Scores by category

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

Safety44#8,779/15,637
Economy34#10,391/15,631
Housing36#9,558/14,977
Health43#8,914/15,609
Healthcare88#1,952/15,650
Environment95#695/15,453
Education64#5,661/15,649
Infrastructure56#6,959/15,650
Community79#3,318/15,651
Leisure & amenities81#2,910/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

New business applications · high31.7 /1k
98/100Virginia 15.6 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauHenrico County value
Distance to an Amtrak station · low5 mi
98/100Virginia 14 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauHenrico County value
Gyms and fitness centers · high2.3 /10k
96/100Virginia 1.6 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHenrico County value
Natural hazard risk · low4.6
92/100Virginia 17.92025Federal Emergency Management AgencyHenrico County value
Flu vaccinations · high54.0%
90/100Virginia 47.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHenrico County value
Primary care shortage · low0.0
90/100Virginia 6.6United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationHenrico County value

Weaknesses

Mental health care shortage · high18.0
11/100Virginia 14.8United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationHenrico County value
Lack of reliable transportation · high13.3%
14/100Virginia 7.7%United States 8.3%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Food insecurity · high24.9%
16/100Virginia 13.5%United States 15.6%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Adult obesity · high41.2%
16/100Virginia 38.3%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Median household income · low$49,550
18/100Virginia $92,116United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013
Property crime rate · high1,816 /100k
18/100Virginia 1,354 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationHenrico County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
7,541 (2015-2019) → 8,285 (2020-2024)
+9.9%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
67.1% (2015-2019) → 88.1% (2020-2024)
+21 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
10.6% (2015-2019) → 20.7% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Median household incomeImproving
$36,379 (2015-2019) → $49,550 (2020-2024)
+36%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Child poverty rateWorsening
33.1% (2015-2019) → 39.9% (2020-2024)
+6.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Poverty rateImproving
25.8% (2015-2019) → 19.9% (2020-2024)
−5.9 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, Montrose, Virginia improved on 2 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 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+21 points67.1% → 88.1%
Bachelor's++10 points10.6% → 20.7%

Declined1

Inequality+0.0600.393 → 0.453

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Montrose, Virginia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	22.7 min2015-2019	19.2 min2020-2024	−3.5 min	Within the margin of error	82%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.6%2015-2019	20.7%2020-2024	+10 points	Improved	90%
Broadband subscriptions	67.1%2015-2019	88.1%2020-2024	+21 points	Improved	91%
Child poverty rate	33.1%2015-2019	39.9%2020-2024	+6.8 points	Within the margin of error	16%
Effective property tax rate	0.82%2015-2019	0.75%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	27%
High school diploma or higher	81.2%2015-2019	85.2%2020-2024	+3.9 points	Within the margin of error	76%
Home price to income ratio	3.2×2015-2019	3.9×2020-2024	+0.7×	Within the margin of error	34%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3932015-2019	0.4532020-2024	+0.060	Declined	13%
Median household income	$36,3792015-2019	$49,5502020-2024	+36%	Within the margin of error	67%
Poverty rate	25.8%2015-2019	19.9%2020-2024	−5.9 points	Within the margin of error	84%
Rent as share of income	32.7%2015-2019	35.6%2020-2024	+2.9 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Rent-burdened households	57.0%2015-2019	57.5%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	54%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.4%2015-2019	11.0%2020-2024	+3.6 points	Within the margin of error	16%

“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 Montrose, Virginia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Montrose, 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, Montrose, Virginia itself moved +2.5 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

8,285 residents (±1,144)

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 (+5.5 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 B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

8,285 residents (±1,144)

Montrose, Virginia
Virginia share

White17%1,417
Black72%5,964
Hispanic or Latino2.5%†209
Asian1.8%†147
American Indian and Alaska Native0.1%†5
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races6.6%†543

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 B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

5,807 residents (±753)

Montrose, Virginia
Virginia share

No high school diploma15%†861
High school or GED33%1,932
Some college24%1,409
Associate degree6.9%†403
Bachelor's degree18%†1,063
Graduate degree2.4%†139

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Bachelor's degree (+11.3 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 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

3,670 households (±298)

Montrose, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $25k22%†804
$25k–50k29%†1,051
$50k–75k16%†598
$75k–100k13%†464
$100k–150k12%†445
$150k–200k4.7%†172
$200k or more3.7%†136

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−16.2 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

3,670 households (±298)

Montrose, Virginia
Virginia share

Own38%1,383
Rent62%2,287

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

2,268 households (±345)

Montrose, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $7509.6%†218
$750–1,00012%†264
$1,000–1,50058%†1,308

Home values

1,383 homes (±270)

Montrose, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $150k20%†282
$150k–250k56%773
$250k–400k22%†300

Age of homes

3,873 homes (±301)

Montrose, Virginia
Virginia share

2010 or later0.2%†8
2000–200913%†486
1980–199935%1,367

Size of homes

3,873 homes (±301)

Montrose, Virginia
Virginia share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom11%†419
2 bedrooms44%1,721

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

4,342 workers (±696)

Montrose, Virginia
Virginia share

Drive alone84%3,642
Carpool6.1%†266
Public transit0.5%†21
Walk1.1%†47
Bike0.0%0
Work from home6.4%†279
Other2.0%†87

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+4.2 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

4,063 workers (±683)

Montrose, Virginia
Virginia share

Under 15 min34%†1,381
15–29 min42%1,698
30–44 min22%†905

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 Richmond, 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 Henrico County, the county holding most of Montrose's residents.

Henrico County has 9,754 employer establishments, 290 for every 10,000 residents (1.17× the US rate of 248; 1.20× Virginia's), with 183,459 paid employees at an average annual pay of $67,993. The Census Bureau also counts 33,003 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 9,754; 33,003 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 290; US 248 · Virginia 241
Paid employees: 183,459
Average annual pay: $67,993; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	910	27.1	1.30×More than typical	13,176	$82,485	1,439
Restaurants and other eating places	641	19.1	1.04×About typical	13,126	$23,931	190
Lessors of real estate	521	15.5	1.26×More than typical	3,377	$87,521	3,368
Specialty trade contractors	439	13.1	0.84×About typical	6,147	$73,819	1,537
Limited-service restaurants	310	9.2	1.15×About typical	6,018	$21,207	75
Computer systems design and related services	287	8.5	1.97×More than typical	2,398	$108,059	463
Offices of physicians	274	8.2	1.26×More than typical	5,585	$118,671	289
Offices of other health practitioners	270	8	1.32×More than typical	1,586	$51,308	674
Full-service restaurants	268	8	1.04×About typical	6,123	$27,394	84
Management, scientific and technical consulting	267	7.9	1.18×About typical	1,838	$94,753	1,389
Insurance agencies and brokerages	242	7.2	1.64×More than typical	3,739	$91,865	446
Services to buildings and dwellings	239	7.1	1.05×About typical	2,253	$39,674	1,862

Rank places for an industry Open Henrico County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 336,037 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 $102.2K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Montrose, Virginia: $12.33 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $102.2K; −44% vs FY2025
Per resident: $12.33; US $1,994
Sole-source: 13%; US 30%
Single offer: 1.0%; 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 Veterans Affairs$30.6K30%
Defense Logistics Agency$29.4K29%
Department of the Navy$19.9K19%
National Park Service$13K13%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$3,9553.9%
Department of Housing and Urban Development$2,9372.9%
Offices, Boards and Divisions$1,3601.3%
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$9250.9%

Top recipients

GENESIS 360 LLC$27.3K27%
DIBERT VALVE AND FITTING COMPANY, INCORPORATED$25.7K25%
UNITED EQUIPMENT, INC$18.5K18%
ARK CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT LLC$9,0018.8%
EAST COAST ARBORIST CONSULTING SERVICES, LLC$3,5793.5%

Spending by fiscal year

144.2KFY2017
264.9KFY2018
118.8KFY2019
118.6KFY2020
127.3KFY2021
240.2KFY2022
170.8KFY2023
201.1K

Top industries (NAICS)

Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$33.7K33%
Other electrical equipment and component manufacturing · 3359$19K19%
Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$13.5K13%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$9,5229.3%
Other general purpose machinery manufacturing · 3339$7,8687.7%
Religious organizations · 8131

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

Montrose, Virginia's figures are part of those of Henrico County, VA ($262.1M 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: Montrose is mostly in Henrico County.

See federal money in Henrico 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.

Montrose, 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.

Henrico County93100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Richmond, VA78

Other cities and towns in Henrico 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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