Scores by category

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

Safety25#11,725/15,637
Economy13#13,646/15,631
Housing54#6,850/14,977
Health11#13,826/15,609
Healthcare7#14,501/15,650
Environment89#1,659/15,453
Education86#2,119/15,649
Infrastructure38#9,629/15,650
Community30#10,922/15,651
Leisure & amenities7#14,573/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Stuart, 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
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
High ozone days · low0 days
76/100Virginia 0 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyPatrick 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
1,675 (2015-2019) → 1,952 (2020-2024)
+17%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
60.7% (2015-2019) → 90.9% (2020-2024)
+30 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
High school diploma or higherImproving
75.0% (2015-2019) → 89.7% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Median household incomeImproving
$27,297 (2015-2019) → $45,625 (2020-2024)
+67%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Unemployment rateImproving
19.5% (2015-2019) → 6.1% (2020-2024)
−13 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Child poverty rateImproving
27.2% (2015-2019) → 19.7% (2020-2024)
−7.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%

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, Stuart, Virginia improved on 2 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 11 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+30 points60.7% → 90.9%
Household income+67%$27,297 → $45,625

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Stuart, Virginia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	24.5 min2015-2019	21.7 min2020-2024	−2.8 min	Within the margin of error	78%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%2015-2019	22.7%2020-2024	+6.6 points	Within the margin of error	77%
Broadband subscriptions	60.7%2015-2019	90.9%2020-2024	+30 points	Improved	98%
Child poverty rate	27.2%2015-2019	19.7%2020-2024	−7.5 points	Within the margin of error	76%
Effective property tax rate	0.64%2015-2019	0.68%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	11%
High school diploma or higher	75.0%2015-2019	89.7%2020-2024	+15 points	Within the margin of error	99%
Home price to income ratio	4.9×2015-2019	4.0×2020-2024	−0.9×	Within the margin of error	97%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4762015-2019	0.4812020-2024	+0.005	Within the margin of error	46%
Median household income	$27,2972015-2019	$45,6252020-2024	+67%	Improved	93%
Poverty rate	22.0%2015-2019	20.1%2020-2024	−1.9 points	Within the margin of error	61%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	29.9%2015-2019	29.7%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	57%
Rent-burdened households	49.7%2015-2019	48.9%2020-2024	−0.7 points	Within the margin of error	59%

“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 Stuart, Virginia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Stuart, 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, Stuart, Virginia itself moved +13.6 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

1,952 residents (±361)

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: 80 and over women (−6.2 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 B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,952 residents (±361)

Stuart, Virginia
Virginia share

White77%1,503
Black6.9%†135
Hispanic or Latino6.5%†127

Education

1,318 residents (±179)

Stuart, Virginia
Virginia share

No high school diploma10%†136
High school or GED35%466
Some college24%†316

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

683 households (±132)

Stuart, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $25k26%†176
$25k–50k29%†201
$50k–75k18%†126
$75k–100k6.9%†47
$100k–150k8.6%†59
$150k–200k6.4%†44
$200k or more4.4%†30

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−18.8 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

683 households (±132)

Stuart, Virginia
Virginia share

Own52%355
Rent48%†328

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

327 households (±117)

Stuart, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $75077%†251
$750–1,0009.5%†31
$1,000–1,50011%†36

Home values

355 homes (±80)

Stuart, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $150k39%†140
$150k–250k31%†110
$250k–400k15%†54

Age of homes

810 homes (±144)

Stuart, Virginia
Virginia share

2010 or later0.4%†3
2000–20095.6%†45
1980–199920%†166

Size of homes

810 homes (±144)

Stuart, Virginia
Virginia share

Studio3.6%†29
1 bedroom12%†98
2 bedrooms40%†321

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

672 workers (±186)

Stuart, Virginia
Virginia share

Drive alone64%428
Carpool26%†172
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home9.7%†65
Other1.0%†7

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−15.5 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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

607 workers (±169)

Stuart, Virginia
Virginia share

Under 15 min48%†289
15–29 min14%†84
30–44 min18%†112

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

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 Stuart'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 $8,973 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Stuart, Virginia: $4.60 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $8,973; −89% vs FY2025
Per resident: $4.60; 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$8,973100%

Top recipients

BLUE RIDGE SNF OPERATIONS LLC$8,973100%

Spending by fiscal year

16.1KFY2017
28.8FY2018
29.6KFY2019
24.9KFY2020
35.8KFY2021
4.6KFY2022
73.4KFY2023
55KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities) · 6231$8,973100%

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

Stuart, Virginia's figures are part of those of Patrick County, VA ($5M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.2% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Stuart 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.

Stuart, 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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