Merrimac, VA

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2023 Population

2,955

8.68% 1-year growth

US Senator

N/AMark Warner

Democratic Party

US Senator

N/ATim Kaine

Democratic Party

2023 Median Age

43.1

1.82% 1-year decrease

2023 Median Property Value

$73,400

34.4% 1-year decline

2023 Employed Population

1,312

17.5% 1-year growth

About

In 2023, Merrimac, VA had a population of 2.96k people with a median age of 43.1 and a median household income of N/A. Between 2022 and 2023 the population of Merrimac, VA grew from 2,719 to 2,955, a 8.68% increase and its median household income N/A from N/A to N/A, a N/A% N/A.

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None of the households in Merrimac, 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.

86.5% of the residents in Merrimac, VA are U.S. citizens.

In 2023, the median property value in Merrimac, VA was $73,400, and the homeownership rate was 28%.

Most people in Merrimac, VA drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 14 minutes. The average car ownership in Merrimac, VA was 2 cars per household.

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Population & Diversity

Merrimac, VA is home to a population of 2.96k people, from which 86.5% are citizens. As of N/A, N/A% of Merrimac, VA residents were born outside of the country (N/A people).

In N/A, there were N/A times more N/A residents (N/A people) in Merrimac, VA than any other race or ethnicity. There were N/A N/A and N/A N/A residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

86.5%

2023 Citizenship

89.6%

2022 Citizenship

As of 2023, 86.5% of Merrimac, VA residents were US citizens, which is lower than the national average of 93.4%. In 2022, the percentage of US citizens in Merrimac, VA was 89.6%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

The following chart shows US citizenship percentages in Merrimac, VA compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Economy

The economy of Merrimac, VA employs 1.31k people. The largest industries in Merrimac, VA are Accommodation & Food Services (214 people), Construction (189 people), and Educational Services (179 people), and the highest paying industries are Educational Services ($71,131), Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation ($67,841), and Manufacturing ($59,042).

Employment

Occupations

1.31k

2023 Value

± 294

17.5%

1 Year growth

± 27.3%

From 2022 to 2023, employment in Merrimac, VA grew at a rate of 17.5%, from 1.12k employees to 1.31k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Merrimac, VA, are Construction & Extraction Occupations (179 people), Management Occupations (171 people), and Sales & Related Occupations (150 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Merrimac, VA.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

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This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Virginia (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

1.31k

2023 Value

± 294

17.5%

1 Year growth

± 27.3%

From 2022 to 2023, employment in Merrimac, VA grew at a rate of 17.5%, from 1.12k employees to 1.31k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Merrimac, VA, are Accommodation & Food Services (214 people), Construction (189 people), and Educational Services (179 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Merrimac, VA, though some of these residents may live in Merrimac, VA and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$39,375

Median earning men ± $17,127

$36,250

Median earning women ± $13,255

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2023 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($59,250), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($53,375), and Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($52,644).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2023 are Manufacturing ($59,833), Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($46,023), and Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($33,188).

Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis

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.

Civics

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.

Senator Elections

US Senators from Virginia

N/AMark Warner

Senator from Virginia

Assumed office on January 3, 2009

N/ATim Kaine

Senator from Virginia

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 Representative Elections

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.

Education

Completions

Awarded Degrees over Time

The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.

Working Population

Educational Pyramid

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Measure

In 2022, 0.884% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while 0.904% of women were in the same situation.

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

Educational Attainment

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Race

The most common educational levels obtained by the working population in 2022 were High School or Equivalent (1.71M), Bachelors Degree (1.47M), and Some college (1.4M).

This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.

Housing & Living

The median property value in Merrimac, VA was $73,400 in 2023, which is 0.242 times smaller than the national average of $303,400. Between 2022 and 2023 the median property value increased from $111,900 to $73,400, a 34.4% decrease. The homeownership rate in Merrimac, VA is 28%, which is approximately the same as the national average of 65%.

People in Merrimac, VA have an average commute time of 14 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Merrimac, VA is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$73,400

Median Property Value 2023

±$44,902

N/A

Median Property Taxes

±N/A

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Merrimac, VA the largest share of households pay taxes in the None range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Merrimac, VA compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Rent vs Own

28%

Homeownership

2023

67.4%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2023

In 2023, 28% of the housing units in Merrimac, VA were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 32.6%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Merrimac, VA compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Income by Location

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The following map shows all of the places in Merrimac, VA colored by their Median Household Income (N/A).

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Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

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Median Household Income

± N/A

1.54k

Number of Households

± 309

In N/A, the median household income of the 1.54k households in Merrimac, VA N/A N/A from the previous year's value of N/A.

The following chart displays the households in Merrimac, 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 $75k - $100k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Merrimac, 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 0.478. 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.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2023

Drove Alone (70.7%)
Public Transit (11.7%)
Worked At Home (8.15%)

In 2023, 70.7% of workers in Merrimac, VA drove alone to work, followed by those who used public transit to get to work (11.7%) and those who worked at home (8.15%).

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.

Commute Time

14 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Merrimac, VA have a shorter commute time (14 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.6 minutes). Additionally, 0% of the workforce in Merrimac, VA have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Merrimac, VA compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Merrimac, VA distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Merrimac, VA have 2 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

N/A% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Merrimac, 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 12.4%. The largest demographic living in poverty are N/A N/A, followed by N/A N/A and then N/A N/A.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Merrimac, VA is White, followed by Other and Hispanic.

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.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals
Florida
4,915 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798. New York has the second highest (5,087), followed by Florida (4,915).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

Health

N/A% of the population of Merrimac, 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.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2023, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 9.95% under 18 years, 33% between 18 and 34 years, 28.7% between 35 and 64 years, and 28.4% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 49.3% were men and 50.7% were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

Uninsured People

N/A%

Uninsured

N/A%

Employer Coverage

N/A%

Medicaid

N/A%

Medicare

N/A%

Non-Group

N/A%

Military or VA

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The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Merrimac, VA changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.

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