Washington County, Virginia

Washington County has a population of 53,926 and has shrunk 0.1% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $214,000, about 3.3 times the county's median household income of $64,552.

Home price
$214,000
Income
$64,552
Population
53,926
Unemployment
3.0%

Housing

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

Median home price$214,000county
Median gross rent$854county
Median year homes here were built1983county
Share of homes built before 198046.6%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile13.3%county
Share of homes that are vacant13.5%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented24.2%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use3.6%county
Typical monthly rent$1,304county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,044county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$818county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,338county
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$64,552county
Family health premium / yr$25,523(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$14,277(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.821(statewide)
Poverty rate11.1%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 home8.5%county
Unemployment rate3.0%county
Share of adults in the labor force53.2%county
Share of workers who are self-employed4.9%county
Share of workers employed by government18.4%county
Share of workers in the largest industry26.5%county
Economic output per resident$83,401(statewide)

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.50%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 time24.1 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service29 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport229860county
Miles to nearest general aviation field3.6 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 station90 micounty
Households without a vehicle4.6%county
Traffic deaths29.7county
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 higher26.7%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher90.4%county
Public schools in the county15county
Public school enrollment6733county
Students per full-time teacher13.1county
Free lunch eligible75.2%county
Elementary schools7county
Middle schools4county
High schools4county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above1county
Share of local colleges that are public50.0%county
Two-year institutions1county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution9.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians91county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3county
Fine particulate matter6.6 µgcounty
Without health insurance6.7%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year11.2%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year10.1%county
Frequent mental distress17.7%county
No leisure-time physical activity26.7%county
Diagnosed diabetes14.3%county

Place

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

Population53,926county
Land area in square miles561county
People per square mile of land96.1county
Supermarkets and grocery stores10county
Convenience stores5county
Share living far from a food store14.3%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract21.6%county
Population change since 2020-0.1%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-7county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents0county
Median age46.9 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1817.5%county
Share of residents 65 and over24.7%county
Share of households that are one person29.8%county
Share of residents born outside the United States1.4%county
Second languages3.2%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls54.7%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents230county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents3county
Households that moved in1,260county
Households that moved away1,191county
Average income of arriving households$55,850county
Average income of departing households$59,191county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes8county
Housing units authorised in the latest year191county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings38.7%county
Violent crime rate218(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature54.7°Fcounty
Annual precipitation49.9 incounty
Annual snowfall11.3 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.16 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F3 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing106 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7acounty
Frost-free days185 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 23county
Average first fall frostOct 25county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$155county
Electric utilities serving this county2county
Electricity price per kWh14.0¢county
Household electricity use1,122 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$20.70(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity80.6%county
Homes heated by utility gas8.3%county
Homes heated by propane3.9%county
Homes heated by fuel oil3.2%county
Homes heated by wood2.7%county
Households with broadband83.8%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk63.5county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk53.3county
Landslide risk94.4county
Hail risk32.1county
Earthquake risk72.7county
Tornado risk30.1county
Tropical cyclone risk55.0county
Extreme heat risk0.0county
Winter weather risk38.7county
Strong wind risk74.8county
Wildfire risk33.2county

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

Similar counties in Virginia

Compare Washington with anywhere else

Put this county side by side with any other in the country, or weight the factors that matter to you and rank all 50 states.

Open Washington in the map