Town · Loudoun County, Virginia

Purcellville, Virginia

Purcellville is a town in Loudoun County, Virginia, part of the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area. It has 8,973 residents. Purcellville, Virginia has a quality-of-life score of 96 out of 100 (very high), ranking #668 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Virginia it ranks #86 of 375 cities and towns. It ranks best on injury deaths (low), premature death (low) and food environment index (high). It ranks worst on drought exposure (high), mammography screening (low) and average commute time (high).

96Very high

Quality-of-life score: #668 of 15,651 cities and towns
Virginia: #86 of 375 in VA
Population: 8,973 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 2,650.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 5165008

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 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.

Safety98#342/15,637
Economy100#12/15,631
Housing51#7,320/14,977
Health96#587/15,609
Healthcare66#5,285/15,650
Environment69#4,798/15,453
Education98#247/15,649
Infrastructure90#1,511/15,650
Community80#3,120/15,651
Leisure & amenities53#7,422/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Injury deaths · low30 /100k
100/100Virginia 78 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLoudoun County value
Premature death · low3,408 /100k
100/100Virginia 7,587 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLoudoun County value
Food environment index · high10.0
100/100Virginia 8.9United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLoudoun County value
Traffic deaths · low3.0 /100k
100/100Virginia 10.7 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataLoudoun County value
Life expectancy · high84.3 yrs
99/100Virginia 77.8 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLoudoun County value
Voter turnout · high83.2%
98/100Virginia 70.7%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionLoudoun County value

Weaknesses

Drought exposure · high97%
3/100Virginia 70%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAALoudoun County value
Mammography screening · low37.0%
11/100Virginia 47.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLoudoun County value
Average commute time · high32.8 min
12/100Virginia 27.3 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Public libraries · low0.3 /10k
20/100Virginia 0.4 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesLoudoun County value
Social associations · low6.9 /10k
21/100Virginia 11.1 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLoudoun County value
Pharmacies · low1.3 /10k
27/100Virginia 1.7 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsLoudoun County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
9,897 (2015-2019) → 8,973 (2020-2024)
−9.3%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
54.2% (2015-2019) → 37.4% (2020-2024)
−17 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
52.8% (2015-2019) → 60.9% (2020-2024)
+8.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
4.6% (2015-2019) → 10.1% (2020-2024)
+5.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
91.4% (2015-2019) → 96.3% (2020-2024)
+4.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$139,074 (2015-2019) → $165,121 (2020-2024)
+19%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

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, Purcellville, Virginia improved on 4 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 5 moved within the margin of error and 1 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.

Improved4

Unemployment−3 points4.4% → 1.4%
Bachelor's++8.1 points52.8% → 60.9%
Broadband+4.9 points91.4% → 96.3%
Household income+19%$139,074 → $165,121

Declined2

Uninsured+5.6 points4.6% → 10.1%
Price / income+0.6×3.3× → 4.0×

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Purcellville, Virginia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	37.9 min2015-2019	32.8 min2020-2024	−5.1 min	Within the margin of error	90%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.8%2015-2019	60.9%2020-2024	+8.1 points	Improved	84%
Broadband subscriptions	91.4%2015-2019	96.3%2020-2024	+4.9 points	Improved	31%
Effective property tax rate	1.11%2015-2019	0.90%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	60%
High school diploma or higher	93.8%2015-2019	96.3%2020-2024	+2.5 points	Within the margin of error	64%
Home price to income ratio	3.3×2015-2019	4.0×2020-2024	+0.6×	Declined	40%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3272015-2019	0.3592020-2024	+0.031	Within the margin of error	26%
Median household income	$139,0742015-2019	$165,1212020-2024	+19%	Improved	31%
Poverty rate	3.0%2015-2019	4.6%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	29%
Rent as share of income	31.2%2015-2019	27.8%2020-2024	−3.4 points	Within the margin of error	76%
Unemployment rate	4.4%2015-2019	1.4%2020-2024	−3 points	Improved	89%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	4.6%2015-2019	10.1%2020-2024	+5.6 points	Declined	9%

“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 Purcellville, Virginia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Purcellville, 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, Purcellville, Virginia itself moved +4.8 points in standing on average over the same 9 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

8,973 residents (±29)

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

2,875 households (±159)

Purcellville, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $25k4.3%†123
$25k–50k5.5%†158
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

2,875 households (±159)

Purcellville, Virginia
Virginia share

Own90%2,581
Rent10%294

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+6.5 points).

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

4,898 workers (±418)

Purcellville, Virginia
Virginia share

Drive alone60%2,935
Carpool5.5%†270
Public transit0.9%†44

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 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

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 Loudoun County, the county holding most of Purcellville's residents.

Loudoun County has 12,561 employer establishments, 288 for every 10,000 residents (1.16× the US rate of 248; 1.19× Virginia's), with 192,220 paid employees at an average annual pay of $74,129. The Census Bureau also counts 46,909 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 12,561; 46,909 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 288; US 248 · Virginia 241
Paid employees: 192,220
Average annual pay: $74,129; US $68,342

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

Computer systems design and related services	2,325	53.2	12.3×More than typical	28,700	$109,456	2,178
Ambulatory health care services	1,021	23.4	1.12×About typical	9,043	$66,704	1,902
Management, scientific and technical consulting	770	17.6	2.63×More than typical	6,147	$82,909	3,494
Restaurants and other eating places	758	17.4	0.94×About typical	14,650	$26,089	164
Specialty trade contractors	586	13.4	0.87×About typical	11,443	$82,483	1,850
Lessors of real estate	484	11.1	0.90×About typical	1,544	$91,332	4,322
Services to buildings and dwellings	338	7.7	1.15×About typical	5,564	$44,388	1,489
Offices of physicians	337	7.7	1.19×About typical	2,772	$94,772	289
Full-service restaurants	335	7.7	1.00×About typical	7,147	$28,895	84
Limited-service restaurants	327	7.5	0.93×About typical	6,214	$24,586	52
Construction of buildings	315	7.2	0.95×About typical	2,381	$85,071	1,048
Personal care services	298	6.8	1.43×More than typical	1,552	$37,142	1,282

Rank places for an industry Open Loudoun County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 436,786 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 $40.1K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Purcellville, Virginia: $4.47 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $40.1K; +28% vs FY2025
Per resident: $4.47; US $1,994
Sole-source: 28%; 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

Public Buildings Service$20.6K51%
Federal Bureau of Investigation$11.4K28%
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Acquisition and Property Management Division$4,59611%
National Park Service$3,4538.6%

Top recipients

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING GROUP INC$20.6K51%
ASTRAEUS OPERATIONS, LLC$11.4K28%
BRIAN SHEMONSKY$4,59611%
TRAVE INDUSTRIES LLC$2,6236.5%
PERSIMMON GROVE LLC$8312.1%

Spending by fiscal year

-70.5KFY2017
15.5KFY2018
217.7KFY2019
190.2KFY2020
80KFY2021
78.9KFY2022
47.4KFY2023
11.7KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Nonresidential building construction · 2362$20.6K51%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$11.4K28%
Investigation and security services · 5616$4,59611%
Other personal services · 8129$2,6236.5%
Facilities support services · 5612$8312.1%

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

Purcellville, Virginia's figures are part of those of Loudoun County, VA ($3.3B 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: Purcellville is mostly in Loudoun County.

See federal money in Loudoun 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.

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

House

Suhas SubramanyamD-VA-10 · 100% of residentsWith party 96%Missed 0.3%

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.

Loudoun County97100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV86

Other cities and towns in Loudoun 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
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
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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Scores by category

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