Charlottesville, VA: key statistics
Population: 44,388 (2025). Unemployment rate: 3% (August 2026). Median household income: $74,824 (2024).
Charlottesville, VA in figures
Population and demography
Labor market
| Mean travel time to work | 17 minutes | 2024 | |
| Unemployment rate | 3% | August 2026 | |
| Civilian labor force | 24,583 | 2025 | |
| Employed residents | 23,872 | 2025 | |
| Unemployed people | 711 | 2025 | |
| Unemployment rate (US five-year survey estimate) | 3.7% | 2024 | |
| Labor force participation rate (US five-year survey estimate) | 64.7% | 2024 |
Health
Income and living conditions
| Gini index | 53.2 | 2024 | |
| Median household income | $74,824 | 2024 | |
| Per capita income (US five-year survey estimate) | $51,540 | 2024 | |
| Poverty rate (US five-year survey estimate) | 19.7% | 2024 |
Housing
| Housing units authorized by building permits | 889 | 2025 | |
| Homeownership rate (US, housing units) | 44.2% | 2024 | |
| Median home value | $486,700 | 2024 | |
| Median gross rent (monthly) | $1,540 | 2024 | |
| Single-family housing units authorized by building permits | 53 | 2025 | |
| Housing units | 21,610 | 2024 | |
| Households | 19,815 | 2024 | |
| Housing vacancy rate, all vacant units (US) | 8.3% | 2024 | |
| Rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income) | 55.5% | 2024 | |
| Average household size | 2.1 persons per household | 2024 |
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