Moving to Blacksburg, Virginia
About Blacksburg, Virginia

Blacksburg is an incorporated town in Montgomery County, Virginia, United States, with a population of 44,826 at the 2020 census. Blacksburg and the surrounding county is dominated economically and demographically by the presence of Virginia Tech.
Blacksburg, Christiansburg, and the city of Radford are the three principal jurisdictions of the Blacksburg-Christiansburg metropolitan area, which encompasses those jurisdictions and all of Montgomery, Pulaski, and Giles counties for statistical purposes. The MSA has an estimated population of 181,863 and is currently one of the faster-growing MSAs in Virginia.
Gender
Gender | Blacksburg | Virginia | Country |
---|---|---|---|
Female | 46.1% | 50.8% | 50.8% |
Male | 53.9% | 49.2% | 49.2% |
Gender
Female Male
Household Income
< $10000 $10K to $15K $15K to $25K $25K to $35K $35K to $50K $50K to $75K $75K to $100K $100K to $150K $150K to $200K $200K or more
Income | Blacksburg | Virginia | Country |
---|---|---|---|
Less than $10,000 | 23.8% | 4.8% | 5.8% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 5.6% | 3.3% | 4.1% |
$15,000 to $24,999 | 9.4% | 7% | 8.5% |
$25,000 to $34,999 | 7.7% | 7.1% | 8.6% |
$35,000 to $49,999 | 9.3% | 10.8% | 12.0% |
$50,000 to $74,999 | 12.1% | 16.3% | 17.2% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 8.3% | 12.9% | 12.8% |
$100,000 to $149,999 | 9.7% | 17.2% | 15.6% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 5.8% | 9% | 7.1% |
$200,000 or more | 8.2% | 11.6% | 8.3% |
Education
< 9th Grade 9-12th Grade High School or GED Other College Associate Degree Bachelor Degree Masters Degree Professional Degree Doctorate Degree
Education | Blacksburg | Virginia | Country |
---|---|---|---|
< 9th Grade | 2% | 3% | 5.0% |
9-12th Grade | 2% | 6% | 7.0% |
High School or GED | 11% | 24% | 27.0% |
Other College | 12% | 19% | 20.0% |
Associate's Degree | 4% | 8% | 9% |
Bachelor's Degree | 27% | 22% | 20.0% |
Master's Degree | 23% | 13% | 9.0% |
Professional Degree | 4% | 3% | 2.0% |
Doctorate Degree | 15% | 2% | 1.0% |
Household Income
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Race / Ethnicity
White African American American Indian Asian Hispanic Hawaiian Mixed Other
Ethnicity | Blacksburg | Virginia | Country |
---|---|---|---|
White | 75.8% | 61.2% | 60.1% |
African American | 4.3% | 18.7% | 12.2% |
American Indian | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.6% |
Asian | 12.5% | 6.6% | 5.6% |
Hawaiian | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% |
Other | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.3% |
Multiracial | 2.2% | 3.4% | 2.8% |
Hispanic | 4.2% | 9.5% | 18.2% |
Race / Ethnicity
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