What is the population of Abingdon town?

Abingdon town has 8,332 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #148 of 688 in Virginia.

What is the median household income in Abingdon town?

Median household income in Abingdon town is $54,976 a year, 30% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Abingdon town?

Median gross rent is $794 a month and the median home value is $217,700, so rent absorbs about 17.3% of median household income.

Is Abingdon town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Abingdon town is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Abingdon, VA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Abingdon, Virginia (Abingdon, VA — Census place “Abingdon town”) is 8,332 residents, ranking #148 of 688 places in Virginia. Median household income is $54,976, the median home is worth $217,700 and median gross rent runs $794 a month. Looking for the Abingdon Virginia ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Abingdon, VA: 24210.

Population: 8,332Abingdon town residents
Median household income: $54,976Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $217,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $794Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 46.8 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 56.2%Owner-occupied households

Abingdon ZIP codes (Virginia)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Abingdon.

The Abingdon VA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

24210

What the numbers mean in Abingdon town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Abingdon town median would spend about 17.3% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 13.4% of residents and 56.2% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Abingdon town, VA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Abingdon town is a mid-size town in Virginia, with 8,332 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #148 of 688 ranked by population — larger than 78% of them. The median age here is 46.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Abingdon town earn a median of $54,976 a year, 30% below the national figure of $78,538 and 34% below the $82,986 median for the 383 Virginia cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 13.4% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Abingdon town is valued at $217,700, 28.2% below the national figure and 25% below the $291,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $794 a month, 43.5% below the national figure, or roughly $9,528 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 56.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Abingdon town?: Abingdon town has 8,332 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #148 of 688 in Virginia.
What is the median household income in Abingdon town?: Median household income in Abingdon town is $54,976 a year, 30% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Abingdon town?: Median gross rent is $794 a month and the median home value is $217,700, so rent absorbs about 17.3% of median household income.
Is Abingdon town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Abingdon town is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Abingdon town data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.