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Basye, VA

1,416 Population
8.7 square miles 162.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.7 ±11.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Shenandoah County: 42.9 ±0.5
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$41,436 ±$5,783 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Shenandoah County: $35,360 ±$2,264
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Virginia: $49,217 ±$253
$69,881 ±$48,197 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Shenandoah County: $64,437 ±$5,125
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Virginia: $90,974 ±$485

9.1% ±8.9% (129  ±133) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Shenandoah County: 12.3% † 5,440 (±1.6% / ±710)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 834,866 (±0.2% / ±13,292)

25.4 minutes ±20.4 (16,280  ±8,965) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Shenandoah County: 28.7 530,290 (±1.2 / ±30,070)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 27.6 99,473,730 (±0.1 / ±440,621)

Families

558 ±141 Number of households
  • Shenandoah County: 17,782 ±373
  • Virginia: 3,326,260 ±8,075
2.5 ±0.6 (1,412  ±490) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Shenandoah County: 2.5 44,205 (±0.1 / ±7)
  • about the same as the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,421,111

20.1% ±14.6% (57  ±60) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Shenandoah County: 4.5% † 409 (±1.6% / ±147)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,110 (±0.1% / ±2,842)

Housing

1,523 ±213 Number of housing units
  • Shenandoah County: 21,319 ±105
  • Virginia: 3,654,784 ±946

$272,500 ±$28,247 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Shenandoah County: $265,800 ±$7,673
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Virginia: $360,700 ±$1,182

18.9% ±20.3% (266  ±299) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Shenandoah County: 10% † 4,436 (±1.6% / ±691.3)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Virginia: 13.5% 1,160,281 (±0.2% / ±13,601.2)

Social

98.6% ±41.2% (1,083  ±286.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Shenandoah County: 89% 28,304 (±3.3% / ±1,069.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 91.3% 5,442,729 (±0.3% / ±19,700.2)
34% ±4.8% (373  ±131.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Shenandoah County: 21.4% 6,793 (±1.7% / ±549)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 41.5% 2,471,630 (±0.2% / ±12,953.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.8% ±2% (26  ±29) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Shenandoah County: 5.4% 2,388
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Virginia: 12.9% 1,120,207

14% ±4.8% (170  ±84) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Shenandoah County: 9.8% † 3,420 (±1.2% / ±408)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 9.6% 637,971 (±0.1% / ±5,935)
170 Total veterans ±84 162 Male ±82 8 Female ±15

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