Census-designated place · Prince George County, Virginia

Prince George, Virginia

Prince George is a census-designated place in Prince George County, Virginia, part of the Richmond, VA metro area. It has 1,829 residents. Prince George, Virginia has a quality-of-life score of 45 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #8,629 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Virginia it ranks #281 of 375 cities and towns. It ranks best on child care cost burden (low), unemployment rate (low) and income inequality (Gini index) (low). It ranks worst on grocery stores (low), pharmacies (low) and arts, entertainment and recreation (low).

45Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #8,629 of 15,651 cities and towns
Virginia: #281 of 375 in VA
Population: 1,829 (2020-2024)
Land area: 6 mi²
Density: 291.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 5164560

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.

Safety34#10,337/15,637
Economy60#6,187/15,631
Housing60#5,981/14,977
Health56#6,817/15,609
Healthcare20#12,511/15,650
Environment91#1,370/15,453
Education81#2,900/15,649
Infrastructure40#9,359/15,650
Community17#13,028/15,651
Leisure & amenities0#15,583/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Prince George, Virginia ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Prince 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 · low17.9%
98/100Virginia 24.4%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePrince George County value
Unemployment rate · low0.0%
98/100Virginia 3.4%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.284
98/100Virginia 0.472United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Primary care shortage · low0.0
90/100Virginia 6.6United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationPrince George County value
Reading scores · high3.31
89/100Virginia 3.16United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePrince George County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Virginia 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePrince George County value

Weaknesses

Grocery stores · low0.5 /10k
1/100Virginia 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPrince George County value
Pharmacies · low0.0 /10k
1/100Virginia 1.7 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPrince George County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low1.1 /10k
4/100Virginia 4.6 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPrince George County value
Restaurants and bars · low3.9 /10k
5/100Virginia 8.4 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPrince George County value
Voter turnout · low52.3%
7/100Virginia 70.7%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionPrince George County value
Primary care physicians · low23 /100k
7/100Virginia 76 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePrince George County value

Trends

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

Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
12.7% (2015-2019) → 29.9% (2020-2024)
+17 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Poverty rateWorsening
7.6% (2015-2019) → 19.2% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Child poverty rateWorsening
19.5% (2015-2019) → 30.1% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
17.3% (2015-2019) → 27.8% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
30.5% (2015-2019) → 38.1% (2020-2024)
+7.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
High school diploma or higherImproving
88.7% (2015-2019) → 94.5% (2020-2024)
+5.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%

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, Prince George, Virginia improved on 2 of 8 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 6 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

Bachelor's++17 points12.7% → 29.9%
Inequality−0.1000.384 → 0.284

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 8 measures

Change of every measure of Prince George, Virginia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%2015-2019	29.9%2020-2024	+17 points	Improved	98%
Broadband subscriptions	79.6%2015-2019	83.1%2020-2024	+3.5 points	Within the margin of error	23%
High school diploma or higher	88.7%2015-2019	94.5%2020-2024	+5.8 points	Within the margin of error	85%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3842015-2019	0.2842020-2024	−0.100	Improved	96%
Median household income	$58,0872015-2019	$61,5712020-2024	+6%	Within the margin of error	12%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	24.1%2015-2019	23.2%2020-2024	−0.9 points	Within the margin of error	62%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	17.3%2015-2019	27.8%2020-2024	+10 points	Within the margin of error	3%

“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 Prince George, Virginia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Prince 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, Prince George, Virginia itself moved +7.9 points in standing on average over the same 6 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

1,829 residents (±671)

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: 50–59 women (−6.9 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 B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,829 residents (±671)

Prince George, Virginia
Virginia share

White64%†1,171
Black35%†640
Hispanic or Latino1.0%†

Education

1,229 residents (±448)

Prince George, Virginia
Virginia share

No high school diploma5.5%†67
High school or GED28%†339
Some college25%†

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

722 households (±231)

Prince George, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $25k4.2%†30
$25k–50k26%†191
$50k–75k35%†255
$75k–100k11%†78
$100k–150k19%†138
$150k–200k4.2%†30
$200k or more0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $100k–150k (+15.3 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 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

722 households (±231)

Prince George, Virginia
Virginia share

Own62%†448
Rent38%†274

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 B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

226 households (±149)

Prince George, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $7500.0%0
$750–1,00011%†25
$1,000–1,50030%†68

Home values

448 homes (±194)

Prince George, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $150k54%†241
$150k–250k2.7%†12
$250k–400k38%†171

Age of homes

766 homes (±235)

Prince George, Virginia
Virginia share

2010 or later28%†211
2000–200924%†182
1980–199932%†246

Size of homes

766 homes (±235)

Prince George, Virginia
Virginia share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom1.6%†12
2 bedrooms31%†236

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

830 workers (±371)

Prince George, Virginia
Virginia share

Drive alone68%†566
Carpool12%†103
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home6.0%†50
Other13%†111

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−20.3 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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

780 workers (±359)

Prince George, Virginia
Virginia share

Under 15 min35%†275
15–29 min23%†182
30–44 min28%†220

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

Prince George County has 466 employer establishments, 108 for every 10,000 residents (0.44× the US rate of 248; 0.45× Virginia's), with 8,507 paid employees at an average annual pay of $47,118. The Census Bureau also counts 1,936 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 466; 1,936 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 108; US 248 · Virginia 241
Paid employees: 8,507
Average annual pay: $47,118; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	43	10	0.64×Fewer than typical	337	$54,190	147
Restaurants and other eating places	35	8.1	0.44×Fewer than typical	539	$36,527	12
Ambulatory health care services	28	6.5	0.31×Fewer than typical	382	$79,571	75
Religious organizations	25	5.8	1.05×About typical	57	$21,035	—
Truck transportation	23	5.3	1.06×About typical	603	$63,489	57
Lessors of real estate	21	4.9	0.40×Fewer than typical	104	$44,865	167
Full-service restaurants	16	3.7	0.48×Fewer than typical	227	$19,705	4
Limited-service restaurants	16	3.7	0.46×Fewer than typical	261	$55,640	—
Gasoline stations	14	3.2	1.00×About typical	309	$27,375	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	14	3.2	0.48×Fewer than typical	55	$31,564	134
Building equipment contractors	13	3	0.50×Fewer than typical	141	$53,213	38
Offices of physicians	13	3	0.47×Fewer than typical	248	$87,379	9

Rank places for an industry Open Prince George County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 43,088 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 $175.5K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Prince George, Virginia: $95.96 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $175.5K; −10% vs FY2025
Per resident: $95.96; US $1,994
Sole-source: 16%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.1%; 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

Federal Aviation Administration$147.4K84%
Bureau of Engraving and Printing$27.7K16%
Defense Logistics Agency$1,5180.9%

Top recipients

JOINT LOGISTICS MANAGERS, INC.$147.4K84%
JP LOGISTICS & CONSULTING, LLC$26.6K15%
VSP TECH, INC.$1,5180.9%

Spending by fiscal year

1.8MFY2017
47.1KFY2018
55.7KFY2019
26KFY2020
43.9KFY2021
150.6KFY2022
153.2KFY2023
241KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Warehousing and storage · 4931$147.4K84%
Facilities support services · 5612$15.2K8.7%
Retail trade (NAICS 4442) · 4442$11.4K6.5%
Other miscellaneous manufacturing · 3399$1,5180.9%

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

Prince George, Virginia's figures are part of those of Prince George County, VA ($218.3M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.1% of that total.

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

See federal money in Prince 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.

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

House

Jennifer L. McClellanD-VA-4 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 0.0%

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.

Prince George County63100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Richmond, VA78

Other cities and towns in Prince 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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