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Drakes Branch town, Virginia: commercial real estate data.
Drakes Branch town is a Census town of 435 people across 4.14 square miles of land, in Charlotte County. Median household income is $25,938, 68.5 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Drakes Branch
What Drakes Branch is
- Census place typetown
- Land area4.14 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land105 plus or minus 39
- County holding the largest share of its areaCharlotte County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Drakes Branch
How many people live in Drakes Branch
- Population435 plus or minus 161
- Median age52.2
- Population under 1858 plus or minus 41
- Share under 1813.3 percent plus or minus 8.0
- Population 65 and over133 plus or minus 58
- Share 65 and over30.6 percent plus or minus 7.2
- Households203 plus or minus 71
- Family households100 plus or minus 48
- Share of households that are families49.3 percent plus or minus 16.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Drakes Branch
- Median household income$25,938 plus or minus $23,529
- Per capita income$25,299 plus or minus $5,109
- Civilian labor force151 plus or minus 77
- Employed151 plus or minus 77
- Unemployed0
- Unemployment rate0.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over314 plus or minus 104
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher78.3 percent plus or minus 36.1
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher14.3 percent plus or minus 7.5
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree9.2 percent plus or minus 7.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Drakes Branch
- Housing units291 plus or minus 87
- Occupied units203 plus or minus 71
- Vacant units88 plus or minus 47
- Vacancy rate30.2 percent plus or minus 13.4
- Owner occupied139 plus or minus 63
- Renter occupied64 plus or minus 38
- Ownership rate68.5 percent plus or minus 19.7
- Median owner-occupied home value$111,000 plus or minus $57,591
- Median gross rent, monthly$569 plus or minus $345
- Annual rent as a share of median income26.3 percent plus or minus 28.7
- Single family units230 plus or minus 78
- Share single family79.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more27 plus or minus 24
- Share in buildings of two or more9.3 percent plus or minus 7.6
- Mobile homes34 plus or minus 25
- Median year structure built1970
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Drakes Branch gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute144 plus or minus 78
- Commuting under 15 minutes64 plus or minus 56
- Share commuting under 15 minutes44.4 percent plus or minus 30.8
- Commuting 30 minutes or more71 plus or minus 37
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more49.3 percent plus or minus 37.0
- Drove alone87.9 percent plus or minus 23.2
- Carpooled7.4 percent plus or minus 10.8
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home3.4 percent plus or minus 5.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Charlotte County, not Drakes Branch
Charlotte County context, not Drakes Branch figures
These are Charlotte County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Drakes Branch measurements.
- Establishments in Charlotte County220
- Employment at those establishments, Charlotte County1,762
- Covered employment, Charlotte County2,737
- Average annual pay, Charlotte County$46,079
- Average weekly wage, Charlotte County$886
- Housing units permitted, Charlotte County39
- Of those, single family, Charlotte County39
- County product, 2024, Charlotte County$376,451,000
- County product change over the prior year, Charlotte County0.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Charlotte County$57,297
Every figure in this section is published for Charlotte County as a whole and is not a measurement of Drakes Branch. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Drakes Branch questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Drakes Branch, Virginia?
435, in 203 households. Drakes Branch town covers 4.14 square miles of land, which is 105 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Drakes Branch in?
Charlotte County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Drakes Branch?
$25,938. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $111,000. Median gross rent is $569 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Drakes Branch figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Charlotte County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Drakes Branch.
Is zoning published for Drakes Branch?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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