Poverty Rate in Pittsylvania County, VA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
14.6%
Rank #1,862/3,222 · #89 in VA
42th
Pittsylvania 14.6%
VA 9.9% +47.1%
US 12.6% +15.6%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Pittsylvania County's poverty rate of 14.6% 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 Pittsylvania County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,859 | Minidoka County, ID | 14.5% |
| #1,860 | Richland County, WI | 14.5% |
| #1,861 | Lee County, MS | 14.6% |
| #1,862 | Pittsylvania County, VA | 14.6% |
| #1,863 | Decatur County, IA | 14.6% |
| #1,864 | Jefferson Davis Parish, LA | 14.6% |
| #1,865 | Grimes County, TX | 14.6% |
About Poverty Rate
Pittsylvania County, Virginia has a poverty rate of 14.6%, ranking #1,862 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 15.6% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Virginia, it ranks #89 of 133. This places it in the 42th 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.