Census-designated place · Patrick County, Virginia

Patrick Springs, Virginia

Patrick Springs is a census-designated place in Patrick County, Virginia. It has 2,223 residents. Patrick Springs, Virginia has a quality-of-life score of 34 out of 100 (low), ranking #10,295 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Virginia it ranks #323 of 375 cities and towns. It ranks best on math scores (high), reading scores (high) and home price to income ratio (low). It ranks worst on average weekly wage (low), dentists (low) and injury deaths (high).

34Low

Quality-of-life score: #10,295 of 15,651 cities and towns
Virginia: #323 of 375 in VA
Population: 2,223 (2020-2024)
Land area: 16 mi²
Density: 143.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 5160984

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.

Safety25#11,725/15,637
Economy37#9,823/15,631
Housing90#1,442/14,977
Health12#13,785/15,609
Healthcare9#14,289/15,650
Environment89#1,659/15,453
Education78#3,408/15,649
Infrastructure26#11,533/15,650
Community31#10,837/15,651
Leisure & amenities7#14,573/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Math scores · high3.66
99/100Virginia 3.27United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePatrick County value
Reading scores · high3.55
99/100Virginia 3.16United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePatrick County value
Home price to income ratio · low1.6×
97/100Virginia 4.1×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Virginia 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePatrick County value
Hot days · low6 days
82/100Virginia 20 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPatrick County value
Public libraries · high1.1 /10k
80/100Virginia 0.4 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesPatrick County value

Weaknesses

Average weekly wage · low$799
1/100Virginia $1,540United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPatrick County value
Dentists · low11 /100k
1/100Virginia 76 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePatrick County value
Injury deaths · high157 /100k
2/100Virginia 78 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePatrick County value
Access to exercise opportunities · low32.1%
3/100Virginia 83.8%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePatrick County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Virginia 1.6 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPatrick County value
Restaurants and bars · low4.0 /10k
5/100Virginia 8.4 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPatrick County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
1,932 (2015-2019) → 2,223 (2020-2024)
+15%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateImproving
33.6% (2015-2019) → 15.3% (2020-2024)
−18 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
22.8% (2015-2019) → 39.1% (2020-2024)
+16 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
19.7% (2015-2019) → 7.1% (2020-2024)
−13 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
70.6% (2015-2019) → 82.1% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
15.7% (2015-2019) → 26.3% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%

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, Patrick Springs, Virginia improved on 1 of 9 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 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.

Improved1

Price / income−1.0×2.5× → 1.6×

Declined1

Inequality+0.1110.364 → 0.476

All 9 measures

Change of every measure of Patrick Springs, Virginia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	27.9 min2015-2019	19.1 min2020-2024	−8.8 min	Within the margin of error	97%
Broadband subscriptions	70.6%2015-2019	82.1%2020-2024	+11 points	Within the margin of error	66%
Effective property tax rate	0.56%2015-2019	0.68%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	5%
High school diploma or higher	93.2%2015-2019	89.1%2020-2024	−4.1 points	Within the margin of error	7%
Home price to income ratio	2.5×2015-2019	1.6×2020-2024	−1.0×	Improved	97%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3642015-2019	0.4762020-2024	+0.111	Declined	3%
Median household income	$45,7862015-2019	$63,3042020-2024	+38%	Within the margin of error	71%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent-burdened households	22.8%2015-2019	39.1%2020-2024	+16 points	Within the margin of error	13%

“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 Patrick Springs, Virginia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Patrick Springs, 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, Patrick Springs, Virginia itself moved −6 points in standing on average over the same 8 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

2,223 residents (±538)

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

1,098 households (±271)

Patrick Springs, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $25k19%†213
$25k–50k24%†267
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

1,098 households (±271)

Patrick Springs, Virginia
Virginia share

Own63%†689
Rent37%†409

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−17.7 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

817 workers (±196)

Patrick Springs, Virginia
Virginia share

Drive alone91%747
Carpool0.7%†6
Public transit0.0%0

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 Patrick County, the county holding most of Patrick Springs's residents.

Patrick County has 266 employer establishments, 152 for every 10,000 residents (0.61× the US rate of 248; 0.63× Virginia's), with 2,996 paid employees at an average annual pay of $37,548. The Census Bureau also counts 1,067 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 266; 1,067 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 152; US 248 · Virginia 241
Paid employees: 2,996
Average annual pay: $37,548; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	19	10.9	0.70×Fewer than typical	68	$36,735	97
Ambulatory health care services	16	9.2	0.44×Fewer than typical	183	$34,803	37
Religious organizations	15	8.6	1.55×More than typical	44	$13,023	—
Restaurants and other eating places	15	8.6	0.47×Fewer than typical	137	$18,650	—
Gasoline stations	14	8	2.47×More than typical	111	$22,351	—
Truck transportation	14	8	1.58×More than typical	73	$44,014	22
Construction of buildings	12	6.9	0.91×About typical	34	$34,353	52
Automotive repair and maintenance	9	5.2	1.02×Too few to compare	23	$28,609	34
Building equipment contractors	8	4.6	0.76×Too few to compare	22	$48,500	20
Full-service restaurants	8	4.6	0.60×Too few to compare	84	$20,595	—
Limited-service restaurants	7	4	0.50×Too few to compare	53	$15,566	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	7	4	0.59×Too few to compare	18	$27,889	102

Rank places for an industry Open Patrick County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 17,468 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 $34K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Patrick Springs, Virginia: $15.29 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $34K; −89% vs FY2025
Per resident: $15.29; 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 Veterans Affairs$34.2K100%

Top recipients

BLUE RIDGE SNF OPERATIONS LLC$34.2K100%
COUNTY OF PATRICK-$1850.0%

Spending by fiscal year

61.3KFY2017
109.6FY2018
112.6KFY2019
94.9KFY2020
136.2KFY2021
17.4KFY2022
279.5KFY2023
210.5KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities) · 6231$34.2K100%

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 Patrick Springs, Virginia, so they do not add up across cities.

Patrick Springs, Virginia's figures are part of those of Patrick County, VA ($5M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.7% of that total.

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

See federal money in Patrick 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.

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

House

H. Morgan GriffithR-VA-9 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 1.3%

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.

Patrick County32100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Patrick 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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