Scores by category

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

Safety25#11,805/15,637
Economy24#11,842/15,631
Housing36#9,538/14,977
Health22#12,234/15,609
Healthcare39#9,558/15,650
Environment93#1,152/15,453
Education57#6,756/15,649
Infrastructure29#11,100/15,650
Community23#11,977/15,651
Leisure & amenities39#9,506/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Job growth · high3.9%
97/100Virginia -0.2%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataPrince Edward County value
Pharmacies · high2.7 /10k
92/100Virginia 1.7 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPrince Edward County value
Median Air Quality Index · low33
91/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyPrince Edward County value
Effective property tax rate · low0.47%
90/100Virginia 0.78%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Child care cost burden · low22.5%
86/100Virginia 24.4%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePrince Edward County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Virginia 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePrince Edward County value

Weaknesses

Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.552
4/100Virginia 0.472United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Voter turnout · low51.9%
6/100Virginia 70.7%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionPrince Edward County value
Median household income · low$40,966
7/100Virginia $92,116United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013
Primary care shortage · high17.0
9/100Virginia 6.6United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationPrince Edward County value
Drought exposure · high83%
10/100Virginia 70%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAPrince Edward County value
Reading scores · low2.72
10/100Virginia 3.16United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePrince Edward County value

Trends

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

Broadband subscriptionsImproving
62.9% (2015-2019) → 86.0% (2020-2024)
+23 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
New homes permittedWorsening
3.2 /1k (2021) → 1.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−67%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Poverty rateImproving
29.7% (2015-2019) → 20.4% (2020-2024)
−9.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Child poverty rateImproving
19.9% (2015-2019) → 10.6% (2020-2024)
−9.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
High school diploma or higherImproving
84.9% (2015-2019) → 89.1% (2020-2024)
+4.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
55.2% (2015-2019) → 59.1% (2020-2024)
+3.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%

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, Farmville, Virginia improved on 2 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 10 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.

Improved2

Broadband+23 points62.9% → 86.0%
Poverty−9.3 points29.7% → 20.4%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Farmville, Virginia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	18.3 min2015-2019	18.6 min2020-2024	+0.2 min	Within the margin of error	44%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.0%2015-2019	34.0%2020-2024	+1.9 points	Within the margin of error	42%
Broadband subscriptions	62.9%2015-2019	86.0%2020-2024	+23 points	Improved	94%
Effective property tax rate	0.60%2015-2019	0.47%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	43%
High school diploma or higher	84.9%2015-2019	89.1%2020-2024	+4.3 points	Within the margin of error	78%
Home price to income ratio	5.2×2015-2019	5.8×2020-2024	+0.7×	Within the margin of error	38%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5492015-2019	0.5522020-2024	+0.003	Within the margin of error	47%
Median household income	$35,9952015-2019	$40,9662020-2024	+14%	Within the margin of error	22%
Poverty rate	29.7%2015-2019	20.4%2020-2024	−9.3 points	Improved	92%
Rent as share of income	32.3%2015-2019	33.3%2020-2024	+1 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Rent-burdened households	55.2%2015-2019	59.1%2020-2024	+3.9 points	Within the margin of error	41%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	8.4%2015-2019	6.5%2020-2024	−1.9 points	Within the margin of error	68%

“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 Farmville, Virginia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Farmville, 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, Farmville, Virginia itself moved +1.7 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

7,774 residents (±341)

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: 10–19 women (−6.4 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

7,774 residents (±341)

Farmville, Virginia
Virginia share

White65%5,016
Black26%1,993
Hispanic or Latino2.4%†190

Education

3,851 residents (±327)

Farmville, Virginia
Virginia share

No high school diploma11%†418
High school or GED29%1,127
Some college20%768

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

2,576 households (±305)

Farmville, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $25k29%†736
$25k–50k27%†684
$50k–75k19%†477
$75k–100k8.5%†220
$100k–150k8.2%†210
$150k–200k4.4%†114
$200k or more5.2%†135

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $50k–75k (+10.9 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

2,576 households (±305)

Farmville, Virginia
Virginia share

Own37%943
Rent63%1,633

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

Table view

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

Rent paid

1,550 households (±269)

Farmville, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $75027%†415
$750–1,00037%†581
$1,000–1,50027%†411

Home values

943 homes (±171)

Farmville, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $150k19%†179
$150k–250k36%†335
$250k–400k32%302

Age of homes

3,142 homes (±304)

Farmville, Virginia
Virginia share

2010 or later8.9%†279
2000–20098.9%†281
1980–199914%†449

Size of homes

3,142 homes (±304)

Farmville, Virginia
Virginia share

Studio4.2%†132
1 bedroom14%†432
2 bedrooms23%†719

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

2,772 workers (±414)

Farmville, Virginia
Virginia share

Drive alone63%1,733
Carpool11%†292
Public transit1.2%†34
Walk18%†494
Bike2.0%†55
Work from home5.7%†158
Other0.2%†6

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−12.4 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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

2,614 workers (±424)

Farmville, Virginia
Virginia share

Under 15 min57%1,498
15–29 min22%577
30–44 min9.7%†253

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 Prince Edward County, the county holding most of Farmville's residents.

Prince Edward County has 496 employer establishments, 225 for every 10,000 residents (0.91× the US rate of 248; 0.93× Virginia's), with 6,986 paid employees at an average annual pay of $41,014. The Census Bureau also counts 1,164 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 496; 1,164 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 225; US 248 · Virginia 241
Paid employees: 6,986
Average annual pay: $41,014; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	48	21.8	1.05×About typical	929	$63,653	43
Restaurants and other eating places	35	15.9	0.87×About typical	787	$19,367	6
Specialty trade contractors	27	12.3	0.79×Fewer than typical	189	$49,497	100
Religious organizations	24	10.9	1.96×More than typical	65	$15,785	—
Lessors of real estate	21	9.5	0.77×Fewer than typical	48	$31,396	120
Full-service restaurants	19	8.6	1.12×About typical	460	$21,115	—
Construction of buildings	15	6.8	0.90×About typical	29	$26,897	41
Limited-service restaurants	14	6.4	0.79×Fewer than typical	295	$16,705	—
Offices of physicians	13	5.9	0.91×About typical	127	$114,677	5
Banks and credit unions	12	5.4	1.69×More than typical	65	$49,631	—
Gasoline stations	12	5.4	1.68×More than typical	81	$25,765	—
Building equipment contractors	11	5	0.83×About typical	105	$56,305	18

Rank places for an industry Open Prince Edward County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 22,022 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 $357.4K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Farmville, Virginia: $45.97 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $357.4K; −23% vs FY2025
Per resident: $45.97; US $1,994
Sole-source: 22%; US 30%
Single offer: 9.4%; 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

Top recipients

C W WORLDWIDE MEETINGS INC$161.3K45%
FARMVILLE WHOLESALE ELECTRIC SUPPLY CO INC$117.4K33%
HCI MANAGEMENT SERVICES COMPANY$78.6K22%
TEXTAINER EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT (U.S.) LIMITED$1010.0%

Spending by fiscal year

29.7KFY2017
28.7KFY2018
58KFY2019
609.6KFY2020
351.9KFY2021
810.3KFY2022
525.1KFY2023
324.5K

Top industries (NAICS)

Travel arrangement and reservation services · 5615$161.3K45%
Facilities support services · 5612$78.6K22%
Electrical equipment manufacturing · 3353$75.2K21%
Engine, turbine, and power transmission equipment manufacturing · 3336$12.9K3.6%
Printing and related support activities · 3231$10.1K2.8%
Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning, and refrigeration equipment manufacturing · 3334$5,443

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

Farmville, Virginia's figures are part of those of Prince Edward County, VA and Cumberland County, VA ($4.4M in FY2026), never added to them: 8.1% of that total.

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

See federal money in Prince Edward 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.

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

House

John J. McGuire IIIR-VA-5 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 1.6%

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.

Other cities and towns in Prince Edward County

Largest first.

Hampden-Sydney561,769

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
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
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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