Rockingham County, Virginia

Rockingham County has a population of 85,600 and has grown 6.6% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $313,000, about 3.9 times the county's median household income of $80,693.

Home price
$313,000
Income
$80,693
Population
85,600
Unemployment
2.7%

Housing

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

Median home price$313,000county
Median gross rent$1,160county
Median year homes here were built1986county
Share of homes built before 198041.5%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile8.3%county
Share of homes that are vacant10.6%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented24.7%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use4.7%county
Typical monthly rent$1,961county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,322county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,057county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,801county
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$80,693county
Family health premium / yr$25,523(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$14,277(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.821(statewide)
Poverty rate9.8%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 home9.2%county
Unemployment rate2.7%county
Share of adults in the labor force63.6%county
Share of workers who are self-employed7.1%county
Share of workers employed by government15.5%county
Share of workers in the largest industry24.3%county
Economic output per resident$83,401(statewide)

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.53%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 time22.2 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service13 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport8762county
Miles to nearest general aviation field8.9 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station25 micounty
Households without a vehicle4.8%county
Traffic deaths29.2county
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 higher29.0%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher87.4%county
Public schools in the county22county
Public school enrollment11397county
Students per full-time teacher14.1county
Free lunch eligible53.5%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 institution2.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians25county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county0county
Hospitals here with an emergency department0county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4(statewide)
Fine particulate matter6.1 µgcounty
Without health insurance10.6%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year12.0%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year9.8%county
Frequent mental distress17.2%county
No leisure-time physical activity23.5%county
Diagnosed diabetes12.2%county

Place

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

Population85,600county
Land area in square miles850county
People per square mile of land101.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores9county
Convenience stores17county
Share living far from a food store15.5%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract4.3%county
Population change since 2020+6.6%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-1county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents2county
Median age40.1 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1822.1%county
Share of residents 65 and over20.1%county
Share of households that are one person25.9%county
Share of residents born outside the United States6.2%county
Second languages10.2%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls48.0%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents214county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents10county
Households that moved in2,410county
Households that moved away2,021county
Average income of arriving households$62,155county
Average income of departing households$59,380county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes19county
Housing units authorised in the latest year685county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings26.4%county
Violent crime rate218(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature53.8°Fcounty
Annual precipitation35.8 incounty
Annual snowfall17.6 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.18 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F6 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing100 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7acounty
Frost-free days181 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 24county
Average first fall frostOct 22county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$151county
Electric utilities serving this county4county
Electricity price per kWh13.9¢county
Household electricity use1,075 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$20.70(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity64.6%county
Homes heated by utility gas4.0%county
Homes heated by propane10.5%county
Homes heated by fuel oil10.3%county
Homes heated by wood8.4%county
Households with broadband86.8%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk84.6county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk82.2county
Landslide risk86.7county
Hail risk58.4county
Earthquake risk67.0county
Tornado risk29.1county
Tropical cyclone risk82.5county
Extreme heat risk72.3county
Winter weather risk62.7county
Strong wind risk72.1county
Wildfire risk64.4county

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 Rockingham 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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