Scores by category

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

Safety64#5,667/15,637
Economy98#317/15,631
Housing56#6,599/14,977
Health93#1,074/15,609
Healthcare48#8,153/15,650
Environment89#1,623/15,453
Education93#1,131/15,649
Infrastructure87#2,056/15,650
Community76#3,700/15,651
Leisure & amenities27#11,358/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Median household income · high$180,021
98/100Virginia $92,116United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013
Injury deaths · low46 /100k
97/100Virginia 78 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePrince William County value
Distance to an Amtrak station · low5 mi
96/100Virginia 14 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauPrince William County value
Food environment index · high9.4
96/100Virginia 8.9United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePrince William County value
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.349
96/100Virginia 0.472United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Public transit commuters · high4.1%
91/100Virginia 2.3%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301

Weaknesses

Average commute time · high39.3 min
3/100Virginia 27.3 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Drought exposure · high84%
9/100Virginia 70%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAPrince William County value
Mammography screening · low37.0%
11/100Virginia 47.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePrince William County value
Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
14/100Virginia 0.4 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesPrince William County value
Primary care shortage · high16.0
14/100Virginia 6.6United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationPrince William County value
Social associations · low6.6 /10k
16/100Virginia 11.1 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePrince William County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
17,708 (2015-2019) → 21,602 (2020-2024)
+22%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
60.4% (2015-2019) → 43.0% (2020-2024)
−17 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
36.0% (2015-2019) → 26.5% (2020-2024)
−9.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Child poverty rateWorsening
1.7% (2015-2019) → 7.0% (2020-2024)
+5.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Median household incomeImproving
$143,602 (2015-2019) → $180,021 (2020-2024)
+25%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
48.7% (2015-2019) → 52.9% (2020-2024)
+4.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%

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, Buckhall, Virginia improved on 3 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 7 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.

Improved3

Uninsured−4.1 points8.2% → 4.1%
Bachelor's++4.2 points48.7% → 52.9%
Household income+25%$143,602 → $180,021

Declined3

Poverty+3.6 points2.4% → 6.0%
Transit use−2 points6.1% → 4.1%
Price / income+0.4×3.1× → 3.5×

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Buckhall, Virginia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	43.7 min2015-2019	39.3 min2020-2024	−4.3 min	Within the margin of error	87%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.7%2015-2019	52.9%2020-2024	+4.2 points	Improved	61%
Broadband subscriptions	94.5%2015-2019	96.6%2020-2024	+2.1 points	Within the margin of error	15%
Effective property tax rate	1.04%2015-2019	0.89%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	46%
High school diploma or higher	92.2%2015-2019	93.8%2020-2024	+1.7 points	Within the margin of error	55%
Home price to income ratio	3.1×2015-2019	3.5×2020-2024	+0.4×	Declined	54%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3392015-2019	0.3492020-2024	+0.011	Within the margin of error	41%
Median household income	$143,6022015-2019	$180,0212020-2024	+25%	Improved	45%
Poverty rate	2.4%2015-2019	6.0%2020-2024	+3.6 points	Declined	17%
Public transit commuters	6.1%2015-2019	4.1%2020-2024	−2 points	Declined	13%
Rent as share of income	36.0%2015-2019	26.5%2020-2024	−9.5 points	Within the margin of error	93%
Rent-burdened households	60.4%2015-2019	43.0%2020-2024	−17 points	Within the margin of error	91%
Unemployment rate	3.0%2015-2019	3.5%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	38%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	8.2%2015-2019	4.1%2020-2024	−4.1 points	Improved	83%

“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 Buckhall, Virginia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Buckhall, 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, Buckhall, Virginia itself moved +10.7 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

21,602 residents (±1,331)

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: Under 10 women (+2.4 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

21,602 residents (±1,331)

Buckhall, Virginia
Virginia share

White55%11,964
Black8.9%1,924
Hispanic or Latino21%4,638

Education

14,283 residents (±879)

Buckhall, Virginia
Virginia share

No high school diploma6.2%†881
High school or GED17%2,375
Some college17%2,387

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

6,706 households (±385)

Buckhall, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $25k6.1%†412
$25k–50k5.3%†354
$50k–75k6.4%†429
$75k–100k5.9%†397
$100k–150k17%1,149
$150k–200k16%1,105
$200k or more43%2,860

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+16.9 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 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

6,706 households (±385)

Buckhall, Virginia
Virginia share

Own89%5,968
Rent11%†738

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

723 households (±258)

Buckhall, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $7503.5%†25
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,5005.4%†39

Home values

5,968 homes (±354)

Buckhall, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $150k3.2%†193
$150k–250k0.5%†32
$250k–400k3.9%†233

Age of homes

6,868 homes (±385)

Buckhall, Virginia
Virginia share

2010 or later20%1,394
2000–200921%1,424
1980–199941%2,798

Size of homes

6,868 homes (±385)

Buckhall, Virginia
Virginia share

Studio3.0%†207
1 bedroom0.7%†45
2 bedrooms5.2%†355

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

11,181 workers (±708)

Buckhall, Virginia
Virginia share

Drive alone61%6,876
Carpool7.4%†827
Public transit4.1%†458
Walk0.0%†3
Bike0.1%†10
Work from home26%2,905
Other0.9%†102

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+19.8 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

8,276 workers (±712)

Buckhall, Virginia
Virginia share

Under 15 min11%903
15–29 min21%1,737
30–44 min26%2,131

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

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 Prince William County, the county holding most of Buckhall's residents.

Prince William County has 9,286 employer establishments, 189 for every 10,000 residents (0.76× the US rate of 248; 0.78× Virginia's), with 120,091 paid employees at an average annual pay of $55,828. The Census Bureau also counts 53,892 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 9,286; 53,892 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 189; US 248 · Virginia 241
Paid employees: 120,091
Average annual pay: $55,828; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	1,011	20.6	1.33×More than typical	13,872	$67,668	4,871
Ambulatory health care services	772	15.7	0.75×Fewer than typical	8,361	$64,890	2,221
Restaurants and other eating places	720	14.7	0.80×Fewer than typical	14,193	$22,223	358
Lessors of real estate	425	8.6	0.70×Fewer than typical	1,230	$64,323	3,310
Computer systems design and related services	413	8.4	1.94×More than typical	3,474	$111,947	748
Services to buildings and dwellings	397	8.1	1.20×About typical	2,894	$42,448	3,285
Construction of buildings	384	7.8	1.03×About typical	1,929	$67,389	2,182
Management, scientific and technical consulting	372	7.6	1.13×About typical	4,262	$85,605	2,006
Limited-service restaurants	369	7.5	0.94×About typical	7,096	$20,007	111
Building equipment contractors	297	6	1.00×About typical	4,254	$72,609	994
Building finishing contractors	292	5.9	1.56×More than typical	2,892	$46,066	2,041
Full-service restaurants	279	5.7	0.74×Fewer than typical	5,960	$25,427	177

Rank places for an industry Open Prince William County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 491,396 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 $304.9M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Buckhall, Virginia: $14,113 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $304.9M; −39% vs FY2025
Per resident: $14,113; US $1,994
Sole-source: 70%; US 30%
Single offer: 12%; 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

Department of the Navy$271.9M89%
National Institutes of Health$14.2M4.6%
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$9.8M3.2%
U.S. Coast Guard$3M1.0%
Defense Logistics Agency$1.3M0.4%
Department of the Army$1.2M0.4%
Missile Defense Agency$1.1M0.4%
Department of State$914K0.3%

Top recipients

LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$189.9M62%
GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSION SYSTEMS, INC.$77.6M25%
AMERICAN TYPE CULTURE COLLECTION$24.4M8.0%
ADVANCED SYSTEMS SUPPORTABILITY ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES AND TOOLS, INC$5.2M1.7%
LOGIS-TECH, LLC$2.8M0.9%

Spending by fiscal year

418.3MFY2017
444.5MFY2018
555.8MFY2019
580.1MFY2020
465.1MFY2021
423.6MFY2022
463.4MFY2023
554.8M

Top industries (NAICS)

Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$218.8M72%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$30M9.8%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$20.6M6.8%
Communications equipment manufacturing · 3342$12.1M4.0%
Other professional, scientific, and technical services · 5419$9.9M3.2%

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Buckhall, Virginia

ENGINEERING DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT (USN)$1.1B
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION· Prince William County, VA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Aug 25, 2020 – May 6, 2026· N0002420C6117
ENGINEERING SERVICES (USN)$1.1B
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION· Prince William County, VA· Equipment maintenance· Jun 22, 2017 – Jan 30, 2026· N0002417C6259
ENGINEERING SERVICES, HARDWARE PRODUCTION, ODC/TRAVEL/MATERIAL$966.4M
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION· Prince William County, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 23, 2018 – Mar 18, 2026· N0002418C5218
PROCUREMENT OF ENGINEERING SERVICES AND SUPPORT OF THE AN/BVY-1 INTEGRATED SUBMARINE IMAGING SYSTEM (ISIS) AND FOR THE PRODUCTION OF TEN (10) AN/BVY-1(V)1 INTEGRATED CONTROL AND DISPLAY (IC&D) CABINETS. SERVICES WILL INCLUDE DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, TESTING, REVERSE ENGINEERING, TECHNOLOGY INSERTION/ REFRESHMENT, ENGINEERING SERVICES, FIELD ENGINEERING SERVICES, AND SYSTEM SUPPORT.

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

Buckhall, Virginia's figures are part of those of Prince William County, VA ($2.3B in FY2026), never added to them: 13% of that total.

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

See federal money in Prince William 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.

Buckhall, Virginia is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

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County

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

Prince William County84100% 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 Prince William 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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