Census-designated place · Spotsylvania County, Virginia

Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia

Spotsylvania Courthouse is a census-designated place in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, part of the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area. It has 7,180 residents. Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia has a quality-of-life score of 53 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #7,348 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Virginia it ranks #254 of 375 cities and towns. It ranks best on child care cost burden (low), food environment index (high) and property crime rate (low). It ranks worst on preventable hospital stays (high), public libraries (low) and unemployment rate (high).

53Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #7,348 of 15,651 cities and towns
Virginia: #254 of 375 in VA
Population: 7,180 (2020-2024)
Land area: 11 mi²
Density: 669.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 5174470

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.

Safety70#4,710/15,637
Economy54#7,209/15,631
Housing36#9,524/14,977
Health56#6,853/15,609
Healthcare29#11,093/15,650
Environment92#1,208/15,453
Education74#4,132/15,649
Infrastructure48#8,122/15,650
Community42#9,133/15,651
Leisure & amenities8#14,331/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Spotsylvania 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 · low19.5%
96/100Virginia 24.4%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSpotsylvania County value
Food environment index · high9.2
92/100Virginia 8.9United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSpotsylvania County value
Property crime rate · low481 /100k
90/100Virginia 1,354 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationSpotsylvania County value
Primary care shortage · low0.0
90/100Virginia 6.6United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationSpotsylvania County value
Natural hazard risk · low7.4
88/100Virginia 17.92025Federal Emergency Management AgencySpotsylvania County value
Voter turnout · high75.8%
88/100Virginia 70.7%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionSpotsylvania County value

Weaknesses

Preventable hospital stays · high4,231 /100k
6/100Virginia 2,649 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSpotsylvania County value
Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
7/100Virginia 0.4 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesSpotsylvania County value
Unemployment rate · high10.7%
8/100Virginia 3.4%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Drought exposure · high82%
10/100Virginia 70%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAASpotsylvania County value
Restaurants and bars · low5.2 /10k
12/100Virginia 8.4 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsSpotsylvania County value
Social associations · low6.2 /10k
13/100Virginia 11.1 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSpotsylvania County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
4,607 (2015-2019) → 7,180 (2020-2024)
+56%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
41.4% (2015-2019) → 69.2% (2020-2024)
+28 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
80.8% (2015-2019) → 94.3% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
27.3% (2015-2019) → 38.2% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Child poverty rateWorsening
10.2% (2015-2019) → 19.6% (2020-2024)
+9.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Average commute timeWorsening
31.3 min (2015-2019) → 42.9 min (2020-2024)
+37%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min

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, Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia improved on 1 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 9 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

Broadband+13 points80.8% → 94.3%

Declined2

Rent burden+28 points41.4% → 69.2%
Rent / income+11 points27.3% → 38.2%

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	31.3 min2015-2019	42.9 min2020-2024	+11.6 min	Within the margin of error	1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%2015-2019	31.0%2020-2024	+4.9 points	Within the margin of error	67%
Broadband subscriptions	80.8%2015-2019	94.3%2020-2024	+13 points	Improved	75%
Effective property tax rate	0.69%2015-2019	0.57%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	42%
High school diploma or higher	88.7%2015-2019	92.2%2020-2024	+3.4 points	Within the margin of error	72%
Home price to income ratio	3.5×2015-2019	4.2×2020-2024	+0.7×	Within the margin of error	36%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4622015-2019	0.3952020-2024	−0.067	Within the margin of error	90%
Median household income	$72,0702015-2019	$95,3312020-2024	+32%	Within the margin of error	60%
Poverty rate	9.0%2015-2019	12.6%2020-2024	+3.5 points	Within the margin of error	18%
Rent as share of income	27.3%2015-2019	38.2%2020-2024	+11 points	Declined	8%
Rent-burdened households	41.4%2015-2019	69.2%2020-2024	+28 points	Declined	4%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	13.2%2015-2019	8.0%2020-2024	−5.2 points	Within the margin of error	87%

“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 Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Spotsylvania Courthouse, 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, Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia itself moved −4.5 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

7,180 residents (±1,138)

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 (−4.3 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 B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

7,180 residents (±1,138)

Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia
Virginia share

White69%4,922
Black14%†982
Hispanic or Latino13%†899

Education

4,405 residents (±614)

Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia
Virginia share

No high school diploma7.8%†345
High school or GED30%1,302
Some college25%1,086

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

2,475 households (±314)

Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $25k9.2%†228
$25k–50k19%†463
$50k–75k15%†367
$75k–100k8.4%†209
$100k–150k18%†444
$150k–200k17%†423
$200k or more14%†341

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $150k–200k (+7.3 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

2,475 households (±314)

Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia
Virginia share

Own70%1,728
Rent30%†747

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

747 households (±249)

Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $7500.8%†6
$750–1,00020%†146
$1,000–1,50035%†

Home values

1,728 homes (±247)

Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $150k1.3%†22
$150k–250k6.5%†113
$250k–400k44%754

Age of homes

2,679 homes (±321)

Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia
Virginia share

2010 or later45%1,194
2000–20098.1%†218
1980–199932%†865

Size of homes

2,679 homes (±321)

Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia
Virginia share

Studio0.4%†11
1 bedroom9.7%†259
2 bedrooms21%†558

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

3,335 workers (±565)

Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia
Virginia share

Drive alone68%2,255
Carpool14%†476
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home17%†555
Other1.5%†49

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−16.6 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

2,780 workers (±479)

Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia
Virginia share

Under 15 min8.4%†234
15–29 min34%950
30–44 min11%†302

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 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 Spotsylvania County, the county holding most of Spotsylvania Courthouse's residents.

Spotsylvania County has 2,811 employer establishments, 188 for every 10,000 residents (0.76× the US rate of 248; 0.78× Virginia's), with 34,160 paid employees at an average annual pay of $47,889. The Census Bureau also counts 12,416 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,811; 12,416 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 188; US 248 · Virginia 241
Paid employees: 34,160
Average annual pay: $47,889; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	235	15.7	1.01×About typical	1,398	$57,992	957
Ambulatory health care services	217	14.5	0.69×Fewer than typical	2,599	$75,750	458
Restaurants and other eating places	205	13.7	0.74×Fewer than typical	4,275	$21,709	77
Lessors of real estate	137	9.1	0.74×Fewer than typical	541	$51,614	1,066
Construction of buildings	131	8.7	1.16×About typical	475	$49,722	496
Limited-service restaurants	105	7	0.87×About typical	2,110	$19,546	31
Services to buildings and dwellings	103	6.9	1.02×About typical	834	$34,903	818
Building equipment contractors	94	6.3	1.04×About typical	532	$53,397	196
Full-service restaurants	80	5.3	0.70×Fewer than typical	1,891	$24,170	31
Automotive repair and maintenance	73	4.9	0.97×About typical	447	$52,937	187
Real estate agents and brokers	73	4.9	1.00×About typical	105	$47,600	451
Religious organizations	73	4.9	0.88×About typical	505	$28,766	—

Rank places for an industry Open Spotsylvania County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 149,837 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 $357.4K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia: $49.78 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $357.4K; +55% vs FY2025
Per resident: $49.78; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.7%; 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

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement$158.6K44%
Department of Veterans Affairs$114.8K32%
Forest Service$82K23%
United States Trade and Development Agency$2,4390.7%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

192.3KFY2017
531KFY2018
437.5KFY2019
536KFY2020
3.3MFY2021
5.3MFY2022
793.8KFY2023
1.8M

Top industries (NAICS)

Investigation and security services · 5616$158.6K44%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$123.9K35%
Business schools and computer and management training · 6114$82K23%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$2,4390.7%

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 Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia, so they do not add up across cities.

Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia's figures are part of those of Spotsylvania County, VA ($29.2B 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: Spotsylvania Courthouse is mostly in Spotsylvania County.

See federal money in Spotsylvania 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.

Spotsylvania Courthouse, 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.

Spotsylvania County78100% 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 Spotsylvania County

Largest first.

Lake Wilderness743,139

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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