Census-designated place · Gloucester County, Virginia

Gloucester Courthouse, Virginia

Gloucester Courthouse is a census-designated place in Gloucester County, Virginia, part of the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metro area. It has 3,336 residents. Gloucester Courthouse, Virginia has a quality-of-life score of 78 out of 100 (high), ranking #3,517 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Virginia it ranks #155 of 375 cities and towns. It ranks best on violent crime rate (low), mammography screening (high) and math scores (high). It ranks worst on firearm deaths (high), suicide rate (high) and public EV charging ports (low).

78High

Quality-of-life score: #3,517 of 15,651 cities and towns
Virginia: #155 of 375 in VA
Population: 3,336 (2020-2024)
Land area: 7 mi²
Density: 478.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 5131608

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 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.

Safety60#6,250/15,637
Economy61#6,141/15,631
Housing73#4,010/14,977
Health49#7,991/15,609
Healthcare47#8,268/15,650
Environment96#592/15,453
Education89#1,683/15,649
Infrastructure58#6,606/15,650
Community78#3,417/15,651
Leisure & amenities40#9,320/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Violent crime rate · low49 /100k
98/100Virginia 206 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationGloucester County value
Mammography screening · high58.0%
97/100Virginia 47.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGloucester County value
Math scores · high3.48
95/100Virginia 3.27United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGloucester County value
Preventable hospital stays · low1,731 /100k
93/100Virginia 2,649 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGloucester County value
Unemployment rate · low1.3%
90/100Virginia 3.4%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Food environment index · high9.1
89/100Virginia 8.9United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGloucester County value

Weaknesses

Firearm deaths · high35.0 /100k
1/100Virginia 12.4 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataGloucester County value
Suicide rate · high35.0 /100k
2/100Virginia 13.2 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataGloucester County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Virginia 6.2 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyGloucester County value
Pharmacies · low0.8 /10k
7/100Virginia 1.7 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsGloucester County value
Job growth · low-2.5%
9/100Virginia -0.2%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataGloucester County value
Average weekly wage · low$940
9/100Virginia $1,540United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsGloucester County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
2,466 (2015-2019) → 3,336 (2020-2024)
+35%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
75.0% (2015-2019) → 93.7% (2020-2024)
+19 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateImproving
18.8% (2015-2019) → 4.8% (2020-2024)
−14 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
40.3% (2015-2019) → 29.9% (2020-2024)
−10 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$55,227 (2015-2019) → $75,341 (2020-2024)
+36%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Average commute timeImproving
38.3 min (2015-2019) → 26.8 min (2020-2024)
−30%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min

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, Gloucester Courthouse, 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+19 points75.0% → 93.7%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Gloucester Courthouse, Virginia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	38.3 min2015-2019	26.8 min2020-2024	−11.5 min	Within the margin of error	99%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%2015-2019	27.8%2020-2024	+2.4 points	Within the margin of error	46%
Broadband subscriptions	75.0%2015-2019	93.7%2020-2024	+19 points	Improved	88%
Effective property tax rate	0.61%2015-2019	0.58%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	21%
High school diploma or higher	88.8%2015-2019	92.7%2020-2024	+3.8 points	Within the margin of error	75%
Home price to income ratio	4.4×2015-2019	5.1×2020-2024	+0.6×	Within the margin of error	39%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4332015-2019	0.4242020-2024	−0.009	Within the margin of error	59%
Median household income	$55,2272015-2019	$75,3412020-2024	+36%	Within the margin of error	68%
Poverty rate	12.0%2015-2019	8.3%2020-2024	−3.7 points	Within the margin of error	74%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	28.0%2015-2019	25.5%2020-2024	−2.5 points	Within the margin of error	72%
Rent-burdened households	40.3%2015-2019	29.9%2020-2024	−10 points	Within the margin of error	83%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	5.9%2015-2019	8.6%2020-2024	+2.7 points	Within the margin of error	21%

“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 Gloucester Courthouse, Virginia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Gloucester Courthouse, 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, Gloucester Courthouse, Virginia itself moved +12.7 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

3,336 residents (±740)

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: 20–29 women (−2.7 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

3,336 residents (±740)

Gloucester Courthouse, Virginia
Virginia share

White92%3,068
Black3.9%†130
Hispanic or Latino1.2%†41

Education

2,440 residents (±397)

Gloucester Courthouse, Virginia
Virginia share

No high school diploma7.3%†179
High school or GED34%835
Some college22%537

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

1,229 households (±240)

Gloucester Courthouse, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $25k9.7%†119
$25k–50k19%†234
$50k–75k21%†260
$75k–100k13%†163
$100k–150k16%†195
$150k–200k15%†182
$200k or more6.2%†76

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−13.5 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 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

1,229 households (±240)

Gloucester Courthouse, Virginia
Virginia share

Own79%968
Rent21%†261

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+14.9 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 B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

241 households (±104)

Gloucester Courthouse, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $7505.4%†13
$750–1,00054%†130
$1,000–1,50024%†59

Home values

968 homes (±223)

Gloucester Courthouse, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $150k2.5%†24
$150k–250k7.9%†76
$250k–400k47%†455

Age of homes

1,359 homes (±243)

Gloucester Courthouse, Virginia
Virginia share

2010 or later14%†196
2000–200939%†524
1980–199922%†293

Size of homes

1,359 homes (±243)

Gloucester Courthouse, Virginia
Virginia share

Studio1.3%†18
1 bedroom8.1%†110
2 bedrooms19%†254

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

1,189 workers (±250)

Gloucester Courthouse, Virginia
Virginia share

Drive alone78%933
Carpool2.5%†30
Public transit0.0%0
Walk1.7%†20
Bike0.0%0
Work from home17%†206
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+13.1 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

983 workers (±228)

Gloucester Courthouse, Virginia
Virginia share

Under 15 min36%†355
15–29 min17%†166
30–44 min11%†

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 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC

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 Gloucester County, the county holding most of Gloucester Courthouse's residents.

Gloucester County has 868 employer establishments, 217 for every 10,000 residents (0.87× the US rate of 248; 0.90× Virginia's), with 7,878 paid employees at an average annual pay of $39,055. The Census Bureau also counts 2,729 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 868; 2,729 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 217; US 248 · Virginia 241
Paid employees: 7,878
Average annual pay: $39,055; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	90	22.5	1.45×More than typical	513	$51,772	226
Restaurants and other eating places	61	15.2	0.83×About typical	1,131	$22,067	10
Ambulatory health care services	52	13	0.62×Fewer than typical	497	$48,948	76
Construction of buildings	51	12.7	1.69×More than typical	154	$51,006	133
Building equipment contractors	37	9.2	1.54×More than typical	270	$48,893	50
Lessors of real estate	37	9.2	0.75×Fewer than typical	73	$44,685	295
Services to buildings and dwellings	36	9	1.33×More than typical	117	$42,026	243
Religious organizations	33	8.2	1.49×More than typical	142	$24,324	—
Limited-service restaurants	29	7.2	0.90×About typical	604	$18,919	6
Full-service restaurants	28	7	0.91×About typical	487	$25,848	4
Personal care services	28	7	1.47×More than typical	131	$26,840	80
Automotive repair and maintenance	26	6.5	1.29×More than typical	119	$50,513	49

Rank places for an industry Open Gloucester County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 40,016 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 $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Gloucester Courthouse, Virginia: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0; −100% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; 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

Spending by fiscal year

265.5FY2017
158.6KFY2018
61.3KFY2019
41.9KFY2020
56.3KFY2021
13.7KFY2022
5.3KFY2023
68.5KFY2024
34.2KFY2025

What was bought

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 Gloucester Courthouse, Virginia, so they do not add up across cities.

Gloucester Courthouse, Virginia's figures are part of those of Gloucester County, VA ($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: Gloucester Courthouse is mostly in Gloucester County.

See federal money in Gloucester 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.

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

House

Robert J. WittmanR-VA-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 2.5%

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.

Gloucester County87100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC69

Other cities and towns in Gloucester County

Largest first.

Gloucester Point6711,109

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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