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Halifax town, Virginia: commercial real estate data.
Halifax town is a Census town of 1,496 people across 3.78 square miles of land, in Halifax County. Median household income is $55,792, 72.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $130,000.
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Halifax
What Halifax is
- Census place typetown
- Land area3.78 sq mi
- Water area0.05 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land395 plus or minus 95
- County holding the largest share of its areaHalifax 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.
Halifax
How many people live in Halifax
- Population1,496 plus or minus 361
- Median age54.7
- Population under 18170 plus or minus 76
- Share under 1811.4 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Population 65 and over430 plus or minus 93
- Share 65 and over28.7 percent plus or minus 9.3
- Households619 plus or minus 134
- Family households413 plus or minus 113
- Share of households that are families66.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Halifax
Income and work in Halifax
- Median household income$55,792 plus or minus $11,175
- Per capita income$33,179
- Civilian labor force647 plus or minus 236
- Employed607 plus or minus 227
- Unemployed40 plus or minus 41
- Unemployment rate6.2 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Adults 25 and over1,139 plus or minus 276
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher88.1 percent plus or minus 26.7
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher36.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree16.3 percent plus or minus 3.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Halifax
Housing in Halifax
- Housing units708 plus or minus 145
- Occupied units619 plus or minus 134
- Vacant units89 plus or minus 37
- Vacancy rate12.6 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Owner occupied446 plus or minus 118
- Renter occupied173 plus or minus 67
- Ownership rate72.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$219,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$669
- Annual rent as a share of median income14.4 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Single family units588 plus or minus 137
- Share single family83.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more98 plus or minus 51
- Share in buildings of two or more13.8 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Mobile homes22 plus or minus 27
- Median year structure built1965
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Halifax
How Halifax gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute485 plus or minus 157
- Commuting under 15 minutes231 plus or minus 82
- Share commuting under 15 minutes47.6 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more100 plus or minus 55
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more20.6 percent plus or minus 9.2
- Drove alone70.3 percent plus or minus 35.2
- Carpooled9.2 percent plus or minus 7.3
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home20.1 percent plus or minus 24.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Halifax
SBA loans in Halifax (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$130,000
- Average approval$130,000
- Median approval$130,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$130,000
- Largest approval$130,000
- Jobs supported3
- Jobs per approval3.0
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Halifax County, not Halifax
Halifax County context, not Halifax figures
These are Halifax County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Halifax measurements.
- Establishments in Halifax County656
- Employment at those establishments, Halifax County9,748
- Covered employment, Halifax County11,850
- Average annual pay, Halifax County$50,234
- Average weekly wage, Halifax County$966
- Housing units permitted, Halifax County97
- Of those, single family, Halifax County97
- County product, 2024, Halifax County$1,637,780,000
- County product change over the prior year, Halifax County7.8 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Halifax County$54,456
Every figure in this section is published for Halifax County as a whole and is not a measurement of Halifax. 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.
- 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
Halifax questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Halifax, Virginia?
1,496, in 619 households. Halifax town covers 3.78 square miles of land, which is 395 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Halifax in?
Halifax 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 Halifax?
$55,792. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $219,300. Median gross rent is $669 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Halifax businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $130,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $130,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Halifax, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Halifax borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Halifax. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Halifax figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Halifax 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 Halifax.
Is zoning published for Halifax?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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