| Back to United States. City: Altavista, VA Population (2000): 5,431
Housing units: 2,522 Land area: 36.5 sq. mi. Water area: 0.0 sq. mi. White population: 4131 Black population: 1242 American Indian population: 3 Asian population: 12 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 0 Some other race population: 19 Two or more races population: 24 Urban population: 3343 Rural population: 2088 Median age: 41.3 Average household size: 2.31 Median household income (1999): $32306
 
Nearest zip codes: 24563, 24571, 24550, 24557, 24569, 24588.
Year house built:
- 1999 to March 2000: 37
- 1995 to 1998: 123
- 1990 to 1994: 71
- 1980 to 1989: 211
- 1970 to 1979: 441
- 1960 to 1969: 495
- 1950 to 1959: 391
- 1940 to 1949: 305
- 1939 or earlier: 412
Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Altavista, VA (24517):
- no bedroom: 0
- 1 bedrooms: 37
- 2 bedrooms: 416
- 3 bedrooms: 843
- 4 bedrooms: 253
- 5 or more bedrooms: 66
Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments and housing units:
- no bedroom: 20
- 1 bedrooms: 116
- 2 bedrooms: 297
- 3 bedrooms: 181
- 4 bedrooms: 46
- 5 or more bedrooms: 7
Vehicles available in 24517 zip code in owner-occupied houses:
- no vehicle: 125
- 1 vehicle: 425
- 2 vehicles: 515
- 3 vehicles: 367
- 4 vehicles: 138
- 5 or more vehicles: 45
Vehicles available in renter-occupied housing units:
- no vehicle: 172
- 1 vehicle: 224
- 2 vehicles: 227
- 3 vehicles: 44
- 4 vehicles: 0
- 5 or more vehicles: 0
Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2000 in zip code 24517:
- Less than $10,000: 12
- $10,000 to $14,999: 0
- $15,000 to $19,999: 0
- $20,000 to $24,999: 18
- $25,000 to $29,999: 13
- $30,000 to $34,999: 12
- $35,000 to $39,999: 59
- $40,000 to $49,999: 120
- $50,000 to $59,999: 168
- $60,000 to $69,999: 172
- $70,000 to $79,999: 131
- $80,000 to $89,999: 170
- $90,000 to $99,999: 109
- $100,000 to $124,999: 151
- $125,000 to $149,999: 107
- $150,000 to $174,999: 62
- $175,000 to $199,999: 28
- $200,000 to $249,999: 5
- $250,000 to $299,999: 19
- $300,000 to $399,999: 0
- $400,000 to $499,999: 0
- $500,000 to $749,999: 7
- $750,000 to $999,999: 6
- $1,000,000 or more: 0
First ancestries reported:
- United States or American: 1262
- Other groups: 1211
- English: 443
- German: 302
- Irish: 191
- Scotch-Irish: 115
- Italian: 45
- Scottish: 42
- Polish: 28
- Subsaharan African:: 15
- African: 15
- British: 15
- French (except Basque): 12
- European: 12
- Greek: 11
- French Canadian: 11
- Ukrainian: 8
- Russian: 7
- Swiss: 7
- Welsh: 7
- Czechoslovakian: 6
- Canadian: 5
- Northern European: 4
- Dutch: 4
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