The population of Amherst county is estimated at 31,667. In 2017 there were 358 births and 372 deaths in Amherst county. Amherst county has 6,056 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 3,544 that are owned free and clear and 2,960 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Amherst County filed 14,180 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.4% of all Virginia filings and 0.010% of the entire nation. Amherst had a combined total federal tax liability of $87,516,000 on earned income of $675,482,000. Other notable statistics from Amherst County were 380 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,276,000 and 2,670 charitable contributions valued at $12,572,000. 3,030 filings from Amherst County paid a combined total of $4,416,000 in property taxes and 2,580 filings paid $16,706,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Amherst county had 61 religious congregations with an estimated 13,339 members.
19.9% of the Amherst population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 15.9% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 48% of Amherst County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 227 votes.
At $48,980 the median income is 68.5% of the Virginia average. An estimated 630 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Amherst, the equivalant of around 4.2% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.4%.

Top 15 Industries in Amherst County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,314	Manufacturing
1,137	Retail trade
557	Restaurants and other eating places
332	Transportation and warehousing
311	Limited-service restaurants
296	Truck transportation
253	Professional, scientific, and technical services
240	Machinery manufacturing
222	General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload
222	General freight trucking, long-distance
196	Fabricated metal product manufacturing
196	Food and beverage stores
178	Child day care services
168	Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers
152	Other services (except public administration)

In 2018 the average price reduction was 4.24% in Amherst County.

In 2018 12.54% of listings in Amherst County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 24572 and 24521) dropped their price.

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