Town · Clarke County, Virginia

Berryville, Virginia

Berryville is a town in Clarke County, Virginia, part of the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area. It has 4,707 residents. Berryville, Virginia has a quality-of-life score of 57 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #6,748 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Virginia it ranks #239 of 375 cities and towns. It ranks best on drug overdose deaths (low), voter turnout (high) and food environment index (high). It ranks worst on rent as share of income (high), grocery stores (low) and drought exposure (high).

57Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #6,748 of 15,651 cities and towns
Virginia: #239 of 375 in VA
Population: 4,707 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 1,901.7 /mi²
FIPS code: 5106968

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 70 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

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

Safety71#4,522/15,637
Economy82#2,749/15,631
Housing19#12,183/14,977
Health69#4,870/15,609
Healthcare28#11,288/15,650
Environment53#7,204/15,453
Education59#6,422/15,649
Infrastructure46#8,491/15,650
Community86#2,161/15,651
Leisure & amenities18#12,766/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Berryville, Virginia ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Clarke 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

Drug overdose deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Virginia 12.0 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataClarke County value
Voter turnout · high83.5%
99/100Virginia 70.7%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionClarke County value
Food environment index · high9.6
98/100Virginia 8.9United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteClarke County value
Violent crime rate · low57 /100k
96/100Virginia 206 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationClarke County value
Child care cost burden · low19.7%
95/100Virginia 24.4%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteClarke County value
Social associations · high14.9 /10k
91/100Virginia 11.1 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteClarke 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
Grocery stores · low0.6 /10k
3/100Virginia 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsClarke County value
Drought exposure · high97%
3/100Virginia 70%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAClarke County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Virginia 1.6 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsClarke County value
Pharmacies · low0.6 /10k
5/100Virginia 1.7 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsClarke County value
Traffic deaths · high31.5 /100k
6/100Virginia 10.7 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataClarke County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
4,324 (2015-2019) → 4,707 (2020-2024)
+8.9%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
58.5% (2015-2019) → 92.6% (2020-2024)
+34 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
32.5% (2015-2019) → 51.0% (2020-2024)
+19 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
78.4% (2015-2019) → 92.2% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
High school diploma or higherImproving
82.4% (2015-2019) → 94.5% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Median household incomeImproving
$64,831 (2015-2019) → $102,788 (2020-2024)
+59%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

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, Berryville, Virginia improved on 3 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 9 moved within the margin of error and 0 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.

Improved3

Uninsured−9.4 points17.9% → 8.5%
Household income+59%$64,831 → $102,788
Broadband+14 points78.4% → 92.2%

Declined1

Rent / income+19 points32.5% → 51.0%

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Berryville, Virginia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	34.0 min2015-2019	29.9 min2020-2024	−4.1 min	Within the margin of error	86%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.8%2015-2019	34.2%2020-2024	+5.4 points	Within the margin of error	71%
Broadband subscriptions	78.4%2015-2019	92.2%2020-2024	+14 points	Improved	75%
Effective property tax rate	0.61%2015-2019	0.71%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	6%
High school diploma or higher	82.4%2015-2019	94.5%2020-2024	+12 points	Within the margin of error	97%
Home price to income ratio	4.7×2015-2019	5.4×2020-2024	+0.7×	Within the margin of error	39%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4492015-2019	0.4352020-2024	−0.014	Within the margin of error	63%
Median household income	$64,8312015-2019	$102,7882020-2024	+59%	Improved	90%
Poverty rate	8.3%2015-2019	10.6%2020-2024	+2.2 points	Within the margin of error	25%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	32.5%2015-2019	51.0%2020-2024	+19 points	Declined	3%
Rent-burdened households	58.5%2015-2019	92.6%2020-2024	+34 points	Within the margin of error	2%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	17.9%2015-2019	8.5%2020-2024	−9.4 points	Improved	96%

“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 Berryville, Virginia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Berryville, 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, Berryville, Virginia itself moved +4.6 points in standing on average over the same 10 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

4,707 residents (±17)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

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

Household income

1,766 households (±152)

Berryville, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $25k19%†334
$25k–50k11%†193
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

1,766 households (±152)

Berryville, Virginia
Virginia share

Own68%1,207
Rent32%559

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

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

1,995 workers (±252)

Berryville, Virginia
Virginia share

Drive alone74%1,467
Carpool5.5%†110
Public transit0.0%0

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

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 Clarke County, the county holding most of Berryville's residents.

Clarke County has 377 employer establishments, 245 for every 10,000 residents (0.99× the US rate of 248; 1.01× Virginia's), with 3,106 paid employees at an average annual pay of $46,084. The Census Bureau also counts 1,542 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 377; 1,542 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 245; US 248 · Virginia 241
Paid employees: 3,106
Average annual pay: $46,084; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	40	26	1.68×More than typical	191	$53,366	117
Construction of buildings	24	15.6	2.06×More than typical	79	$58,443	55
Lessors of real estate	20	13	1.05×About typical	30	$33,133	205
Restaurants and other eating places	18	11.7	0.64×Fewer than typical	193	$23,171	6
Religious organizations	17	11	1.99×More than typical	122	$22,016	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	16	10.4	1.54×More than typical	116	$45,931	77
Ambulatory health care services	14	9.1	0.44×Fewer than typical	92	$37,891	50
Building equipment contractors	14	9.1	1.51×More than typical	94	$56,234	17
Landscaping services	13	8.4	2.41×More than typical	72	$39,278	41
Other specialty trade contractors	11	7.1	2.85×More than typical	39	$48,692	40
Full-service restaurants	10	6.5	0.85×About typical	82	$24,866	6
Electrical contractors and wiring installation	8	5.2	2.10×Too few to compare	47	$45,319	5

Rank places for an industry Open Clarke County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 15,399 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 $19.3K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Berryville, Virginia: $4.10 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $19.3K
Per resident: $4.10; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; 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

Federal Emergency Management Agency$19.3K100%

Top recipients

BETTER DIRECT, LLC$19.3K100%

Spending by fiscal year

-257.2FY2017
208FY2018
671.3FY2020
387.7FY2021
19.3KFY2026

What was bought

IT & telecom$19.3K100%

Top industries (NAICS)

Computer systems design and related services · 5415$19.3K100%

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 Berryville, Virginia, so they do not add up across cities.

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

See federal money in Clarke 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.

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

House

Ben ClineR-VA-6 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 1.0%

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.

Clarke County72100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV86

Other cities and towns in Clarke 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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