Scores by category

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

Safety13#806/924
Economy5#875/925
Housing75#229/925
Health4#892/925
Healthcare26#682/923
Environment64#334/917
Education12#816/925
Infrastructure5#878/925
Community30#650/925
Leisure & amenities15#784/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Martinsville, VA micropolitan area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Social associations · high16.7 /10k
95/100Virginia 11.1 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Child care cost burden · low21.6%
90/100Virginia 24.4%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Pharmacies · high2.2 /10k
85/100Virginia 1.7 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Rent as share of income · low26.2%
82/100Virginia 29.4%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Grocery stores · high2.1 /10k
82/100Virginia 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Effective property tax rate · low0.53%
81/100Virginia 0.78%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090

Weaknesses

Injury deaths · high177 /100k
1/100Virginia 78 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Job growth · low-4.8%
2/100Virginia -0.2%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data
Broadband subscriptions · low77.6%
2/100Virginia 91.0%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.2 /10k
2/100Virginia 1.6 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Premature death · high16,116 /100k
3/100Virginia 7,587 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Average weekly wage · low$883
3/100Virginia $1,540United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Trends

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

Drought exposureWorsening
12% (2021) → 87% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+76 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Drug overdose deathsImproving
92.1 /100k (2021) → 19.7 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−79%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Gyms and fitness centersWorsening
0.6 /10k (2020) → 0.2 /10k (2025)
−75%5 yearsUS 1.2 /10k → 1.3 /10k
New business applicationsImproving
6.6 /1k (2020) → 11.2 /1k (2025)
+69%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Flu vaccinationsWorsening
51.2% (2019) → 37.8% (2023)
−13 pts4 yearsUS 48.0% → 44.0%
Child care cost burdenImproving
32.1% (2020 & 2021) → 21.6% (2023 & 2024)
−11 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%

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, Martinsville, VA micropolitan area improved on 14 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 5. 7 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.

Improved14

Uninsured−4.3 points13.0% → 8.7%
High school++4.1 points80.6% → 84.7%
Child poverty−8.5 points31.8% → 23.3%
Restaurants+17%5.4 /10k → 6.3 /10k
Overdose deaths−70%65.3 /100k → 19.7 /100k

Declined5

Gyms−75%0.6 /10k → 0.2 /10k
Arts & recreation−12%2.3 /10k → 2.1 /10k
Firearm deaths+23%25.7 /100k → 31.5 /100k
Pharmacies−16%2.6 /10k → 2.2 /10k
Traffic deaths+9.9%19.4 /100k → 21.3 /100k

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Martinsville, VA micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.3 /10k2020	2.1 /10k2025	−12%	Declined	12%
Average commute time	22.5 min2015-2019	24.4 min2020-2024	+1.9 min	Within the margin of error	14%
Average weekly wage	$6962020	$8832025	+27%	Improved	79%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%2015-2019	16.8%2020-2024	+1.5 points	Within the margin of error	22%
Broadband subscriptions	71.0%2015-2019	77.6%2020-2024	+6.6 points	Improved	20%
Child poverty rate	31.8%2015-2019	23.3%2020-2024	−8.5 points	Improved	92%
Distance to an airport	41 mi2020	41 mi2025	−0 mi	Little change	82%
Drug overdose deaths	65.3 /100k2020	19.7 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−70%	Improved	96%
Effective property tax rate	0.60%2015-2019	0.53%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	31%
Firearm deaths	25.7 /100k2020	31.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+23%	Declined	23%
Grocery stores	2.0 /10k2020	2.1 /10k2025	+2%	Little change	59%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.6 /10k2020	0.2 /10k2025	−75%	Declined	2%
High school diploma or higher	80.6%2015-2019	84.7%2020-2024	+4.1 points	Improved	92%
Home price to income ratio	2.5×2015-2019	2.6×2020-2024	+0.1×	Within the margin of error	87%
Homicide rate	12.1 /100k2020	10.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−13%	Improved	36%
Income adjusted for local prices	$44,3732019	$58,1872024	+31%	Improved	46%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4632015-2019	0.4642020-2024	+0.001	Within the margin of error	51%
Median household income	$37,3092015-2019	$49,8602020-2024	+34%	Improved	81%
New business applications	6.6 /1k2020	11.2 /1k2025	+69%	Improved	79%
Pharmacies	2.6 /10k2020	2.2 /10k2025	−16%	Declined	30%
Poverty rate	19.2%2015-2019	17.6%2020-2024	−1.6 points	Within the margin of error	66%
Property crime rate	1,985 /100k2020	1,092 /100k2025	−45%	Improved	75%
Public libraries	0.6 /10k2019	0.6 /10k2024	−0.2%	Little change	62%
Rent as share of income	28.3%2015-2019	26.2%2020-2024	−2.1 points	Within the margin of error	88%
Rent-burdened households	46.1%2015-2019	45.0%2020-2024	−1.1 points	Within the margin of error	68%
Restaurants and bars	5.4 /10k2020	6.3 /10k2025	+17%	Improved	89%
Suicide rate	20.9 /100k2020	18.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−13%	Improved	81%
Traffic deaths	19.4 /100k2015-2019	21.3 /100k2020-2024	+9.9%	Declined	45%
Unemployment rate	9.3%2020	4.9%2025	−4.4 points	Improved	87%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	13.0%2015-2019	8.7%2020-2024	−4.3 points	Improved	98%
Violent crime rate	329 /100k2020	320 /100k2025	−3%	Little change	30%

“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 Martinsville, VA micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Martinsville, VA micropolitan 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, Martinsville, VA micropolitan area itself moved +3.1 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

63,638 residents

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

26,754 households (±534)

Martinsville, VA micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k25%6,664
$25k–50k25%6,737
$50k–75k18%4,855

Homes

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

Owners and renters

26,754 households (±534)

Martinsville, VA micropolitan area
United States share

Own71%18,982
Rent29%7,772

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+2.3 points).

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

25,529 workers (±933)

Martinsville, VA micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone82%21,009
Carpool7.4%1,883
Public transit0.1%†20

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 no occupation wages for Martinsville, VA micropolitan area.

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.

Martinsville, VA has 1,314 employer establishments, 207 for every 10,000 residents (0.83× the US rate of 248), with 21,683 paid employees at an average annual pay of $39,350. The Census Bureau also counts 3,621 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,314; 3,621 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 207; US 248
Paid employees: 21,683
Average annual pay: $39,350; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	112	17.7	0.85×About typical	1,542	$50,604	166
Religious organizations	98	15.4	2.79×More than typical	410	$17,932	—
Restaurants and other eating places	98	15.4	0.84×About typical	1,627	$17,962	16
Specialty trade contractors	65	10.2	0.66×Fewer than typical	385	$39,881	252
Limited-service restaurants	50	7.9	0.98×About typical	1,035	$17,136	4
Services to buildings and dwellings	46	7.3	1.08×About typical	303	$25,782	338
Full-service restaurants	43	6.8	0.88×About typical	530	$19,840	8
Gasoline stations	40	6.3	1.95×More than typical	283	$26,350	3
Lessors of real estate	34	5.4	0.44×Fewer than typical	78	$49,833	277
Automotive repair and maintenance	32	5	1.00×About typical	122	$35,992	111
General merchandise stores	31	4.9	2.77×More than typical	641	$23,646	31
Grocery and convenience stores	30	4.7	1.59×More than typical	639	$21,250	17

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 63,435 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 $6.1M on contracts performed in Martinsville, VA micropolitan area: $96.87 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $6.1M; +48% vs FY2025
Per resident: $96.87; US $1,995
Sole-source: 3.3%; US 30%
Single offer: 24%; 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

3.1MFY2017
1.9MFY2018
7MFY2019
1.5MFY2020
22.9MFY2021
5MFY2022
26.9MFY2023
5M

Top industries (NAICS)

Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$3.7M61%
Other textile product mills · 3149$1.5M24%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$382.3K6.3%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$186.9K3.1%
Electric power generation, transmission and distribution · 2211$82.7K1.4%
RV parks and recreational camps · 7212

Largest awards

PHILPOTT LANDSLIDE MITIGATION$24.6M
DAVID BOLAND INC· Henry County, VA· Construction & real property· Sep 28, 2023 – May 14, 2026· W912PM23C0020
PHILPOTT DAM STABILITY ANALYSIS AND ANCHORS DESIGN$2.6M
ATRIAX/ZAPATA JV LLC· Henry County, VA· Construction & real property· Jan 12, 2023 – Apr 24, 2026· W912PM23F0008
SWITCHGEAR, PHILPOTT POWERHOUSE$1.6M
EATON CORPORATION· Henry County, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Nov 17, 2022 – Jun 12, 2026· W9127823C0002
RED BIRCH ENERGY - 323D $300K$800K

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 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 $487.1M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Martinsville, VA micropolitan area: $7,720 per resident (US $12,957).

Assistance · FY2026: $487.1M; −4.3% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,720; US $12,957
Loan face value: $16.9M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.3%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$307.8M63%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$67.4M14%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$40.6M8.3%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$26.4M5.4%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$21.2M4.4%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$5.1M1.0%
64.110 · Veterans Dependency and Indemnity Compensation for Service-Connected Death$3.4M0.7%
32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries$2M0.4%

Top recipients (organizations)

PATRICK & HENRY COMMUNITY COLLEGE$6.4M1.3%
MARTINSVILLE, VA
WEST PIEDMONT PLANNING DISTRICT COMMISSI$2.3M0.5%
MARTINSVILLE, VA
MARTINSVILLE HENRY COUNTY COALITION FOR HEALTH AND WELLNESS$1.7M0.3%
MARTINSVILLE, VA
VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$1.5M0.3%
RICHMOND, VA
GCR TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC

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$422.8M87%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$46.3M9.5%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of Education$6.4M1.3%
Federal Highway Administration$3.8M0.8%
Department of Transportation
Health Resources and Services Administration$2.1M

Assistance by fiscal year

443.3MFY2021
445.2MFY2022
486.1MFY2023
479.8MFY2024
508.9MFY2025
487.1MFY2026

County aggregates

97%

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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Martinsville, 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.

MartinsvillePrincipal city13,658

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 2026-09-29
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved14

Declined5

Metro and micro areas like Martinsville, VA micropolitan area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

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 Martinsville, 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

Improved14

Declined5

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought