Damascus, VA

General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5121184, place: Damascus town, Virginia)

Total Population: 981
Male: 454 (46.28%)
Female: 527 (53.72%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 41 (4.18%)
5 to 9 years: 55 (5.61%)
10 to 14 years: 41 (4.18%)
15 to 19 years: 56 (5.71%)
20 to 24 years: 44 (4.49%)
25 to 34 years: 108 (11.01%)
35 to 44 years: 141 (14.37%)
45 to 54 years: 136 (13.86%)
55 to 59 years: 84 (8.56%)
60 to 64 years: 58 (5.91%)
65 to 74 years: 100 (10.19%)
75 to 84 years: 94 (9.58%)
85 years and over: 23 (2.34%)

Median age: 45.3 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 805 (82.06%)
21 years and over: 777 (79.2%)
62 years and over: 255 (25.99%)
65 years and over: 217 (22.12%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 805 (82.06%)
--Male: 366 (37.31%)
--Female: 439 (44.75%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 217 (22.12%)
--Male: 80 (8.15%)
--Female: 137 (13.97%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 976 (99.49%)
--White: 951 (96.94%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 2 (0.2%)
--Black or African American: 16 (1.63%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 5 (0.51%)
--Asian: 3 (0.31%)
----Asian Indian: 0 (0%)
----Chinese: 0 (0%)
----Filipino: 3 (0.31%)
----Japanese: 0 (0%)
----Korean: 0 (0%)
----Vietnamese: 0 (0%)
----Other Asian: 0 (0%)
--Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0 (0%)
----Native Hawaiian: 0 (0%)
----Guamanian or Chamorro: 0 (0%)
----Samoan: 0 (0%)
----Other Pacific Islander: 0 (0%)
--Some other race: 1 (0.1%)
Two or more Races: 5 (0.51%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 2 (0.2%)
--Mexican: 2 (0.2%)
--Puerto Rican: 0 (0%)
--Cuban: 0 (0%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 0 (0%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 979 (99.8%)
--White Alone: 951 (96.94%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 981 (100%)
--Householder: 484 (49.34%)
--Spouse: 197 (20.08%)
--Child: 204 (20.8%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 139 (14.17%)
--Other relatives: 61 (6.22%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 28 (2.85%)
--Nonrelatives: 35 (3.57%)
----Unmarried partner: 17 (1.73%)
Living in group quarters: 0 (0%)
--Institutionalized Population: 0 (0%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 0 (0%)
Total households: 484
Family households (families): 269 (55.58%)
----With own children under 18 years: 88 (18.18%)
--Married-couple families: 197 (40.7%)
----With own children under 18 years: 61 (12.6%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 56 (11.57%)
----With own children under 18 years: 21 (4.34%)
Nonfamily households: 215 (44.42%)
--Householder living alone: 198 (40.91%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 101 (20.87%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 107 (22.11%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 178 (36.78%)
Average household size: 2.03 people
Average family size: 2.72 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 543
Occupied housing units: 484 (89.13%)
Vacant housing units: 59 (10.87%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 17 (3.13%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 2.6%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 7.4%
Occupied housing units: 484 (89.13%)
Owner occupied housing units: 295 (54.33%)
Renter occupied housing units: 189 (34.81%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.15 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 1.84 people

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