Poverty Rate in Charlottesville city, VA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
19.6%
Rank #2,639/3,222 · #117 in VA
18th
Charlottesville 19.6%
VA 9.9% +98.5%
US 12.6% +55.9%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Charlottesville city's poverty rate of 19.6% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 1.4% to 63.6%.
Distribution of Poverty Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Charlottesville city for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,636 | East Baton Rouge Parish, LA | 19.6% |
| #2,637 | Brown County, OH | 19.6% |
| #2,638 | Coleman County, TX | 19.6% |
| #2,639 | Charlottesville city, VA | 19.6% |
| #2,640 | Delaware County, IN | 19.6% |
| #2,641 | Marion County, MS | 19.7% |
| #2,642 | Monroe County, IN | 19.7% |
About Poverty Rate
Charlottesville city, Virginia has a poverty rate of 19.6%, ranking #2,639 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 55.9% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Virginia, it ranks #117 of 133. This places it in the 18th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the population living below the federal poverty line. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.