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Shipman CDP, Virginia: commercial real estate data.
Shipman CDP is a Census CDP of 472 people across 2.69 square miles of land, in Nelson County. Median household income is $49,301, 52.5 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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This is a small place, and the figures below carry wide margins.
The American Community Survey reaches Shipman through a sample, not a count, and in a place this size that sample is thin. The population estimate here is 472 with a margin of error of plus or minus 257, which is 54.4 percent of the estimate itself. Every figure whose margin reaches 20 percent is printed with that margin beside it, so you can see the width of each one rather than having to assume it.
Nothing has been removed or adjusted. These are the published federal estimates, shown with the uncertainty the Census publishes alongside them.
Shipman
What Shipman is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area2.69 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land176 plus or minus 96
- County holding the largest share of its areaNelson 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.
Shipman
How many people live in Shipman
- Population472 plus or minus 257
- Median age42.1 plus or minus 12.6
- Population under 18139 plus or minus 89
- Share under 1829.4 percent plus or minus 9.8
- Population 65 and over12 plus or minus 19
- Share 65 and over2.5 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Households181 plus or minus 114
- Family households90 plus or minus 60
- Share of households that are families49.7 percent plus or minus 10.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Shipman
Income and work in Shipman
- Median household income$49,301 plus or minus $13,309
- Per capita income$19,124 plus or minus $10,762
- Civilian labor force180 plus or minus 135
- Employed180 plus or minus 135
- Unemployed0
- Unemployment rate0.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over333 plus or minus 173
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher100.0 percent plus or minus 69.9
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher6.6 percent plus or minus 13.9
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree0.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Shipman
Housing in Shipman
- Housing units274 plus or minus 156
- Occupied units181 plus or minus 114
- Vacant units93 plus or minus 109
- Vacancy rate33.9 percent plus or minus 34.8
- Owner occupied95 plus or minus 63
- Renter occupied86 plus or minus 91
- Ownership rate52.5 percent plus or minus 10.9
- Median owner-occupied home value$234,700 plus or minus $176,278
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,068 plus or minus $876
- Annual rent as a share of median income26.0 percent plus or minus 22.4
- Single family units181 plus or minus 124
- Share single family66.1 percent plus or minus 25.0
- Units in buildings of two or more86 plus or minus 93
- Share in buildings of two or more31.4 percent plus or minus 28.7
- Mobile homes7 plus or minus 11
- Median year structure built1984
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Shipman
How Shipman gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute163 plus or minus 123
- Commuting under 15 minutes9 plus or minus 24
- Share commuting under 15 minutes5.5 percent plus or minus 14.0
- Commuting 30 minutes or more95 plus or minus 56
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more58.3 percent plus or minus 55.9
- Drove alone68.9 percent
- Carpooled12.8 percent plus or minus 15.0
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home9.4 percent plus or minus 22.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Nelson County, not Shipman
Nelson County context, not Shipman figures
These are Nelson County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Shipman measurements.
- Establishments in Nelson County372
- Employment at those establishments, Nelson County3,265
- Covered employment, Nelson County3,982
- Average annual pay, Nelson County$48,069
- Average weekly wage, Nelson County$924
- Housing units permitted, Nelson County66
- Of those, single family, Nelson County66
- County product, 2024, Nelson County$700,333,000
- County product change over the prior year, Nelson County3.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Nelson County$113,976
Every figure in this section is published for Nelson County as a whole and is not a measurement of Shipman. 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
Shipman questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Shipman, Virginia?
472, in 181 households. Shipman CDP covers 2.69 square miles of land, which is 176 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Shipman in?
Nelson 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 Shipman?
$49,301. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $234,700. Median gross rent is $1,068 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 Shipman figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Nelson 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 Shipman.
Is zoning published for Shipman?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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