The population of Halifax county is estimated at 34,964. In 2017 there were 393 births and 491 deaths in Halifax county. Halifax county has 6,006 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 5,022 that are owned free and clear and 4,057 that are renter occupied.

  The gracious residents of Halifax County filed 14,820 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.4% of all Virginia filings and 0.010% of the entire nation. Halifax had a combined total federal tax liability of $91,219,000 on earned income of $665,054,000. Other notable statistics from Halifax County were 430 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,394,000 and 2,310 charitable contributions valued at $13,918,000. 2,390 filings from Halifax County paid a combined total of $3,321,000 in property taxes and 1,940 filings paid $11,268,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Halifax county had 111 religious congregations with an estimated 24,727 members.
15.9% of the Halifax population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 20.3% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 48% of Halifax County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 283 votes.
At $42,552 the median income is 59.5% of the Virginia average. An estimated 780 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Halifax, the equivalant of around 5.2% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.9%.

Top 15 Industries in Halifax County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,767	Health care and social assistance
1,685	Manufacturing
1,436	Retail trade
914	Accommodation and food services
797	Food services and drinking places
702	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
671	Administrative and support services
455	Limited-service restaurants
448	Plastics and rubber products manufacturing
398	General merchandise stores
351	Arts, entertainment, and recreation
291	Full-service restaurants
253	Offices of physicians
244	Wholesale trade
229	Food and beverage stores

In 2018 the average price reduction was 3.59% in Halifax County.

In 2018 7.78% of listings in Halifax County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 24558 and 24592) dropped their price.

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