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Appalachia town, Virginia: commercial real estate data.
Appalachia town is a Census town of 1,391 people across 3.44 square miles of land, in Wise County. Median household income is $43,068, 70.8 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Appalachia
What Appalachia is
- Census place typetown
- Land area3.44 sq mi
- Water area0.04 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land404 plus or minus 94
- County holding the largest share of its areaWise 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.
Appalachia
How many people live in Appalachia
- Population1,391 plus or minus 323
- Median age43.3
- Population under 18319 plus or minus 107
- Share under 1822.9 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Population 65 and over237 plus or minus 76
- Share 65 and over17.0 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Households603 plus or minus 122
- Family households407 plus or minus 105
- Share of households that are families67.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Appalachia
Income and work in Appalachia
- Median household income$43,068
- Per capita income$23,969
- Civilian labor force578 plus or minus 168
- Employed502 plus or minus 151
- Unemployed76 plus or minus 55
- Unemployment rate13.1 percent plus or minus 8.7
- Adults 25 and over931 plus or minus 197
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.2 percent plus or minus 25.9
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher18.2 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.9 percent plus or minus 3.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Appalachia
Housing in Appalachia
- Housing units836
- Occupied units603 plus or minus 122
- Vacant units233 plus or minus 62
- Vacancy rate27.9 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Owner occupied427 plus or minus 96
- Renter occupied176 plus or minus 70
- Ownership rate70.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$67,100 plus or minus $17,484
- Median gross rent, monthly$766
- Annual rent as a share of median income21.3 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Single family units587
- Share single family70.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more208 plus or minus 70
- Share in buildings of two or more24.9 percent plus or minus 7.4
- Mobile homes41 plus or minus 24
- Median year structure built1964
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Appalachia
How Appalachia gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute423 plus or minus 145
- Commuting under 15 minutes157 plus or minus 60
- Share commuting under 15 minutes37.1 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more148 plus or minus 71
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more35.0 percent plus or minus 11.8
- Drove alone83.0 percent
- Carpooled3.5 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.0 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Worked from home12.4 percent plus or minus 4.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wise County, not Appalachia
Wise County context, not Appalachia figures
These are Wise County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Appalachia measurements.
- Establishments in Wise County607
- Employment at those establishments, Wise County7,407
- Covered employment, Wise County10,969
- Average annual pay, Wise County$46,985
- Average weekly wage, Wise County$904
- Housing units permitted, Wise County16
- Of those, single family, Wise County16
- Average income of an arriving household, Wise County$34,626
Every figure in this section is published for Wise County as a whole and is not a measurement of Appalachia. 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 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
Appalachia questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Appalachia, Virginia?
1,391, in 603 households. Appalachia town covers 3.44 square miles of land, which is 404 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Appalachia in?
Wise 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 Appalachia?
$43,068. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $67,100. Median gross rent is $766 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 Appalachia figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Wise 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 Appalachia.
Is zoning published for Appalachia?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.