People QuickFacts Radford city Virginia Population, 2012 estimate 16,685 8,185,867 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 16,408 8,001,031 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 1.7% 2.3% Population, 2010 16,408 8,001,024 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 3.6% 6.3% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 12.5% 22.9% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 8.7% 12.5% Female persons, percent, 2011 53.0% 50.9%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 86.6% 71.3% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 8.2% 19.8% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.2% 0.5% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 2.6% 5.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) Z 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 2.4% 2.5% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 2.4% 8.2% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 84.6% 64.5%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 61.5% 84.3% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 6.7% 11.0% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 7.9% 14.4% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 88.3% 86.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 36.0% 34.4% Veterans, 2007-2011 894 743,070 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 17.3 27.3  Housing units, 2011 6,419 3,387,654 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 48.6% 68.4% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 39.3% 21.4% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $152,200 $254,600 Households, 2007-2011 5,644 2,991,025 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.31 2.57 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $16,723 $33,040 Median household income, 2007-2011 $29,101 $63,302 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 33.9% 10.7%     Business QuickFacts Radford city Virginia Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 330 191,063 Private nonfarm employment, 2011 5,539 3,029,030 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 34.1% 1.0% Nonemployer establishments, 2010 606 510,297  Total number of firms, 2007 805 638,643 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 9.9% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.5% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 7.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 4.5% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 22.2% 30.1%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) D 92,417,797 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 30,297 60,513,396 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 109,698 105,663,299 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $6,789 $13,687 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 36,217 15,340,483 Building permits, 2012 13 27,278     Geography QuickFacts Radford city Virginia Land area in square miles, 2010 9.87 39,490.09 Persons per square mile, 2010 1,662.1 202.6 FIPS Code 750 51 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area   (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts