Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety31#10,711/15,637
Economy40#9,406/15,631
Housing36#9,610/14,977
Health10#14,073/15,609
Healthcare33#10,456/15,650
Environment100#64/15,453
Education62#5,966/15,649
Infrastructure26#11,616/15,650
Community42#9,067/15,651
Leisure & amenities13#13,678/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Adwolf, Virginia ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Smyth County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Hot days · low0 days
98/100Virginia 20 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationSmyth County value
Pharmacies · high3.5 /10k
98/100Virginia 1.7 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsSmyth County value
Unemployment rate · low0.0%
98/100Virginia 3.4%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025
Students per teacher · low11.1×
93/100Virginia 13.4×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsSmyth County value
Effective property tax rate · low0.51%
87/100Virginia 0.78%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Virginia 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSmyth County value

Weaknesses

Rent as share of income · high51.0%
2/100Virginia 29.4%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071At least this value: the publisher's top bracket is open-ended
Job growth · low-4.3%
3/100Virginia -0.2%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataSmyth County value
Life expectancy · low70.9 yrs
4/100Virginia 77.8 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSmyth County value
Premature death · high13,855 /100k
6/100Virginia 7,587 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSmyth County value
Injury deaths · high136 /100k
7/100Virginia 78 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSmyth County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low1.7 /10k
8/100Virginia 4.6 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsSmyth County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
1,573 (2015-2019) → 1,046 (2020-2024)
−34%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
91.3% (2015-2019) → 51.0% (2020-2024)
−40 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateWorsening
36.3% (2015-2019) → 61.7% (2020-2024)
+25 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsWorsening
83.2% (2015-2019) → 71.2% (2020-2024)
−12 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.3× (2015-2019) → 3.2× (2020-2024)
+43%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Unemployment rateImproving
7.5% (2015-2019) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−7.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Adwolf, Virginia improved on 0 of 9 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 8 moved within the margin of error and 1 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 9 measures

Change of every measure of Adwolf, Virginia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	18.3 min2015-2019	18.0 min2020-2024	−0.4 min	Within the margin of error	52%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%2015-2019	14.9%2020-2024	−5.8 points	Within the margin of error	6%
Broadband subscriptions	83.2%2015-2019	71.2%2020-2024	−12 points	Within the margin of error	0%
Effective property tax rate	0.84%2015-2019	0.51%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	78%
High school diploma or higher	93.0%2015-2019	89.9%2020-2024	−3.1 points	Within the margin of error	10%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3712015-2019	0.4052020-2024	+0.034	Within the margin of error	24%
Median household income	$52,4662015-2019	$44,4642020-2024	−15%	Within the margin of error	2%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	51.0%2015-2019	51.0%2020-2024	0 points	Little change	55%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Adwolf, Virginia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Adwolf, Virginia in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Adwolf, Virginia itself moved −17.4 points in standing on average over the same 8 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,046 residents (±304)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 50–59 men (−8.6 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,046 residents (±304)

Adwolf, Virginia
Virginia share

White98%1,021
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino0.0%0

Education

774 residents (±200)

Adwolf, Virginia
Virginia share

No high school diploma10%†78
High school or GED37%†286
Some college17%†

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

548 households (±143)

Adwolf, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $25k32%†177
$25k–50k19%†103
$50k–75k17%†93
$75k–100k16%†85
$100k–150k12%†65
$150k–200k4.6%†25
$200k or more0.0%0

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

548 households (±143)

Adwolf, Virginia
Virginia share

Own86%†471
Rent14%†77

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

51 households (±42)

Adwolf, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $75049%†25
$750–1,00024%†12
$1,000–1,50027%†14

Home values

471 homes (±144)

Adwolf, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $150k59%†277
$150k–250k12%†58
$250k–400k13%†59

Age of homes

659 homes (±168)

Adwolf, Virginia
Virginia share

2010 or later9.9%†65
2000–200924%†157
1980–199910%†67

Size of homes

659 homes (±168)

Adwolf, Virginia
Virginia share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom7.1%†47
2 bedrooms18%†120

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

332 workers (±134)

Adwolf, Virginia
Virginia share

Drive alone61%†202
Carpool23%†77
Public transit0.0%0
Walk3.9%†13
Bike0.0%0
Work from home12%†40
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−28.3 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

292 workers (±107)

Adwolf, Virginia
Virginia share

Under 15 min17%†51
15–29 min60%†176
30–44 min22%†65

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Smyth County, the county holding most of Adwolf's residents.

Smyth County has 499 employer establishments, 171 for every 10,000 residents (0.69× the US rate of 248; 0.71× Virginia's), with 8,169 paid employees at an average annual pay of $47,692. The Census Bureau also counts 1,545 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 499; 1,545 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 171; US 248 · Virginia 241
Paid employees: 8,169
Average annual pay: $47,692; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Smyth County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	48	16.5	0.90×About typical	606	$18,800	6
Ambulatory health care services	38	13	0.63×Fewer than typical	361	$58,634	63
Religious organizations	30	10.3	1.85×More than typical	117	$15,923	—
Limited-service restaurants	23	7.9	0.98×About typical	369	$18,016	—
Full-service restaurants	22	7.5	0.98×About typical	229	$20,052	—
Specialty trade contractors	22	7.5	0.49×Fewer than typical	132	$50,242	147
Automotive repair and maintenance	16	5.5	1.09×About typical	45	$41,400	48
Offices of physicians	16	5.5	0.85×About typical	185	$61,595	13
Gasoline stations	15	5.1	1.59×More than typical	104	$26,000	—
Construction of buildings	14	4.8	0.63×Fewer than typical	166	$58,861	68
Banks and credit unions	13	4.5	1.38×More than typical	122	$56,893	—
Truck transportation	13	4.5	0.88×About typical	128	$58,547	19

Rank places for an industry Open Smyth County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 29,166 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $485.7K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Adwolf, Virginia: $464 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $485.7K; −31% vs FY2025
Per resident: $464; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.4%; US 30%
Single offer: 2.8%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management$466.4K96%
Public Buildings Service$9,6532.0%
Forest Service$5,2521.1%
Defense Logistics Agency$2,8480.6%
Department of the Army$1,5030.3%

Top recipients

SERRATO CORPORATION$466.4K96%
MC DODD CONSTRUCTION LLC$9,6532.0%
GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSION SYSTEMS, INC.$2,8480.6%
MABBETT & ASSOCIATES, INC.$1,6390.3%
NASCENCE GROUP LLC$1,5030.3%

Spending by fiscal year

1.2MFY2017
506.6KFY2018
930.5KFY2019
2.1MFY2020
714.7KFY2021
658.6KFY2022
788.3KFY2023
1M

Top industries (NAICS)

Technical and trade schools · 6115$466.4K96%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$9,6532.0%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$3,0450.6%
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$2,8480.6%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$1,6390.3%
Remediation and other waste management services · 5629

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Adwolf, Virginia, so they do not add up across cities.

Adwolf, Virginia's figures are part of those of Smyth County, VA ($7.8M in FY2026), never added to them: 6.2% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Adwolf is mostly in Smyth County.

See federal money in Smyth County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Adwolf, Virginia is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

H. Morgan GriffithR-VA-9 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 1.3%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Smyth County43100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Smyth County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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