Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety74#237/924
Economy35#602/925
Housing34#607/925
Health64#334/925
Healthcare74#245/923
Environment94#59/917
Education87#120/925
Infrastructure65#324/925
Community62#355/925
Leisure & amenities57#398/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA metro area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Public transit commuters · high1.8%
92/100Virginia 2.3%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301
Hot days · low3 days
91/100Virginia 20 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
Pharmacies · high2.3 /10k
86/100Virginia 1.7 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Flu vaccinations · high50.8%
86/100Virginia 47.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
High school diploma or higher · high93.8%
85/100Virginia 91.6%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low6.2%
83/100Virginia 8.1%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010

Weaknesses

Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.493
9/100Virginia 0.472United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Poverty rate · high19.7%
12/100Virginia 9.8%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
New business applications · low8.7 /1k
17/100Virginia 15.6 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Income adjusted for local prices · low$56,982
19/100Virginia $76,506United States $73,2042024U.S. Bureau of Economic AnalysisAggregated from counties
Drought exposure · high69%
26/100Virginia 70%United States 43%Nov 2025–Oct 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAAggregated from counties
Dentists · low46 /100k
27/100Virginia 76 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties

Trends

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

Drought exposureWorsening
2% (2021) → 69% (Nov 2025–Oct 2026)
+66 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
New homes permittedImproving
2.2 /1k (2021) → 3.9 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+79%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
68.4% (2010 & 2021) → 78.1% (2022 & 2024)
+9.6 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
24.2% (Dec 2021) → 32.5% (Aug 2026)
+8.3 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
New business applicationsImproving
6.2 /1k (2020) → 8.7 /1k (2025)
+40%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Mental health providersImproving
183 /100k (2021) → 256 /100k (2025)
+40%4 yearsUS 282 /100k → 348 /100k

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, Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA metro area improved on 16 of 32 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 8 moved within the margin of error and 5 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved16

Libraries+12%0.5 /10k → 0.6 /10k
Restaurants+14%6.4 /10k → 7.3 /10k
Pharmacies+5.2%2.1 /10k → 2.3 /10k
Uninsured−1.6 points7.8% → 6.2%
Arts & recreation+22%3.2 /10k → 4.0 /10k

Declined3

Transit use−1 points2.8% → 1.8%
Suicides+5.9%15.6 /100k → 16.5 /100k
Price / income+0.3×3.3× → 3.7×

All 32 measures

Change of every measure of Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA metro area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.2 /10k2020	4.0 /10k2025	+22%	Improved	78%
Average commute time	20.4 min2015-2019	21.2 min2020-2024	+0.8 min	Within the margin of error	36%
Average weekly wage	$9062020	$1,1262025	+24%	Improved	59%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.2%2015-2019	35.9%2020-2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Broadband subscriptions	81.5%2015-2019	87.6%2020-2024	+6.1 points	Improved	16%
Child poverty rate	16.6%2015-2019	15.0%2020-2024	−1.6 points	Within the margin of error	40%
Distance to an airport	80 mi2020	80 mi2025	−0 mi	Little change	90%
Drug overdose deaths	21.3 /100k2020	20.5 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−3.9%	Little change	31%
Effective property tax rate	0.75%2015-2019	0.71%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	19%
Firearm deaths	13.6 /100k2020	14.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+2.7%	Little change	44%
Grocery stores	1.5 /10k2020	1.7 /10k2025	+7.2%	Improved	72%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.1 /10k2020	1.3 /10k2025	+20%	Improved	70%
High school diploma or higher	91.1%2015-2019	93.8%2020-2024	+2.7 points	Within the margin of error	75%
Home price to income ratio	3.3×2015-2019	3.7×2020-2024	+0.3×	Declined	62%
Homicide rate	3.8 /100k2020	2.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−29%	Improved	54%
Income adjusted for local prices	$42,3782019	$56,9822024	+34%	Improved	68%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4782015-2019	0.4932020-2024	+0.015	Within the margin of error	21%
Median household income	$55,0652015-2019	$65,8392020-2024	+20%	Improved	12%
New business applications	6.2 /1k2020	8.7 /1k2025	+40%	Improved	41%
Pharmacies	2.1 /10k2020	2.3 /10k2025	+5.2%	Improved	84%
Poverty rate	21.4%2015-2019	19.7%2020-2024	−1.7 points	Improved	68%
Property crime rate	1,316 /100k2020	1,112 /100k2025	−15%	Improved	18%
Public libraries	0.5 /10k2019	0.6 /10k2024	+12%	Improved	92%
Public transit commuters	2.8%2015-2019	1.8%2020-2024	−1 points	Declined	15%
Rent as share of income	28.9%2015-2019	29.7%2020-2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	42%
Rent-burdened households	47.9%2015-2019	49.4%2020-2024	+1.5 points	Within the margin of error	45%
Restaurants and bars	6.4 /10k2020	7.3 /10k2025	+14%	Improved	86%
Suicide rate	15.6 /100k2020	16.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+5.9%	Declined	46%
Traffic deaths	10.5 /100k2015-2019	10.2 /100k2020-2024	−2.5%	Little change	66%
Unemployment rate	6.1%2020	4.1%2025	−2 points	Improved	22%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.8%2015-2019	6.2%2020-2024	−1.6 points	Improved	81%
Violent crime rate	178 /100k2020	178 /100k2025	+0%	Little change	26%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 708 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 925 metro and micro areas 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.

Metro and micro areas like Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA metro area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA metro area 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, Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA metro area itself moved −1.6 points in standing on average over the same 30 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

181,664 residents

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: 70–79 men (+1.2 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

181,664 residents

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA metro area
United States share

White85%153,663
Black4.2%7,687
Hispanic or Latino3.8%6,842

Education

112,826 residents (±211)

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA metro area
United States share

No high school diploma6.2%6,958
High school or GED29%33,265
Some college19%21,758

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

70,282 households (±938)

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA metro area
United States share

Under $25k20%14,230
$25k–50k20%13,730
$50k–75k15%10,831
$75k–100k13%9,021
$100k–150k16%11,226
$150k–200k7.0%4,953
$200k or more9.0%6,291

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $50k–75k (−6.0 points).

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

70,282 households (±938)

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA metro area
United States share

Own63%44,239
Rent37%26,043

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+2.5 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

24,548 households (±983)

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA metro area
United States share

Under $75021%5,209
$750–1,00021%5,103
$1,000–1,50033%8,031

Home values

44,239 homes (±1,026)

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA metro area
United States share

Under $150k26%11,603
$150k–250k26%11,527
$250k–400k25%11,014

Age of homes

82,624 homes (±114)

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA metro area
United States share

2010 or later10%8,340
2000–200914%11,158
1980–199929%24,243

Size of homes

82,624 homes (±114)

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA metro area
United States share

Studio1.5%1,204
1 bedroom6.8%5,611
2 bedrooms26%21,811

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

83,902 workers (±1,393)

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA metro area
United States share

Drive alone74%61,881
Carpool7.4%6,202
Public transit1.8%1,504
Walk4.5%3,747
Bike0.9%†744
Work from home11%8,870
Other1.1%954

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

75,032 workers (±1,444)

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA metro area
United States share

Under 15 min38%28,200
15–29 min37%27,611
30–44 min15%11,076

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 10 largest occupations in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA employ 16,570 people. 2 pay a median above the US median and 8 below it.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators2,450 jobs	2,450	$45,950US $44,650	+3%	3.67×
Fast Food and Counter Workers2,230 jobs	2,230	$28,300US $31,200	−9%	1.21×
Cashiers1,790 jobs	1,790	$28,770US $32,880	−12%	1.22×
Retail Salespersons1,690 jobs	1,690	$31,780US $35,410	−10%	0.91×
Stockers and Order Fillers1,520 jobs	1,520	$34,880US $37,330	−7%	1.13×
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners1,480 jobs	1,480	$34,520US $36,840	−6%	1.41×
Office Clerks, General1,480 jobs	1,480	$42,420US $45,010	−6%	1.26×
Registered Nurses1,330 jobs	1,330	$81,230US $97,550	−17%	0.83×
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand1,310 jobs	1,310	$46,440US $40,240	+15%	0.94×
General and Operations Managers1,290 jobs	1,290	$97,480US $105,770	−8%	0.77×

Look up any occupation

Search more than 800 occupations and see what they pay in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA.

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025-05 (all industries and ownerships) bls.gov/oes

Reference period: 2025-05. BLS publishes metro areas, states and the nation (not counties or cities), so a county or city page shows its metro area.
Pay is not adjusted for the cost of living, so a higher median does not mean more purchasing power.
BLS caps the highest wages it publishes: where a figure is shown as “or more”, the real value is at least that much.
Some occupations (teachers, performers) are published by the hour or school year and shown here as an annual figure.

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.

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA has 3,584 employer establishments, 198 for every 10,000 residents (0.80× the US rate of 248), with 56,178 paid employees at an average annual pay of $51,406. The Census Bureau also counts 11,227 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 3,584; 11,227 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 198; US 248
Paid employees: 56,178
Average annual pay: $51,406; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	313	17.3	0.83×About typical	4,000	$65,942	471
Restaurants and other eating places	294	16.2	0.88×About typical	6,206	$19,569	48
Specialty trade contractors	201	11.1	0.72×Fewer than typical	1,144	$53,116	676
Religious organizations	176	9.7	1.75×More than typical	800	$21,339	—
Lessors of real estate	144	7.9	0.64×Fewer than typical	583	$51,372	1,369
Limited-service restaurants	143	7.9	0.98×About typical	2,984	$17,179	19
Offices of physicians	137	7.6	1.17×About typical	2,096	$65,271	68
Construction of buildings	130	7.2	0.95×About typical	1,011	$58,965	340
Full-service restaurants	127	7	0.91×About typical	2,998	$21,824	18
Services to buildings and dwellings	106	5.8	0.87×About typical	787	$34,280	694
Automotive repair and maintenance	97	5.3	1.06×About typical	541	$41,481	111
Gasoline stations	79	4.4	1.34×More than typical	674	$25,607	—

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 181,422 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.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $159.8M on contracts performed in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA metro area: $880 per resident (US $2,008).

Obligations: $159.8M; −49% vs FY2025
Per resident: $880; US $2,008
Sole-source: 15%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.7%

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 the Army$99.4M62%
Department of the Navy$23.5M15%
Defense Logistics Agency$9.8M6.1%
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration$5.6M3.5%
U.S. Coast Guard$3.5M2.2%
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration$3M1.8%
Defense Information Systems Agency$2.9M1.8%
Federal Highway Administration$2.8M1.8%

Top recipients

BAE SYSTEMS ORDNANCE SYSTEMS INC$99.5M62%
MOOG INC.$21.2M13%
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$19.8M12%
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY$16.7M10%
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY$6.9M4.3%

Spending by fiscal year

414.2MFY2017
297.6MFY2018
251.9MFY2019
395.4MFY2020
358.9MFY2021
597MFY2022
636.4MFY2023
1.2B

Top industries (NAICS)

Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$107.1M67%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$20.4M13%
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$17.6M11%
Facilities support services · 5612$8.3M5.2%
Colleges, universities, and professional schools · 6113$7.4M4.6%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416

Largest awards

SPECIAL AMMUNITION AND WEAPONS SYSTEMS REQUIREMENTS$222.2M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION· Radford city, VA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jan 3, 2024 – Feb 27, 2026· W519TC24F0004
PROCURE AMMUNITION TO SUPPORT SAWS$160.3M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION· Radford city, VA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jul 12, 2024 – Mar 3, 2026· W519TC24F0296
W9123621C4000 - CONSTRUCTION OF ENERGETIC WASTE INCINERATOR AND CONTAMINATED WASTE PROCESSOR (EWI/CWP) AT RADFORD ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT (RFAAP), RADFORD, VA$145.2M
PARSONS GOVERNMENT SERVICES INC.· Radford city, VA· Construction & real property· Sep 28, 2021 – Jun 4, 2026· W9123621C4000

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $1.2B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA metro area: $6,370 per resident (US $12,990).

Assistance · FY2026: $1.2B; −1.4% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,370; US $12,990
Loan face value: $40.4M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.5%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$644M56%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$102.1M8.8%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$73.4M6.3%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$52.1M4.5%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$52M4.5%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$25.9M2.2%
14.195 · Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA)$11.6M1.0%
81.089 · Fossil Energy Research and Development$9.8M0.8%

Top recipients (organizations)

VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY$132.4M11%
BLACKSBURG, VA
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY$34M2.9%
BLACKSBURG, VA
RADFORD UNIVERSITY$17.3M1.5%
RADFORD, VA
VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$14.1M1.2%
RICHMOND, VA
NEW RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$824.1M71%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$87.1M7.5%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of Education$56M4.8%
National Science Foundation$39.9M3.4%
National Institutes of Health$39.5M3.4%

Assistance by fiscal year

1.2BFY2021
1BFY2022
1.1BFY2023
1.7BFY2024
1.2BFY2025
1.2BFY2026

County aggregates

80%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in Virginia

Areas based in Virginia, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-10-06
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
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Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved16

Declined3

Metro and micro areas like Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA metro area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Getting to work

How people get to work

Time to get to work

Jobs and pay

Look up any occupation

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in Virginia

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved16

Declined3

Household income

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

How people get to work

Time to get to work

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Look up any occupation

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought