Brightwood, VA

Census Place

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US Senator
Mark Warner
Democratic Party
US Senator
Tim Kaine
Democratic Party
2023 Median Age
40.1
8.67% 1-year increase
2023 Median Household Income
$90,208
5.22% 1-year growth
2023 Employed Population
706
26% 1-year decline

About

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None of the households in Brightwood, VA reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

Most people in Brightwood, VA N/A, and the average commute time was 35 minutes. The average car ownership in Brightwood, VA was N/A per household.

Economy

The economy of Brightwood, VA employs 706 people. The largest industries in Brightwood, VA are , and the highest paying industries are Construction ($71,250), Public Administration ($60,625), and Educational Services ($58,958).

Males in Virginia have an average income that is 1.33 times higher than the average income of females, which is $69,674. The income inequality in Virginia (measured using the Gini index) is 0.475, which is lower than than the national average.

Occupations

706
2023 Value
± 222
−26%
1 Year decline
± 60%

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Brightwood, VA, are Office & Administrative Support Occupations (196 people), Sales & Related Occupations (91 people), and Management Occupations (73 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Brightwood, VA.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

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Employment by Industries

706
2023 Value
± 222
−26%
1 Year decline
± 60%

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Brightwood, VA, are . This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Brightwood, VA, though some of these residents may live in Brightwood, VA and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

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The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2023 are Construction ($56,012) and Retail Trade ($41,958).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2023 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($50,714) and Retail Trade ($30,719).

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Employment by Industry Sector

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2.48%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 4.1M people employed in Virginia. This represents a 2.48% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 10.8%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Virginia.

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Civics

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Virginia went to Kamala Harris with 51.8% of the vote. The runner-up was Donald J. Trump (46.1%), followed by Other (0.905%).

Mark Warner and Tim Kaine are the senators currently representing the state of Virginia. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Virginia is currently represented by 11 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

US Senators from Virginia

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Mark Warner
Senator from Virginia2
Assumed office on January 3, 2009
Tim Kaine
Senator from Virginia1
Assumed office on January 3, 2013

Mark Warner and Tim Kaine are the senators currently representing Virginia.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Virginia over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

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US Representatives from Virginia

Virginia is currently represented by 11 members in the U.S. house.

Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for Virginia have changed over time starting in 2008.

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Education

Awarded Degrees over Time

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Educational Pyramid

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In 2022, NaNM% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while NaNM% of women were in the same situation.

This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.

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Educational Attainment

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Race

The most common educational levels obtained by the working population in 2022 were N/A.

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Housing & Living

People in Brightwood, VA have an average commute time of 35 minutes, and they N/A. Car ownership in Brightwood, VA is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of N/A per household.

Rent vs Own

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Homeownership
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62.3%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2023

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Income by Location

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Household Income

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$90,208
Median Household Income
± $29,924
475
Number of Households
± 144

The following chart displays the households in Brightwood, VA distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the N/A range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Brightwood, VA is from Virginia.
0.475
2022 Wage GINI in Virginia
0.476
2021 Wage GINI in Virginia

In 2022, the income inequality in Virginia was 0.475 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.164% decline from 2021 to 2022, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Virginia was lower than than the national average of 1. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Virginia in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Virginia across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

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Commuter Transportation

In N/A, N/A% of workers in Brightwood, VA N/A, followed by those who N/A (N/A%) and those who N/A (N/A%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

35 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Brightwood, VA have a similar commute time (35 minutes) than the normal US worker (35 minutes). Additionally, N/A% of the workforce in Brightwood, VA have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

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Average Number

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Poverty & Diversity

N/A% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Brightwood, VA (N/A out of N/A people) live below the poverty line, a number that is approximately the same as the national average of N/A%. The largest demographic living in poverty are N/A N/A, followed by N/A N/A and then N/A N/A.

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The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

N/A% of the population of Brightwood, VA has health coverage, with N/A% on employee plans, N/A% on Medicaid, N/A% on Medicare, N/A% on non-group plans, and N/A% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in Madison County, VA see 4437 patients per year on average, which represents a 0.385% increase from the previous year (4420 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 2788 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 2788 patients per year.

Patient to Clinician Ratios

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Patient to Primary Care Physician Ratio in Madison County, VA

Primary care physicians in Madison County, VA see an average of 4,437 patients per year. This represents a 0.385% increase from the previous year (4,420 patients).

The following chart shows how the number of patients seen by primary care physicians has been changing over time in Madison County, VA in comparison to its neighboring geographies.

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Health Care Diversity

In N/A, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in .

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, N/A were men and N/A were women.

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Uninsured People

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Employer Coverage
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Medicare
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