Petersburg city, Virginia

Petersburg city has a population of 33,537 and has grown 0.8% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $189,000, about 3.7 times the county's median household income of $50,698.

Home price
$189,000
Income
$50,698
Population
33,537
Unemployment
10.0%

Housing

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

Median home price$189,000county
Median gross rent$1,174county
Median year homes here were built1970county
Share of homes built before 198066.2%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile1.4%county
Share of homes that are vacant16.2%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented61.4%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.4%county
Typical monthly rent$1,325county
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$50,698county
Family health premium / yr$25,523(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$14,277(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.821(statewide)
Poverty rate21.7%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 home10.0%county
Unemployment rate10.0%county
Share of adults in the labor force63.4%county
Share of workers who are self-employed3.0%county
Share of workers employed by government22.8%county
Share of workers in the largest industry24.9%county
Economic output per resident$83,401(statewide)

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.81%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 time25.7 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service21 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport2456422county
Miles to nearest general aviation field6.3 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here0county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station2.9 micounty
Households without a vehicle14.8%county
Traffic deaths17.9county
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 higher25.4%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher86.7%county
Public schools in the county7county
Public school enrollment4582county
Students per full-time teacher14.6county
Free lunch eligible92.0%county
Elementary schools4county
Middle schools1county
High schools1county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution2.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians66county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county3county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here2county
Fine particulate matter6.9 µgcounty
Without health insurance6.5%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year28.9%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year29.0%county
Frequent mental distress18.9%county
No leisure-time physical activity29.9%county
Diagnosed diabetes18.8%county

Place

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

Population33,537county
Land area in square miles23county
People per square mile of land1476.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores10county
Convenience stores13county
Share living far from a food store13.3%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract27.5%county
Population change since 2020+0.8%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents2county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age35.8 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1823.9%county
Share of residents 65 and over16.8%county
Share of households that are one person50.4%county
Share of residents born outside the United States4.5%county
Second languages8.1%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls88.7%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents218county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-12county
Households that moved in2,007county
Households that moved away1,883county
Average income of arriving households$37,481county
Average income of departing households$40,033county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes5county
Housing units authorised in the latest year95county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings0.0%county
Violent crime rate218(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature58.9°Fcounty
Annual precipitation52.8 incounty
Annual snowfall17.5 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.31 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F28 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing73 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7bcounty
Frost-free days218 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMar 31county
Average first fall frostNov 4county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$142county
Electric utilities serving this county1county
Electricity price per kWh14.1¢county
Household electricity use1,005 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$20.70(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity67.2%county
Homes heated by utility gas27.5%county
Homes heated by propane1.8%county
Homes heated by fuel oil1.9%county
Homes heated by wood0.1%county
Households with broadband85.5%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk34.0county
Coastal flood risk36.2county
Drought risk0.0county
Landslide risk4.3county
Hail risk11.6county
Earthquake risk66.1county
Tornado risk29.0county
Tropical cyclone risk68.9county
Extreme heat risk50.4county
Winter weather risk48.0county
Strong wind risk20.7county
Wildfire risk15.1county

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 Petersburg city 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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