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Saltville town, Virginia: commercial real estate data.
Saltville town is a Census town of 2,198 people across 8.02 square miles of land, lying across Smyth County and Washington County. Median household income is $48,658, 62.9 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Saltville
What Saltville is
- Census place typetown
- Land area8.02 sq mi
- Water area0.11 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land274 plus or minus 59
- County holding the largest share of its areaSmyth County, 78.0 percent
- Counties this place lies inSmyth County 78.0 percent, Washington County 22.0 percent
Saltville town crosses a county line. The split above is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries, by area, so it says where the ground is and not where the town hall is.
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Saltville
How many people live in Saltville
- Population2,198 plus or minus 469
- Median age43.5 plus or minus 9.9
- Population under 18442 plus or minus 131
- Share under 1820.1 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Population 65 and over394 plus or minus 90
- Share 65 and over17.9 percent
- Households863
- Family households552 plus or minus 114
- Share of households that are families64.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Saltville
Income and work in Saltville
- Median household income$48,658
- Per capita income$24,009
- Civilian labor force938 plus or minus 240
- Employed883 plus or minus 239
- Unemployed55 plus or minus 39
- Unemployment rate5.9 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Adults 25 and over1,570
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher80.6 percent plus or minus 20.2
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher10.8 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.2 percent plus or minus 2.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Saltville
Housing in Saltville
- Housing units1,043
- Occupied units863
- Vacant units180 plus or minus 83
- Vacancy rate17.3 percent plus or minus 7.5
- Owner occupied543
- Renter occupied320 plus or minus 114
- Ownership rate62.9 percent plus or minus 15.0
- Median owner-occupied home value$96,600 plus or minus $36,603
- Median gross rent, monthly$645
- Annual rent as a share of median income15.9 percent
- Single family units768
- Share single family73.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more182 plus or minus 86
- Share in buildings of two or more17.4 percent plus or minus 7.8
- Mobile homes93 plus or minus 49
- Median year structure built1964
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Saltville
How Saltville gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute852 plus or minus 234
- Commuting under 15 minutes236 plus or minus 75
- Share commuting under 15 minutes27.7 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more350 plus or minus 115
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more41.1 percent
- Drove alone90.6 percent plus or minus 33.8
- Carpooled5.8 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home3.1 percent plus or minus 2.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Smyth County, not Saltville
Smyth County context, not Saltville figures
These are Smyth County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Saltville measurements.
- Establishments in Smyth County499
- Employment at those establishments, Smyth County8,169
- Covered employment, Smyth County11,649
- Average annual pay, Smyth County$48,271
- Average weekly wage, Smyth County$928
- Housing units permitted, Smyth County40
- Of those, single family, Smyth County40
- County product, 2024, Smyth County$1,349,452,000
- County product change over the prior year, Smyth County2.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Smyth County$51,875
Every figure in this section is published for Smyth County as a whole and is not a measurement of Saltville. 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
Saltville questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Saltville, Virginia?
2,198, in 863 households. Saltville town covers 8.02 square miles of land, which is 274 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Saltville in?
Saltville lies in more than one. By area it is 78.0 percent in Smyth County, 22.0 percent in Washington County. This page sits under Smyth County because that county holds the largest share. The split is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries.
What is the median household income in Saltville?
$48,658. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $96,600. Median gross rent is $645 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 Saltville figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Smyth 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 Saltville.
Is zoning published for Saltville?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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