Lunenburg County, VA
Demographic and economic profile of Lunenburg County, VA, sourced from the US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) via Data USA.
AI Overview
Lunenburg County is a small rural Virginia county of roughly 12,000 residents with a labor force participation rate of just 47.2% and a median age of 44.6 years, reflecting a limited and older working-age pool; only 11.2% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Median worker earnings stand at $36,512 against a median household income of $54,842, and a poverty rate of 15.9% signals constrained local purchasing power, though housing costs are low—median home value of $145,500 and median gross rent of $780 per month. The county has shed population at a rate of -2.3% over five years, and a mean commute of 35.6 minutes suggests workers largely travel outside the county for employment.
Claude Sonnet 4.6 · generated Jul 6, 2026 · derived from cached Census, BEA & ACS data on this page
Population Growth (5-year)
-2.3% since 2018
Lunenburg County lost population at this rate over the prior 5-year ACS5 window.
Demographics
Race & Ethnicity
- White Alone6,908 (57.5%)
- Black or African American Alone3,907 (32.5%)
- Two Races Including Some Other Race404 (3.4%)
- Some Other Race Alone333 (2.8%)
- Two Races Excluding Some Other Race, & Three or More Races333 (2.8%)
- American Indian & Alaska Native Alone104 (0.9%)
Top Languages Spoken at Home
- 1.Spanish426
- 2.German or other West Germanic31
- 3.Other Indo-European23
- 4.Other Asian and Pacific Island1
Economy
Cost of Living Index
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Top Industries
- 1.Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance909
- 2.Construction (Group)619
- 3.Retail Trade (Group)564
- 4.Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services486
- 5.Public Administration (Group)435
Top Occupations
- 1.Management, Business, Science, & Arts Occupations1,469
- 2.Sales & Office Occupations814
- 3.Service Occupations762
- 4.Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations756
- 5.Natural Resources, Construction, & Maintenance Occupations693
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Workforce
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Data: US Census Bureau American Community Survey, served via Data USA and the Census Bureau API. See each metric tile for the specific dataset.