Hanover County, Virginia

Hanover County has a population of 112,879 and has grown 5.9% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $400,400, about 3.5 times the county's median household income of $112,805.

Home price
$400,400
Income
$112,805
Population
112,879
Unemployment
2.7%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$400,400county
Median gross rent$1,591county
Median year homes here were built1991county
Share of homes built before 198032.2%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile1.9%county
Share of homes that are vacant4.3%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented17.9%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.3%county
Typical monthly rent$2,110county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,655county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,507county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$2,072county
Home insurance / yr$2,074(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living100.8(statewide)
Median household income$112,805county
Family health premium / yr$25,523(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$14,277(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.821(statewide)
Poverty rate5.7%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home19.1%county
Unemployment rate2.7%county
Share of adults in the labor force65.7%county
Share of workers who are self-employed5.1%county
Share of workers employed by government16.7%county
Share of workers in the largest industry23.6%county
Economic output per resident$81,729county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.66%county
Top state income tax5.75%(statewide)
Capital gains tax5.75%(statewide)
Combined sales tax5.77%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time26.9 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service14 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport2456422county
Miles to nearest general aviation field1.8 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network1county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station6.1 micounty
Households without a vehicle3.0%county
Traffic deaths25.7county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,0000.1(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher42.7%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher94.5%county
Public schools in the county22county
Public school enrollment16768county
Students per full-time teacher13.5county
Free lunch eligible29.8%county
Elementary schools14county
Middle schools4county
High schools4county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above1county
Share of local colleges that are public0.0%county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution3.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians73county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4county
Fine particulate matter7.4 µgcounty
Without health insurance4.4%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year9.0%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year7.0%county
Frequent mental distress16.7%county
No leisure-time physical activity21.8%county
Diagnosed diabetes12.7%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population112,879county
Land area in square miles468county
People per square mile of land241.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores14county
Convenience stores16county
Share living far from a food store28.7%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract4.2%county
Population change since 2020+5.9%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-0county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age42.7 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1821.6%county
Share of residents 65 and over19.2%county
Share of households that are one person23.1%county
Share of residents born outside the United States4.3%county
Second languages4.7%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls52.1%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents112county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents7county
Households that moved in3,411county
Households that moved away3,185county
Average income of arriving households$88,277county
Average income of departing households$77,076county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes12county
Housing units authorised in the latest year511county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings45.4%county
Violent crime rate218(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature58.1°Fcounty
Annual precipitation45.1 incounty
Annual snowfall22.2 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.28 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F34 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing83 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7bcounty
Frost-free days204 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 10county
Average first fall frostOct 31county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$156county
Electric utilities serving this county2county
Electricity price per kWh14.5¢county
Household electricity use1,075 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$20.70(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity69.5%county
Homes heated by utility gas20.2%county
Homes heated by propane4.3%county
Homes heated by fuel oil3.1%county
Homes heated by wood1.7%county
Households with broadband92.3%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk61.5county
Coastal flood risk25.2county
Drought risk91.0county
Landslide risk32.4county
Hail risk36.0county
Earthquake risk83.8county
Tornado risk51.0county
Tropical cyclone risk74.9county
Extreme heat risk58.2county
Winter weather risk29.4county
Strong wind risk40.6county
Wildfire risk31.7county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Hanover County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Virginia figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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