Amherst information on the site is deemed reliable, but not guaranteed. Our Amherst stats, Amherst census, and Amherst information is aggregated from many different sources and may be dated. Currently, we have four Amherst foreclosures of twelve thousand nine hundred fifty-eight Amherst, Virginia housing units housing units, of which eleven thousand nine hundred forty-one are occupied, nine thousand three hundred twenty-five are owner occupied, two thousand six hundred sixteen are rented, one thousand seventeen are vacant, and four thousand four hundred forty-two have mortgages. has eleven thousand nine hundred forty-one households, and thirty-one thousand eight hundred ninety-four citizens.