| State: | 7.65 / 10,000 pop. |
| Norton city: | 9.9% |
| Virginia: | 9.3% |
| Norton city: | 27.0% |
| State: | 26.7% |
Earthquake activity:
Norton city-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Virginia state average. It is 29% greater than the overall U.S. average.On 8/9/2020 at 12:07:37, a magnitude 5.1 (5.1 MW, Depth: 4.7 mi, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 90.7 miles away from Norton 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 113.6 miles away from the county center
On 8/23/2011 at 17:51:04, a magnitude 5.8 (5.8 MW, Depth: 3.7 mi) earthquake occurred 266.2 miles away from the county center
On 11/30/1973 at 07:48:41, a magnitude 4.7 (4.7 MB, 4.6 ML, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 108.3 miles away from the county center
On 11/23/2006 at 10:42:57, a magnitude 4.3 (4.3 MB) earthquake occurred 39.0 miles away from Norton city center
On 11/2/2006 at 17:53:02, a magnitude 4.3 (4.3 MB, Depth: 0.6 mi) earthquake occurred 43.0 miles away from the county center
Magnitude types: body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,588 (74.0%)
- Carpooled: 216 (10.1%)
- Bus: 34 (1.6%)
- Walked: 36 (1.7%)
- Worked at home: 219 (10.2%)
- Health care and social assistance (14%)
- Retail trade (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Transportation and warehousing (4%)
- Health care and social assistance (18%)
- Retail trade (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (15%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (13%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Transportation and warehousing (5%)
- Sales and related occupations (14%)
- Construction and extraction occupations (13%)
- Management occupations (11%)
- Food preparation and serving related occupations (8%)
- Office and administrative support occupations (8%)
- Computer and mathematical occupations (7%)
- Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations (7%)
- Management occupations (34%)
- Office and administrative support occupations (18%)
- Sales and related occupations (9%)
- Healthcare support occupations (6%)
- Computer and mathematical occupations (5%)
- Business and financial operations occupations (5%)
- Legal occupations (5%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (100%)
- Denmark (0%)
- Ireland (0%)
- Norway (0%)
- Sweden (0%)
- United Kingdom, excluding England and Scotland (0%)
- England (0%)
- American (42%)
- English (21%)
- German (8%)
- Irish (5%)
- European (3%)
- Dutch (3%)
- Scottish (2%)
28 people in other noninstitutional facilities
49 people in nursing homes
11.18% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($30,974 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: | 11.18% |
| Virginia average: | 10.16% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
8.78% relocated from other counties in Virginia ($22,844 average AGI)
2.39% relocated from other states ($8,130 average AGI)
Norton city: 2.39% Virginia average: 3.91%
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2020 and 2021:
| from Wise County, VA |  7.18% ($26,081 average AGI) |
10.85% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($35,282 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: | 10.85% |
| Virginia average: | 10.20% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
8.38% relocated to other counties in Virginia ($27,530 average AGI)
2.48% relocated to other states ($7,752 average AGI)
Norton city: 2.48% Virginia average: 3.98%
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2020 and 2021:
| to Wise County, VA | 6.12% ($30,155 average AGI) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.3
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 10.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 11.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 12.0
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 15.0
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 6.2
Persons under 19 years old without health insurance coverage in 2018: 3.7%
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2007: 1,150 (719 aged, 431 disabled)
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2007: 25 (3%)
Most common underlying causes of death in Norton city, Virginia in 1999 - 2019:
- Atherosclerotic heart disease (10)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 9%
Short term general hospital admissions per 100,000 population in 2004: 247,429
Short term general hospital beds per 100,000 population in 2004: 6,981
Emergency room visits per 100,000 population in 2004: 1,150,253
General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 925
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1,387
Dentists per 100,000 population in 1998: 27
Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 48
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 354
Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 54
Crimes per 100,000 population in 1996: 1
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,693- Male householders: 545 (183 living alone), Female householders: 1,093 (520 living alone)
558 spouses (543 opposite-sex spouses), 115 unmarried partners, (115 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 874 children (781 natural, 27 adopted, 64 stepchildren), 75 grandchildren, 12 brothers or sisters, 129 parents, 0 foster children, 61 other relatives, 168 non-relatives
- In group quarters: 63
Size of family households: 357 2-persons, 238 3-persons, 251 4-persons, 30 5-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 704 1-person, 34 2-persons, 12 3-persons.
257 married couples with children.
291 single-parent households (45 men, 246 women).
99.3% of residents of Norton city speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English not well).
In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $54,960,000 ($14,644 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $6,399,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $21,312,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $9,994,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $287,000
Federal grants: $10,516,000
Federal procurement contracts: $6,152,000 ($5,970,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $6,699,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $0,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $146,000
Federal Government insurance: $3,700,000
Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 219| Here: | 60 per 1000 residents |
| State: | 70 per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 288
| Here: | 78 per 1000 residents |
| State: | 40 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +19
| Here: | +5 per 1000 residents |
| State: | +18 per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -182
| Here: |  -49 per 1000 residents |
| State: |  +14 per 1000 residents |
Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 1.09 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)
| Here: | 7.1 |
| State: | 7.0 |
| Here: | 4.2 |
| State: | 4.3 |
- Year house built in Norton city, Virginia
- 02020 or later
- 02010 to 2019
- 1042000 to 2009
- 2561990 to 1999
- 3441980 to 1989
- 3841970 to 1979
- 1151960 to 1969
- 1771950 to 1959
- 1201940 to 1949
- 3331939 or earlier
- Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Norton city, Virginia
- 01 room
- 02 rooms
- 173 rooms
- 534 rooms
- 1115 rooms
- 1516 rooms
- 1757 rooms
- 1748 rooms
- 1919+ rooms
- Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Norton city, Virginia
- 01 room
- 282 rooms
- 1843 rooms
- 2254 rooms
- 1995 rooms
- 916 rooms
- 207 rooms
- 08 rooms
- 09+ rooms
- Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Norton city, Virginia
- 0no bedroom
- 01 bedroom
- 1752 bedrooms
- 3423 bedrooms
- 2924 bedrooms
- 595+ bedrooms
- Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Norton city, Virginia
- 0no bedroom
- 2221 bedroom
- 3222 bedrooms
- 2063 bedrooms
- 34 bedrooms
- 05+ bedrooms
- Cars and other vehicles available in Norton city in owner-occupied houses/condos
- 0no vehicle
- 3471 vehicle
- 2452 vehicles
- 2023 vehicles
- 834 vehicles
- 05+ vehicles
- Cars and other vehicles available in Norton city in renter-occupied apartments
- 132no vehicle
- 4891 vehicle
- 1062 vehicles
- 313 vehicles
- 94 vehicles
- 05+ vehicles
86.5% of Norton city residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 24% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 93% lived in Virginia.
| Norton city: | 86.5% |
| State average: | 86.6% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2,541
- Other state: 1,079
- Northeast: 71
- Midwest: 206
- South: 771
- West: 22
- 91.8%Electricity
- 3.4%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 1.7%Coal or coke
- 1.2%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 1.1%No fuel used
- 0.8%Utility gas
- 97.1%Electricity
- 2.0%Utility gas
- 0.9%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
Private vs. public school enrollment:
| Here: | 14.9% |
| Virginia: | 13.2% |
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Virginia: | 10.2% |
| Here: | 11.8% |
| Virginia: | 18.7% |
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2004:
- Total number of recipients: 347
- Number of aged recipients: 14
- Number of blind and disabled recipients: 333
- Number of recipients under 18: 27
- Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 274
- Number of recipients older than 64: 46
- Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 136
- Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 155
| Most common first names in Norton city, VA among deceased individuals | ||
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
|---|---|---|
| James | 69 | 69.9 years |
| John | 64 | 71.8 years |
| William | 60 | 74.5 years |
| Mary | 57 | 76.8 years |
| Robert | 42 | 67.9 years |
| George | 32 | 74.9 years |
| Charles | 26 | 70.4 years |
| Margaret | 19 | 73.2 years |
| Virginia | 19 | 77.1 years |
| Thomas | 18 | 68.3 years |
| Most common last names in Norton city, VA among deceased individuals | ||
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
|---|---|---|
| Wells | 46 | 74.8 years |
| Collins | 42 | 69.8 years |
| Jones | 41 | 71.0 years |
| Adams | 37 | 70.3 years |
| Mullins | 37 | 71.9 years |
| Sturgill | 36 | 73.2 years |
| Smith | 35 | 71.4 years |
| Bolling | 35 | 73.0 years |
| Williams | 32 | 71.2 years |
| Roberts | 31 | 72.3 years |
Norton city on our top lists:
- #2 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000"
- #60 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000"