Port Royal, VA

Census Place

2024 Population

US Senator

Mark Warner

Democratic Party

US Senator

Tim Kaine

Democratic Party

2024 Median Age

29.6

10.6% 1-year decrease

2024 Poverty Rate

10.1%

NaNy% 1-year increase

2023 Median Household Income

$72,813

42.1% 1-year growth

2024 Median Property Value

$203,600

Housing & Living

The median property value in Port Royal, VA was $203,600 in 2024, which is 0.612 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $170,000 to $203,600, a 19.8% increase. The homeownership rate in Port Royal, VA is 58.1%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Port Royal, VA have an average commute time of 33.8 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Port Royal, VA is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$203,600

Median Property Value 2024

±$74,324

$25

Median Property Taxes

±$37

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 Port Royal, VA the largest share of households pay taxes in the < $800 range.

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

Rent vs Own

58.1%

Homeownership

2024

62.3%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 58.1% of the housing units in Port Royal, VA were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 39%.

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

Equity

Household Income

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

$72,813

Median Household Income

± $44,125

Number of Households

± 45

In 2023, the median household income of the 43 households in Port Royal, VA grew to $72,813 from the previous year's value of $51,250.

The following chart displays the households in Port Royal, 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 Port Royal, VA is from Virginia.

0.47

2024 Wage GINI in Virginia

0.472

2023 Wage GINI in Virginia

In 2024, the income inequality in Virginia was 0.47 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.376% decline from 2023 to 2024, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Virginia was lower than than the national average of 0.474. 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 2024

Drove Alone (88.2%)
Carpooled (3.92%)
Other (3.92%)

In 2024, 88.2% of workers in Port Royal, VA drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (3.92%) and those who used some unspecified means to get work (3.92%).

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

33.8 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Port Royal, VA have a longer commute time (33.8 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0% of the workforce in Port Royal, VA have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

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

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

10.1% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Port Royal, VA (9 out of 89 people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Males 35 - 44, followed by Males 12 - 14 and then Females 35 - 44.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Port Royal, VA is White, followed by Black and Native American.

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

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

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

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