Census-designated place · King George County, Virginia

King George, Virginia

King George is a census-designated place in King George County, Virginia. It has 4,851 residents. King George, Virginia has a quality-of-life score of 50 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #7,757 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Virginia it ranks #266 of 375 cities and towns. It ranks best on child care cost burden (low), average weekly wage (high) and food environment index (high). It ranks worst on job growth (low), restaurants and bars (low) and primary care physicians (low).

50Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #7,757 of 15,651 cities and towns
Virginia: #266 of 375 in VA
Population: 4,851 (2020-2024)
Land area: 11 mi²
Density: 450.3 /mi²
FIPS code: 5142568

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 71 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.

Safety89#1,773/15,637
Economy82#2,837/15,631
Housing34#9,818/14,977
Health61#6,094/15,609
Healthcare8#14,343/15,650
Environment63#5,791/15,453
Education70#4,627/15,649
Infrastructure19#12,664/15,650
Community61#6,029/15,651
Leisure & amenities6#14,777/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Child care cost burden · low18.3%
98/100Virginia 24.4%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteKing George County value
Average weekly wage · high$1,869
97/100Virginia $1,540United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsKing George County value
Food environment index · high9.5
97/100Virginia 8.9United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteKing George County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Virginia 4.3 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataKing George County value
Property crime rate · low496 /100k
90/100Virginia 1,354 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationKing George County value
Violent crime rate · low88 /100k
89/100Virginia 206 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationKing George County value

Weaknesses

Job growth · low-5.1%
2/100Virginia -0.2%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataKing George County value
Restaurants and bars · low3.0 /10k
2/100Virginia 8.4 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsKing George County value
Primary care physicians · low22 /100k
6/100Virginia 76 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteKing George County value
Pharmacies · low0.7 /10k
6/100Virginia 1.7 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsKing George County value
Preventable hospital stays · high4,309 /100k
6/100Virginia 2,649 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteKing George County value
Distance to an emergency room · high13.7 mi
9/100Virginia 5.8 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesKing George County value

Trends

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

Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
22.5% (2015-2019) → 72.8% (2020-2024)
+50 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
19.8% (2015-2019) → 43.1% (2020-2024)
+23 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.9× (2015-2019) → 3.9× (2020-2024)
+34%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Broadband subscriptionsWorsening
91.2% (2015-2019) → 84.4% (2020-2024)
−6.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateWorsening
2.5% (2015-2019) → 8.8% (2020-2024)
+6.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Poverty rateWorsening
4.0% (2015-2019) → 8.8% (2020-2024)
+4.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%

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, King George, Virginia improved on 0 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 5. 7 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.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined5

Rent burden+50 points22.5% → 72.8%
Rent / income+23 points19.8% → 43.1%
Broadband−6.7 points91.2% → 84.4%
Inequality+0.0670.342 → 0.409
Price / income+1.0×2.9× → 3.9×

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of King George, Virginia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	33.9 min2015-2019	34.6 min2020-2024	+0.8 min	Within the margin of error	38%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.5%2015-2019	30.9%2020-2024	−3.6 points	Within the margin of error	10%
Broadband subscriptions	91.2%2015-2019	84.4%2020-2024	−6.7 points	Declined	1%
Effective property tax rate	0.58%2015-2019	0.51%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	29%
High school diploma or higher	92.9%2015-2019	91.6%2020-2024	−1.3 points	Within the margin of error	20%
Home price to income ratio	2.9×2015-2019	3.9×2020-2024	+1.0×	Declined	23%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3422015-2019	0.4092020-2024	+0.067	Declined	11%
Median household income	$96,1842015-2019	$98,6222020-2024	+2.5%	Within the margin of error	9%
Poverty rate	4.0%2015-2019	8.8%2020-2024	+4.8 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Rent as share of income	19.8%2015-2019	43.1%2020-2024	+23 points	Declined	1%
Rent-burdened households	22.5%2015-2019	72.8%2020-2024	+50 points	Declined	0%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	4.9%2015-2019	6.1%2020-2024	+1.2 points	Within the margin of error	32%

“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 King George, Virginia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of King George, 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, King George, Virginia itself moved −33.7 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

4,851 residents (±603)

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

1,569 households (±197)

King George, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $25k11%†176
$25k–50k17%†271
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

1,569 households (±197)

King George, Virginia
Virginia share

Own71%1,108
Rent29%†461

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−9.9 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

2,079 workers (±382)

King George, Virginia
Virginia share

Drive alone69%1,438
Carpool8.9%†184
Public transit1.1%†23

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 King George County, the county holding most of King George's residents.

King George County has 496 employer establishments, 174 for every 10,000 residents (0.70× the US rate of 248; 0.72× Virginia's), with 5,319 paid employees at an average annual pay of $60,863. The Census Bureau also counts 1,812 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 496; 1,812 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 174; US 248 · Virginia 241
Paid employees: 5,319
Average annual pay: $60,863; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	49	17.2	1.11×About typical	268	$59,321	126
Architectural, engineering and related services	41	14.4	4.13×More than typical	651	$111,303	15
Computer systems design and related services	41	14.4	3.33×More than typical	1,035	$95,576	26
Restaurants and other eating places	33	11.6	0.63×Fewer than typical	474	$21,829	11
Religious organizations	26	9.1	1.65×More than typical	80	$20,975	—
Ambulatory health care services	21	7.4	0.35×Fewer than typical	159	$46,170	63
Limited-service restaurants	21	7.4	0.92×About typical	258	$23,314	—
Building equipment contractors	20	7	1.17×About typical	113	$61,681	34
Construction of buildings	20	7	0.93×About typical	58	$48,310	52
Management, scientific and technical consulting	20	7	1.05×About typical	161	$117,596	67
Lessors of real estate	18	6.3	0.51×Fewer than typical	70	$50,300	165
Automotive repair and maintenance	13	4.6	0.91×About typical	60	$51,633	25

Rank places for an industry Open King George County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 28,447 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 $6.3M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in King George, Virginia: $1,294 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $6.3M; −21% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1,294; US $1,994
Sole-source: 1.2%; US 30%
Single offer: 37%; 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$6.2M99%
Defense Threat Reduction Agency$73.7K1.2%
Department of the Air Force$21.5K0.3%
Department of the Army$1,1980.0%
Missile Defense Agency$30.720.0%

Top recipients

SOUTHEASTERN COMPUTER CONSULTANTS, INC.$1.3M21%
AMENTUM SERVICES, INC.$1.2M19%
TECHNOLOGY SERVICE CORP$888.6K14%
VALKYRIE ENTERPRISES, LLC$557.4K8.9%
BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC$552.8K8.8%

Spending by fiscal year

3MFY2017
2MFY2018
1.6MFY2019
2.7MFY2020
3.2MFY2021
4.8MFY2022
5MFY2023
7M

Top industries (NAICS)

Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$6.1M97%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$73.8K1.2%
Machine shops and screw, nut, and bolt manufacturing · 3327$62.2K1.0%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$23.6K0.4%
Specialized design services · 5414$17.2K0.3%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415

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 King George, Virginia, so they do not add up across cities.

King George, Virginia's figures are part of those of King George County, VA ($477.8M in FY2026), never added to them: 1.3% of that total.

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

See federal money in King George 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.

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

House

Eugene Simon VindmanD-VA-7 · 100% of residentsWith party 88%Missed 0.7%

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.

King George County73100% of residents

Other cities and towns in King George 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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