Poverty Rate in Lynchburg city, VA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
18.6%
Rank #2,529/3,222 · #112 in VA
22th
Lynchburg 18.6%
VA 9.9% +87.9%
US 12.6% +47.6%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Lynchburg city's poverty rate of 18.6% 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 Lynchburg city for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,526 | Jefferson County, AR | 18.6% |
| #2,527 | Obion County, TN | 18.6% |
| #2,528 | DeKalb County, TN | 18.6% |
| #2,529 | Lynchburg city, VA | 18.6% |
| #2,530 | Caswell County, NC | 18.6% |
| #2,531 | Liberty County, TX | 18.7% |
| #2,532 | Winston County, AL | 18.7% |
About Poverty Rate
Lynchburg city, Virginia has a poverty rate of 18.6%, ranking #2,529 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 47.6% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Virginia, it ranks #112 of 133. This places it in the 22th 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.