City safety & data profile

CharlottesvilleVA

Charlottesville, VA is a 47K-resident city in Charlottesville city with a median household income of $74,824.

Charlottesville city, Virginia. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Charlottesville, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Charlottesville has a population larger than 77% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $486,700, and 2 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-05

47K
Population (place)
Top 23%
By size
$74,824
Median income (place)
$486,700
Median home (place)
19.6%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Charlottesville

Charlottesville posts a median household income higher than 43% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 2 hospitals serve the Charlottesville area.

Bottom 44%
by median income, US cities
2
hospitals in & near Charlottesville

Where Charlottesville income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$74,824 Bottom 43% higher than 43% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Charlottesville $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in VA

Population among 102 VA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Virginia Beach is the largest VA city on this list; Great Falls leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in VA

Median household income among the same 102-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Great Falls posts the highest place-level median income in VA; Virginia Beach is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Charlottesville, VA beyond the headline numbers

Charlottesville sits inside Charlottesville city, Virginia, at roughly 38.03°N, -78.48°W. Population 46,597, $74,824 median household income. Median home value $486,700, median rent $1,540. Poverty rate 19.6%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

2 hospitals in/around Charlottesville, 4/5 avg rating, 2 with an ER.

19.6% of Charlottesville, VA residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

The median home in Charlottesville costs around 6.5 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

21.4% of Charlottesville workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.

Among the CDC measures on this page, coronary heart disease departs furthest from its peer median: 4.3% in Charlottesville, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,757 cities reporting that measure.

5.6% of Charlottesville workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Charlottesville's median age is 33.1 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Charlottesville from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
46,597
Charlottesville · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$74,824
-16% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$486,700
+18% vs avg
Median Age (place)
33.1
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Charlottesville city): Charlottesville's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
45K+4%
Median Income
$74,824+68%
Median Home Value
$486,700+66%
Poverty Rate
19.6%-29%
Unemployment
3.7%-35%

Economics

Economics indicators for Charlottesville, VA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,540/mo
Poverty Rate
19.6% +58% vs avg
Unemployment 3.7%
Bachelor's Degree+ 62.5%
Work From Home 21.4%
Public Transit 5.6%

Population

White 66.5%
African American 15.6%
Asian 7.1%
Two or More Ethnicities 3.9%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
34.8%
Obesity
32.4%
High Blood Pressure
27.4%
Physical Inactivity
22.3%
Frequent Mental Distress
18.9%
Binge Drinking
16.5%
Frequent Physical Distress
11.4%
Current Smoking
11.1%
Current Asthma
10.9%
Diabetes
9%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 64.9%
Annual Checkup 75.9%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
8.5%
Coronary Heart Disease
4.3%
Stroke
2.4%

Hospitals 2 total

Rating Distribution
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2
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Average Rating
4/5
Total Hospitals
2
With ER
2
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEDICAL CENTER
CHARLOTTESVILLE · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆
SENTARA MARTHA JEFFERSON HOSPITAL
CHARLOTTESVILLE · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Charlottesville?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Charlottesville right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet VA-CHARLOTTESVILLE · Charlottesville

Charlottesville: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Charlottesville; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Virginia state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Charlottesville, VA? ▼
Charlottesville, VA has a population of 46,597 people, located in Charlottesville city, Virginia.
What is the median household income in Charlottesville? ▼
The median household income in Charlottesville, VA is $74,824 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 19.6%.
What is the median home value in Charlottesville? ▼
The median home value in Charlottesville, VA is $486,700. Median rent is $1,540/month.
What are the top health concerns in Charlottesville? ▼
The top health indicators in Charlottesville include Short Sleep Duration (34.8%), Obesity (32.4%), High Blood Pressure (27.4%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Charlottesville? ▼
Charlottesville has 2 hospitals with an average rating of 4/5 stars. 2 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Charlottesville? ▼
The median age in Charlottesville, VA is 33.1 years. 62.5% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Charlottesville, both outside Virginia so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside VA (19.6% here).

Worcester, MA 19.6% Fall River, MA 19.6% Hamilton, OH 19.6% North Highlands, CA 19.6%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside VA ($74,824 here).

Aberdeen, MD $74,826 Universal City, TX $74,811 Lynwood, CA $74,844 Port Royal, SC $74,870

Compare Charlottesville with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Waynesboro, VA 21K Harrisonburg, VA 53K Staunton, VA 24K Culpeper, VA 18K Madison Heights, VA 11K Lynchburg, VA 80K Front Royal, VA 15K West Lynchburg, VA 66K
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Using Charlottesville's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Charlottesville area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Charlottesville against Virginia peers on any ranking lens. Explore Virginia

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Charlottesville city) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.