Sweet Briar is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 in Amherst County

Amherst County, Virginia

As of the census of 2000, there were 31,894 people, 11,941 households, and 8,645 families residing in the county. The population density was 67 people per square mile . There were 12,958 housing units at an average density of 27 per square mile...

 in the central part of the U.S. state

U.S. state

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 of Virginia

Virginia

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. It is approximately 11 miles northeast of Lynchburg

Lynchburg, Virginia

Lynchburg is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The population was 75,568 as of 2010. Located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains along the banks of the James River, Lynchburg is known as the "City of Seven Hills" or "The Hill City." Lynchburg was the only major city in...

. Sweet Briar is best known for being the home of Sweet Briar College

Sweet Briar College

Sweet Briar College is a liberal arts women's college in Sweet Briar, Virginia, about north of Lynchburg, Virginia. The school's Latin motto translates as: "She who has earned the rose may bear it."...

, a women's college

Women's college

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 founded there in 1901. The ZIP Code

ZIP Code

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 is 24595.

Demographics

Since the village is almost entirely dominated by the college, the average age is 20.3. The population is 860, with only 30 of those being males. 766 of the residents are White American

White American

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. The per capita income

Per capita income

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 is $6,744 USD, with a median household income

Median household income

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of $27,969.