Scores by category

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

Safety90#1,593/15,637
Economy70#4,666/15,631
Housing88#1,750/14,977
Health31#10,712/15,609
Healthcare25#11,766/15,650
Environment82#2,719/15,453
Education80#3,094/15,649
Infrastructure33#10,415/15,650
Community45#8,678/15,651
Leisure & amenities87#1,967/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Firearm deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Virginia 12.4 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataRichmond County value
Property crime rate · low233 /100k
98/100Virginia 1,354 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationRichmond County value
Social associations · high19.6 /10k
98/100Virginia 11.1 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteRichmond County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Virginia 4.3 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataRichmond County value
Gyms and fitness centers · high2.2 /10k
93/100Virginia 1.6 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsRichmond County value
Rent-burdened households · low32.4%
93/100Virginia 48.5%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070

Weaknesses

Primary care physicians · low11 /100k
1/100Virginia 76 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteRichmond County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Virginia 6.2 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyRichmond County value
Distance to an emergency room · high13.5 mi
9/100Virginia 5.8 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesRichmond County value
Mental health care shortage · high18.0
11/100Virginia 14.8United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationRichmond County value
Voter turnout · low55.1%
12/100Virginia 70.7%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionRichmond County value
Average weekly wage · low$970
14/100Virginia $1,540United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsRichmond County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
1,824 (2015-2019) → 2,292 (2020-2024)
+26%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Median household incomeImproving
$41,875 (2015-2019) → $84,828 (2020-2024)
+103%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
71.5% (2015-2019) → 91.8% (2020-2024)
+20 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
50.4% (2015-2019) → 32.4% (2020-2024)
−18 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateImproving
18.7% (2015-2019) → 3.1% (2020-2024)
−16 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Poverty rateImproving
16.9% (2015-2019) → 6.5% (2020-2024)
−10 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%

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, Warsaw, Virginia improved on 5 of 11 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.

Improved5

Household income+103%$41,875 → $84,828
Inequality−0.1110.474 → 0.363
Poverty−10 points16.9% → 6.5%
Broadband+20 points71.5% → 91.8%
Rent burden−18 points50.4% → 32.4%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Warsaw, Virginia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	24.7 min2015-2019	29.8 min2020-2024	+5.0 min	Within the margin of error	10%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%2015-2019	22.4%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Broadband subscriptions	71.5%2015-2019	91.8%2020-2024	+20 points	Improved	90%
Effective property tax rate	0.72%2015-2019	0.62%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	35%
High school diploma or higher	79.3%2015-2019	85.2%2020-2024	+5.8 points	Within the margin of error	86%
Home price to income ratio	5.0×2015-2019	3.2×2020-2024	−1.8×	Within the margin of error	99%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4742015-2019	0.3632020-2024	−0.111	Improved	97%
Median household income	$41,8752015-2019	$84,8282020-2024	+103%	Improved	98%
Poverty rate	16.9%2015-2019	6.5%2020-2024	−10 points	Improved	93%
Rent as share of income	30.1%2015-2019	22.0%2020-2024	−8.1 points	Within the margin of error	90%
Rent-burdened households	50.4%2015-2019	32.4%2020-2024	−18 points	Improved	92%

“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 Warsaw, Virginia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Warsaw, 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, Warsaw, Virginia itself moved +26.1 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

2,292 residents (±379)

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: 20–29 men (−6.8 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 B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

2,292 residents (±379)

Warsaw, Virginia
Virginia share

White69%1,572
Black23%531
Hispanic or Latino3.8%†88

Education

1,658 residents (±285)

Warsaw, Virginia
Virginia share

No high school diploma15%†246
High school or GED35%586
Some college12%†201

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

728 households (±174)

Warsaw, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $25k11%†82
$25k–50k21%†156
$50k–75k10%†73
$75k–100k18%†134
$100k–150k13%†97
$150k–200k23%†170
$200k or more2.2%†16

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−24.1 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

728 households (±174)

Warsaw, Virginia
Virginia share

Own53%383
Rent47%†345

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

320 households (±126)

Warsaw, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $75029%†93
$750–1,0002.2%†7
$1,000–1,50057%†184

Home values

383 homes (±112)

Warsaw, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $150k5.2%†20
$150k–250k36%†139
$250k–400k44%†167

Age of homes

805 homes (±177)

Warsaw, Virginia
Virginia share

2010 or later11%†85
2000–20098.6%†69
1980–199924%†193

Size of homes

805 homes (±177)

Warsaw, Virginia
Virginia share

Studio3.7%†30
1 bedroom16%†125
2 bedrooms27%†217

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

679 workers (±206)

Warsaw, Virginia
Virginia share

Drive alone75%†510
Carpool6.3%†43
Public transit0.3%†2
Walk1.6%†11
Bike0.0%0
Work from home16%†107
Other0.9%†6

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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

572 workers (±185)

Warsaw, Virginia
Virginia share

Under 15 min34%†195
15–29 min28%†160
30–44 min10%†59

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 Richmond County, the county holding most of Warsaw's residents.

Richmond County has 195 employer establishments, 213 for every 10,000 residents (0.86× the US rate of 248; 0.88× Virginia's), with 1,819 paid employees at an average annual pay of $41,556. The Census Bureau also counts 676 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 195; 676 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 213; US 248 · Virginia 241
Paid employees: 1,819
Average annual pay: $41,556; US $68,342

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

Religious organizations	18	19.6	3.54×More than typical	42	$14,500	—
Restaurants and other eating places	12	13.1	0.71×Fewer than typical	144	$17,549	—
Specialty trade contractors	12	13.1	0.85×About typical	63	$59,730	73
Ambulatory health care services	8	8.7	0.42×Too few to compare	44	$47,568	15
Employment services	7	7.6	4.58×Too few to compare	6	$54,167	—
Full-service restaurants	7	7.6	0.99×Too few to compare	45	$21,933	—
Heavy and civil engineering construction	7	7.6	6.66×Too few to compare	68	$41,721	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	7	7.6	1.13×Too few to compare	37	$39,027	76
Automotive repair and maintenance	6	6.5	1.30×Too few to compare	26	$37,615	11
General merchandise stores	6	6.5	3.70×Too few to compare	50	$16,920	6
Other specialty trade contractors	6	6.5	2.61×Too few to compare	40	$69,700	21
Construction of buildings	5	5.5	0.72×Too few to compare	10	$41,100	45

Rank places for an industry Open Richmond County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 9,164 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 $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Warsaw, Virginia: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0; −100% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; 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

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

1.7KFY2017
1KFY2018
2.6KFY2019
8.7KFY2020
13.9KFY2021
12.3KFY2022
-968.5FY2023
2.8KFY2024
498.5FY2025

What was bought

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

Warsaw, Virginia's figures are part of those of Richmond County, VA ($1.4M 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: Warsaw is mostly in Richmond County.

See federal money in Richmond 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.

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

House

Robert J. WittmanR-VA-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 2.5%

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.

Richmond County60100% of residents

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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