Scores by category

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

Safety70#4,764/15,637
Economy46#8,422/15,631
Housing59#6,071/14,977
Health56#6,880/15,609
Healthcare13#13,657/15,650
Environment77#3,615/15,453
Education41#9,299/15,649
Infrastructure8#14,374/15,650
Community56#6,819/15,651
Leisure & amenities8#14,396/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Hospital quality rating · high5.0
98/100Virginia 3.7United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesRockingham County value
Child care cost burden · low20.0%
95/100Virginia 24.4%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteRockingham County value
Property crime rate · low420 /100k
93/100Virginia 1,354 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationRockingham County value
Violent crime rate · low96 /100k
87/100Virginia 206 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationRockingham County value
Drug overdose deaths · low8.5 /100k
86/100Virginia 12.0 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional dataRockingham County value
Days with unhealthy air · low0.0%
84/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyRockingham County value

Weaknesses

Mental health providers · low34 /100k
3/100Virginia 284 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteRockingham County value
Restaurants and bars · low3.9 /10k
5/100Virginia 8.4 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsRockingham County value
Dentists · low22 /100k
5/100Virginia 76 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteRockingham County value
Pharmacies · low0.7 /10k
6/100Virginia 1.7 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsRockingham County value
Drought exposure · high91%
6/100Virginia 70%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAARockingham County value
Primary care physicians · low26 /100k
9/100Virginia 76 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteRockingham County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
2,846 (2015-2019) → 3,006 (2020-2024)
+5.6%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
74.8% (2015-2019) → 86.0% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
55.2% (2015-2019) → 45.2% (2020-2024)
−9.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateWorsening
6.5% (2015-2019) → 16.2% (2020-2024)
+9.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
33.3% (2015-2019) → 26.9% (2020-2024)
−6.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
3.4× (2015-2019) → 4.0× (2020-2024)
+18%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×

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, Elkton, Virginia improved on 1 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 12 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.

Improved1

Broadband+11 points74.8% → 86.0%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Elkton, Virginia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	27.2 min2015-2019	25.6 min2020-2024	−1.6 min	Within the margin of error	67%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%2015-2019	17.6%2020-2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Broadband subscriptions	74.8%2015-2019	86.0%2020-2024	+11 points	Improved	65%
Effective property tax rate	0.60%2015-2019	0.59%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	18%
High school diploma or higher	90.4%2015-2019	90.1%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	29%
Home price to income ratio	3.4×2015-2019	4.0×2020-2024	+0.6×	Within the margin of error	40%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4142015-2019	0.4362020-2024	+0.023	Within the margin of error	32%
Median household income	$54,6052015-2019	$62,0312020-2024	+14%	Within the margin of error	21%
Poverty rate	7.3%2015-2019	9.9%2020-2024	+2.5 points	Within the margin of error	23%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	33.3%2015-2019	26.9%2020-2024	−6.4 points	Within the margin of error	87%
Rent-burdened households	55.2%2015-2019	45.2%2020-2024	−9.9 points	Within the margin of error	82%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	9.1%2015-2019	8.6%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	53%

“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 Elkton, Virginia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Elkton, 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, Elkton, Virginia itself moved +3.8 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

3,006 residents (±16)

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: 80 and over women (−3.0 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

3,006 residents (±16)

Elkton, Virginia
Virginia share

White89%2,682
Black0.1%†3
Hispanic or Latino7.9%†236
Asian0.0%0
American Indian and Alaska Native0.1%†3
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races2.7%†82

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Hispanic or Latino (+7.0 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 B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

1,971 residents (±184)

Elkton, Virginia
Virginia share

No high school diploma9.9%†196
High school or GED39%760
Some college23%†447
Associate degree11%†221
Bachelor's degree15%†302
Graduate degree2.3%†45

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Graduate degree (−3.9 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 B15003View 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.

Income

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

Household income

1,269 households (±176)

Elkton, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $25k19%†239
$25k–50k24%†304
$50k–75k17%†217
$75k–100k12%†146
$100k–150k16%†202
$150k–200k9.1%†115
$200k or more3.6%†46

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $150k–200k (+7.3 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 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

1,269 households (±176)

Elkton, Virginia
Virginia share

Own62%787
Rent38%†482

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

442 households (±140)

Elkton, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $75043%†189
$750–1,00023%†103
$1,000–1,50025%†110

Home values

787 homes (±130)

Elkton, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $150k7.0%†55
$150k–250k45%†356
$250k–400k45%358

Age of homes

1,301 homes (±172)

Elkton, Virginia
Virginia share

2010 or later4.4%†57
2000–200911%†137
1980–199933%†433

Size of homes

1,301 homes (±172)

Elkton, Virginia
Virginia share

Studio3.8%†50
1 bedroom5.7%†74
2 bedrooms26%†334

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

1,543 workers (±209)

Elkton, Virginia
Virginia share

Drive alone81%1,243
Carpool9.1%†140
Public transit0.0%0
Walk4.9%†76
Bike0.0%0
Work from home5.4%†84
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+4.5 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

1,459 workers (±216)

Elkton, Virginia
Virginia share

Under 15 min31%458
15–29 min17%†244
30–44 min42%610

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 Harrisonburg, VA

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 Rockingham County, the county holding most of Elkton's residents.

Rockingham County has 1,648 employer establishments, 190 for every 10,000 residents (0.76× the US rate of 248; 0.79× Virginia's), with 29,517 paid employees at an average annual pay of $54,854. The Census Bureau also counts 6,935 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,648; 6,935 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 190; US 248 · Virginia 241
Paid employees: 29,517
Average annual pay: $54,854; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	196	22.6	1.46×More than typical	2,159	$58,600	611
Construction of buildings	111	12.8	1.69×More than typical	575	$56,925	323
Ambulatory health care services	103	11.9	0.57×Fewer than typical	1,058	$106,324	259
Religious organizations	97	11.2	2.01×More than typical	535	$21,736	—
Restaurants and other eating places	83	9.6	0.52×Fewer than typical	1,272	$20,653	15
Truck transportation	80	9.2	1.82×More than typical	480	$59,302	269
Services to buildings and dwellings	68	7.8	1.16×About typical	1,066	$32,699	483
Automotive repair and maintenance	63	7.2	1.44×More than typical	345	$49,241	132
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	56	6.4	2.04×More than typical	429	$60,310	92
Lessors of real estate	55	6.3	0.51×Fewer than typical	568	$53,979	808
Building equipment contractors	53	6.1	1.01×About typical	827	$59,489	103
Other specialty trade contractors	52	6	2.38×More than typical	592	$59,726	228

Rank places for an industry Open Rockingham County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 86,900 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 $1,922 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Elkton, Virginia: $0.64 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $1,922
Per resident: $0.64; 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

Department of the Navy$1,922100%

Top recipients

NEW ROOTS HISTORIC RESTORATION, LLC$1,922100%

Spending by fiscal year

3.3KFY2017
623.2FY2018
-240.8FY2020
0FY2021
464.9FY2022
1.9KFY2023
356.4FY2024
1.9KFY2026

Top industries (NAICS)

Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment repair and maintenance · 8113$1,922100%

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

Elkton, Virginia's figures are part of those of Rockingham County, VA ($9.4M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

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

See federal money in Rockingham 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.

Elkton, 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.

Rockingham County67100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Harrisonburg, VA68

Other cities and towns in Rockingham 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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