Emporia city, Virginia (VA)
County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 395
County owner-occupied houses and condos in 2000: 1,159
Renter-occupied apartments: 1,328 (it was 1,067 in 2000)
| % of renters here: | 48% |
| State: | 33% |
Land area: 7 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population density: 830 people per square mile (very high).
Industries providing employment: Manufacturing (21.3%), Retail trade (17.5%), Educational, health and social services (13.8%), Public administration (10.8%), Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services (10.1%).
Type of workers:
- Private wage or salary: 83%
- Government: 14%
- Self-employed, not incorporated: 3%
- Unpaid family work: 0%
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- 3,41159.1%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
- 1,31722.8%White Non-Hispanic Alone
- 72212.5%Two or more races
- 2784.8%Hispanic or Latino
- 450.8%Asian alone
| Median resident age: | 40.2 years |
| Virginia median age: | 39.0 years |
| Males: 2,548 |  (44.6%) |
| Females: 3,170 |  (55.4%) |
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| Emporia city: | 2.0 people |
| Virginia: | 3 people |
Estimated median household income in 2022: $40,788 ($30,333 in 1999)
| This county: | $40,788 |
| Virginia: | $85,873 |
Median contract rent in 2022 for apartments: $595 (lower quartile is $501, upper quartile is $737)
| This county: | $595 |
| State: | $1270 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $139,263 (it was $67,300 in 2000)
| Emporia city: | $139,263 |
| Virginia: | $365,700 |
Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $1,370
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $433
Institutionalized population: 226
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $1,543 (0.7%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $817 (0.8%)
| Emporia city: | 18.3% |
| Virginia: | 10.6% |
Median age of residents in 2022: 40.2 years old
(Males: 37.5 years old, Females: 42.8 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 53.4 years old, Black residents: 37.9 years old, Asian residents: 58.4 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 38.3 years old)
Area name: Greensville County-Emporia city, VA HUD Nonmetro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Emporia city is $451 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $500 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $604 a month.
| Here: | 4.0% |
| Virginia: | 2.7% |
Current college students: 106
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 76.9%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 16.5%
Number of foreign born residents: 185 (65.8% naturalized citizens)
| Emporia city: | 3.2% |
| Whole state: | 12.7% |
- Year of entry for the foreign-born population
- 862010 or later
- 142000 to 2009
- 751990 to 1999
- 161980 to 1989
- 61970 to 1979
- 33Before 1970
Mean travel time to work (commute): minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 93.9%
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,237
- Two: 79
- 3 or 4: 237
- 5 to 9: 151
- 10 to 19: 65
- 20 to 49: 5
- 50 or more: 16
- Mobile homes: 52
Housing units in Emporia city with a mortgage: 413 (13 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 0
| Here: | 100.0% with mortgage |
| State: | 97.2% with mortgage |
Food Environment Statistics:
| Emporia city: | 8.94 / 10,000 pop. |
| State: | 2.03 / 10,000 pop. |
| Here: | 1.79 / 10,000 pop. |
| Virginia: | 0.17 / 10,000 pop. |
| This county: | 7.15 / 10,000 pop. |
| Virginia: | 1.43 / 10,000 pop. |
| Emporia city: | 16.09 / 10,000 pop. |
| Virginia: | 4.03 / 10,000 pop. |
| This county: | 16.09 / 10,000 pop. |
| State: | 7.65 / 10,000 pop. |
| Emporia city: | 13.0% |
| Virginia: | 9.3% |
| Emporia city: | 30.7% |
| State: | 26.7% |
| Here: | 25.7% |
| State: | 18.6% |
Tornado activity:
Emporia city historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly below Virginia state average. It is 172497.4 times below overall U.S. average.Tornadoes in this county have caused 13 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 8/17/1994, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado injured 10 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.
Earthquake activity:
Emporia city-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Virginia state average. It is 55% 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 87.0 miles away from Emporia city center
On 12/9/2003 at 20:59:14, a magnitude 4.5 (4.5 MB, 4.5 LG, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 65.0 miles away from the county center
On 8/9/2020 at 12:07:37, a magnitude 5.1 (5.1 MW, Depth: 4.7 mi) earthquake occurred 198.0 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) earthquake occurred 80.9 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 89.9 miles away from Emporia city center
On 8/24/2011 at 00:04:36, a magnitude 4.2 (4.2 ML) earthquake occurred 87.5 miles away from the county center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML), moment magnitude (MW)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,941 (78.5%)
- Carpooled: 334 (8.9%)
- Bus: 2 (0.1%)
- Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means: 209 (5.6%)
- Walked: 79 (2.1%)
- Worked at home: 62 (1.7%)
- Retail trade (23%)
- Health care and social assistance (21%)
- Manufacturing (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Retail trade (21%)
- Health care and social assistance (18%)
- Manufacturing (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Production occupations (20%)
- Material moving occupations (17%)
- Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations (8%)
- Transportation occupations (8%)
- Construction and extraction occupations (6%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Sales and related occupations (18%)
- Production occupations (17%)
- Office and administrative support occupations (12%)
- Management occupations (10%)
- Health diagnosing and treating practitioners and other technical occupations (8%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (6%)
- Food preparation and serving related occupations (5%)
- Kenya (38%)
- Mexico (32%)
- Thailand (25%)
- Denmark (7%)
- Canada (3%)
- United Kingdom, excluding England and Scotland (0%)
- England (0%)
- African (34%)
- English (12%)
- American (8%)
- Kenyan (1%)
- Scottish (1%)
- Irish (1%)
- German (0%)
People in group quarters in Emporia city, Virginia in 2010:
- 226 people in nursing facilities/skilled-nursing facilities
- 15 people in emergency and transitional shelters (with sleeping facilities) for people experiencing homelessness
- 5 people in group homes intended for adults
People in group quarters in Emporia city, Virginia in 2000:
- 181 people in nursing homes
- 73 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 4 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
9.70% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($30,749 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: | 9.70% |
| Virginia average: | 10.16% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
8.02% relocated from other counties in Virginia ($24,424 average AGI)
1.68% relocated from other states ($6,330 average AGI)
Emporia city: 1.68% Virginia average: 3.91%
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2020 and 2021:
| from Greensville County, VA |  3.71% ($29,301 average AGI) |
| from Brunswick County, VA | 1.27% ($31,320) |
9.70% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($32,361 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: | 9.70% |
| Virginia average: | 10.20% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
7.97% relocated to other counties in Virginia ($25,728 average AGI)
1.73% relocated to other states ($6,634 average AGI)
Emporia city: 1.73% Virginia average: 3.98%
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2020 and 2021:
| to Greensville County, VA | 3.20% ($33,635 average AGI) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.8
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 12.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 17.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 17.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 13.9
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 20.9
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 13.4
Persons under 19 years old without health insurance coverage in 2018: 3.2%
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2007: 1,200 (922 aged, 278 disabled)
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2007: 76 (5%)
Most common underlying causes of death in Emporia city, Virginia in 1999 - 2019:
- Atherosclerotic heart disease (43)
- Stroke, not specified as haemorrhage or infarction (25)
- Acute myocardial infarction, unspecified (10)
- Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, so described (10)
- Unspecified dementia (10)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 17%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%
Short term general hospital admissions per 100,000 population in 2004: 66,302
Short term general hospital beds per 100,000 population in 2004: 2,714
Emergency room visits per 100,000 population in 2004: 489,743
General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1,432
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1,521
Dentists per 100,000 population in 1998: 18
Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 73
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 197
Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 54
Crimes per 100,000 population in 1996: 1
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,718- Male householders: 878 (352 living alone), Female householders: 1,432 (441 living alone)
607 spouses (607 opposite-sex spouses), 364 unmarried partners, (364 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 1,386 children (1,298 natural, 40 adopted, 45 stepchildren), 536 grandchildren, 40 brothers or sisters, 36 parents, 0 foster children, 93 other relatives, 91 non-relatives
- In group quarters: 232
Size of family households: 716 2-persons, 245 3-persons, 292 4-persons, 20 5-persons, 92 6-persons, 56 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 794 1-person, 85 2-persons, 14 3-persons.
302 married couples with children.
651 single-parent households (159 men, 492 women).
94.4% of residents of Emporia city speak English at home.
4.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 7% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English not well).
In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $58,832,000 ($10,369 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $1,225,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $27,925,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $17,302,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $5,000
Federal grants: $11,833,000
Federal procurement contracts: $371,000 ($40,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $1,396,000 ($21,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $135,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $549,000
Federal Government insurance: $3,608,000
Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 428| Here: | 77 per 1000 residents |
| State: | 70 per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 579
| Here: | 104 per 1000 residents |
| State: | 40 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +87
| Here: | +16 per 1000 residents |
| State: | +18 per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: +7
| Here: | +1 per 1000 residents |
| State: | +14 per 1000 residents |
Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 1.38 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)
| Here: | 5.9 |
| State: | 7.0 |
| Here: | 4.8 |
| State: | 4.3 |
- Year house built in Emporia city, Virginia
- 02020 or later
- 952010 to 2019
- 2322000 to 2009
- 3121990 to 1999
- 1831980 to 1989
- 3341970 to 1979
- 3351960 to 1969
- 5551950 to 1959
- 2741940 to 1949
- 4661939 or earlier
- Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Emporia city, Virginia
- 01 room
- 02 rooms
- 603 rooms
- 94 rooms
- 2975 rooms
- 2056 rooms
- 1177 rooms
- 1338 rooms
- 969+ rooms
- Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Emporia city, Virginia
- 171 room
- 522 rooms
- 883 rooms
- 3394 rooms
- 4205 rooms
- 2516 rooms
- 867 rooms
- 328 rooms
- 559+ rooms
- Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Emporia city, Virginia
- 0no bedroom
- 231 bedroom
- 2522 bedrooms
- 4053 bedrooms
- 1994 bedrooms
- 455+ bedrooms
- Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Emporia city, Virginia
- 17no bedroom
- 1641 bedroom
- 4602 bedrooms
- 5613 bedrooms
- 1324 bedrooms
- 155+ bedrooms
- Cars and other vehicles available in Emporia city in owner-occupied houses/condos
- 94no vehicle
- 2621 vehicle
- 3032 vehicles
- 1313 vehicles
- 764 vehicles
- 715+ vehicles
- Cars and other vehicles available in Emporia city in renter-occupied apartments
- 278no vehicle
- 5961 vehicle
- 3192 vehicles
- 583 vehicles
- 1104 vehicles
- 05+ vehicles
88.4% of Emporia city residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 22% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 79% lived in Virginia.
| Emporia city: | 88.4% |
| State average: | 86.6% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4,115
- Other state: 1,267
- Northeast: 375
- Midwest: 128
- South: 708
- West: 50
- 63.3%Electricity
- 16.1%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 15.0%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 4.2%Wood
- 1.3%No fuel used
- 76.7%Electricity
- 15.2%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 4.8%Wood
- 2.2%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 1.1%Utility gas
Private vs. public school enrollment:
| Here: | 3.2% |
| Virginia: | 13.2% |
| Here: | 22.4% |
| Virginia: | 10.2% |
| Here: | 2.7% |
| Virginia: | 18.7% |
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2004:
- Total number of recipients: 508
- Number of aged recipients: 83
- Number of blind and disabled recipients: 425
- Number of recipients under 18: 106
- Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 252
- Number of recipients older than 64: 150
- Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 216
- Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 187
| Most common first names in Emporia city, VA among deceased individuals | ||
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
|---|---|---|
| James | 176 | 70.6 years |
| Mary | 174 | 79.6 years |
| William | 154 | 73.6 years |
| Robert | 118 | 70.3 years |
| John | 113 | 73.2 years |
| Willie | 88 | 73.3 years |
| George | 79 | 72.4 years |
| Virginia | 72 | 76.4 years |
| Joseph | 66 | 72.8 years |
| Thomas | 60 | 72.5 years |
| Most common last names in Emporia city, VA among deceased individuals | ||
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
|---|---|---|
| Williams | 121 | 74.5 years |
| Jones | 116 | 72.5 years |
| Allen | 86 | 75.2 years |
| Moore | 74 | 72.8 years |
| Taylor | 65 | 75.2 years |
| Robinson | 63 | 75.1 years |
| Powell | 63 | 71.3 years |
| Smith | 59 | 74.4 years |
| Easter | 58 | 72.5 years |
| Turner | 51 | 73.0 years |
Emporia city on our top lists:
- #32 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000"
- #48 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest number of deaths per 1000 residents 2007-2013"